Eric Greenwell wrote:

I gotta know - how long do you have to fly that day before you are
allowed to land in the opposite direction from your takeoff? It's hard
to imagine anyone becoming a glider pilot without landing in the
opposite direction a few times shortly after takeoff. Perhaps too many
adult beverages preceded the discussion, or is it still reaallly hot out
there in Arizona and some pilots hats aren't big enough?

Erik,

I think we have our conversations garbled, but anyway - When I was
flying out of Turf, we usually took off on 23 due to prevailing winds.
If returning late in the day, landing on 23 could be challenging due to
looking directly into the setting sun, through dust, etc and it was
common to land on 5 (or even 14, which was a better runway anyway).

Time between landing and takeoff could be six hours (XC to the Grand
Canyon) or sixteen minutes (last commercial acro ride of the day).

BTW - big hats are uncool looking and incredibly unsafe in the air -
they block a huge part of the sky. Need to wear those goofy european
gliding hats...plus they make the groupies giggle...

If you reread the thread, you will catch which side of the argument I'm
on, BTW ;).

Ok, your turn again!

Kirk
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