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September 23rd 08, 03:36 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Bertie the Bunyip[_24_]
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Crab, slips, and crossed controls
Stefan wrote in news:752a8$48d89b77$d9a270a8
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schrieb:
The Air Canada pilot was a sailplane pilot, too, familiar with
slipping, and had operated sailplanes out of Gimli so he knew the
place. If anyone else had been at the controls it might not have
turned out so pretty.
An airline pilot who happens to also be a pretty good sailplane pilot
told me that it would have been much easier and equally efficient to
just do S turns to adjust the glide path. This would also have avoided
possible problems driving the air driven generator. The pilot who who
did a glider landing with anairbus on the Azores in 2001 used that
technique.
Bull****.
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