I am not surprised at the reason for the poll, it had to be something like that. I know one airfield in the UK that is huge, plenty of room to land and stop behind or level with the grid, yet the rule is you must land past the grid, and stay straight. This is a very safe rule. The danger of the experienced pilot taxying off towards other gliders, is that a less experienced pilot will be tempted to try it, and get it wrong. I was once standing leaning against a car with another pilot, when a landing glider taxied right up behind us. If he had got it wrong, he would have caught us against the car. I seem to recall letting him know what I thought of that! Pam
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Texler, Michael Sent: Friday, 1 March 2013 12:32 AM To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.; Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.; [email protected] Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Simple question straw poll, (offlist reply) Why the straw poll? I had the audacity to question a fellow level 2 as to why he taxied a heavy club two seater (a DG1000 with 2 POB) to within 5-10m of the back of the launching grid (there were other gliders on the grid). I was told that since I didn't have anywhere near the vast years of experience he had, 1,00's of kms of X-country he did and I wasn't as regular flier as he was that I had no right to criticise him. I was the level 2 running the day. Just trying to see how prevalent taxying up behind the grid is. Great to hear from you! _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
