On 2/6/2016 6:50 PM, JS wrote:
Hallo Bert "TW" Through a convoluted series of links, I stumbled into and
read a very good article on "How To Survive Gliding" which at the end
credits you. Wielen danke. Jim

http://www.tango-whisky.com/How%20to...%20Gliding.pdf

Excellent, thoughtful, thought-provoking link!!! I thought what it touches
upon worthy of its own thread...

As to the article's ending point, here's a public, recent, "There I Wuz..."
soaring-centric article to see if it's possible on RAS to help jump-start such
a discussion.

http://www.flyingmag.com/i-learned-a...t-at-kitt-peak

The experienced glider pilot in me cringed upon reading the Flying magazine
article...but long exposure and participation in recreational soaring had also
long ago led to my concluding the "mental mindset errors" displayed by the
pilot in the Flying magazine article are (excuse the pun) dirt common. *Why*
they are has also long been a real puzzler for me: Lack of exposure? Denial?
("e.g. Only a ignorant idiot would do that - not me!" mindset.) Risk-raising
mental compartmentalization? ???

What do others think?

Bob W.