I am no instructor, but this seems to be a poor display of how not to
land a low-performance glider on a long runway.
It would not be a good technique for a high performance glider in a
small outlanding field.
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I fly from a hill-top site with plenty of wind gradients and cliffs and
forests for under/overshoot.
Yes, the recommended 1/3 wind speed added to the approach speed but not
this.
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I think this pilot needs some instruction on better circuit
planning/energy management, if he is going to fly other gliders (or
aircraft)
and if he is receptive to comment. I agree with the instructors who
consider this a "fail".
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Unimpressed.
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Rory=20
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At 21:48 31 October 2006, wrote:
Here is something you more experienced pilots might
want to comment on.
Being a pilot of much less experience, it just looked
like an
interesting thing to see comments on some of the points
the pilot
makes.. I came across this 2005 article while just
wandering about on
the web. Scroll down to the high speed approach article.

You'll need acrobat reader.

http://www.pugetsoundsoaring.org/new...ow_10_2005.pdf