Do you mean maybe he was suicidal and Peter stopped him? > Well then again maybe he had a plan which you stuffed up. I'd have > told you to fly the damn thing yourself. Maybe he just "went along to > get along" and you are delusional. > > Mike > Borgelt
> At 07:08 AM 11/09/2008, you wrote: > >Further to this email, I have just remembered the last quite > >experienced pilot that I pulled the bung on at 400'. He attempted to > >turn with the nose above the horizon which I stopped, and then > >proceeeded to become indecisive and I had to take over as the option > >he was going to take could have put us into the fence at the end of > >the cross-strip. His pre-take-off checks were impeccable but when it > >came to the real thing, he was out of his depth. > > > >At the subsequent de-briefing when I asked him why he was going to > >turn with the nose above the horizon, he said: "but we had 60 knots > >on the clock!". He had forgotten about inertia and airspeed > >indicator lag and that a steep turn in a climbing vector can quickly > >become a stall turn if not executed precisely. The last time he had > >performed a low level rope break was seven (7) years previously. > > > >We had another "normal" check flight that he passed, and he thanked > >me for "waking him up" from his complacency. > > > >PeterS > > > Well then again maybe he had a plan which you stuffed up. I'd have > told you to fly the damn thing yourself. Maybe he just "went along to > get along" and you are delusional. > > Mike > Borgelt ______________________________________________________________________________ This electronic message and any attachments may be confidential. If you are not the intended recipient of this message would you please delete the message and any attachments and advise the sender. Sydney West Area Health Service (SWAHS) uses virus scanning software but excludes any liability for viruses contained in any email or attachment. This email may contain privileged and confidential information intended only for the use of the addressees named above. If you are not the intended recipient of this email, you are hereby notified that any use, dissemination, distribution, or reproduction of this email is prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please notify SWAHS immediately. Any views expressed in this email are those of the individual sender except where the sender expressly and with authority states them to be the views of SWAHS. _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
