On Wednesday, August 3, 2016 at 12:58:11 PM UTC-5, wrote:
Regarding the many ideas posted, it is probably fitting to repost the following:

"64% of fatal glider accidents occur during the landing phase."

Tom Knauff

Then perhaps we are teaching it wrong?

Or not beating into new pilots' the deadly importance of AOA (or airspeed, for the unwashed...) when low and slow?

A landing pattern is just a procedure. When it becomes a crutch for poor airmanship (knowledge, skills, currency) it can apparently become pretty deadly!

Kirk
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