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Offline Gliderjohn

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Re: Trying to fly again - Success!
« Reply #30 on: May 27, 2018, 09:16:18 PM »
Sorry, no pics, was to busy flying. Got my three required flights with an instructor out of the way today and one short solo pattern flight for a spot landing, just to put the period on to it. First flight was nothing to brag about but no animals or children were injured or killed. Remaining flights improved quickly. Sneaky instructor...pulled the tow rope on me at about 350' agl with varying wind speeds and direction. Right at the indecision point of doing  180 but with a down wind landing or do a very abbreviated but basically normal landing pattern, or screw it and land in the field ahead and one side. Just say we landed fine on the runway but had to push it along way back.
Great to be back in the saddle again!  :grin:
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Re: Trying to fly again - Success!
« Reply #31 on: May 27, 2018, 09:28:19 PM »
 Attaboy John  :bow:

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Re: Trying to fly again - Success!
« Reply #32 on: May 28, 2018, 03:20:32 AM »
Sorry, no pics, was to busy flying. Got my three required flights with an instructor out of the way today and one short solo pattern flight for a spot landing, just to put the period on to it. First flight was nothing to brag about but no animals or children were injured or killed. Remaining flights improved quickly. Sneaky instructor...pulled the tow rope on me at about 350' agl with varying wind speeds and direction. Right at the indecision point of doing  180 but with a down wind landing or do a very abbreviated but basically normal landing pattern, or screw it and land in the field ahead and one side. Just say we landed fine on the runway but had to push it along way back.
Great to be back in the saddle again!  :grin:
GliderJohn
Well done..!
If you hadn't had to push it back, then that would have meant you trimmed too much from your safety margin "over the fence".
An abbreviated circuit is in response to a mid level emergency and as such does not require a spot landing.
The ability to alter your circuit from "normal", is a necessary part of operating a sailplane, it's an integral part of conducting a successful off field landing.
You beauty...!

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Re: Trying to fly again - Success!
« Reply #33 on: May 28, 2018, 06:22:48 AM »
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