I must sheepishly admit that some years ago I allowed myself to become accidentally enveloped while flying the wave at Minden in a G103. I did indeed use the benign spiral to exit the cloud safely, after I considered other options to be exhausted. This involved a descent of over 1500 feet. It worked perfectly, and I consider that it saved my life -- I stupidly had no parachute with me on that flight. Even still, I can't recommend the procedure without reservation because it doesn't seem to work in all gliders, or even in that glider every time. But I can tell you that it worked once, even in turbulent conditions.


Lynn Alley
"2KA"