Another one for the ...happened recently on the airfield column.
Just imagine you would have said something!? who are you to tell me.. -
blah blah blah
How about letting the CFI know so this can be addressed at the flight
review?
Erich
On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 11:53 AM, Texler, Michael
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
And you learned not to fly with somebody more stupid/careless/braver than
you regardless of their qualifications.
I had the opportunity of flying with a very experienced and respected
glider pilot (the pilot had also worked as a commercial pilot, he had
10,000's of hours in gliders and powered a/c). The pilot was P1.
I became quite concerned during late final approach (it was a gusty day, we
had been ridge flying), when we were coming in very low over the fence, with
not much airspeed or energy either. We had plenty of height on approach, so
scraping back to the field wasn't an issue.
There was aggressive use of airbrakes on late final to effect a short field
approach. We were less than 50ft over obstacles, no allowance for the gust
factor was used. Given the conditions, there wasn't any room for error.
If the pilot had been a student, I would have demanded a check ride. I
didn't say anything at the time (regrettably). However my respect for this
pilots ability was slightly lessened despite the pilot's vast experience.
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