On Mar 2, 8:42 am, "Bill Daniels" bildan@comcast-dot-net wrote:
If I landout, or worse parachute, I'll be ****ed and won't be a 'happy
camper'. I'll want to go home with my glider ASAP.

Bill, like Tony said, you need to come out to Iowa and chill. Landing
out here is how I relax and get away from it all!

Seriously though, if you parachute and live would you really be
****ed? Well, yes of course ****ed that the plane is totaled or that
someone else screwed up and ran into me, or that I F'ed up and nearly
bought it; but at the end of the day you've got your life and not much
else would matter I'd think.

If landing out is such a pain as to set your nerves on edge it seems
like kind of takes the fun out of the whole thing. I realize that
landing out in the mountains only 20 air miles from home can lead to a
multi-day retrieve and a survival situation

Yea, we got it pretty good out here in farm country (blizzards and
tornados aside). Bring your ship out and fly Region 7 or just buy
some tows at Ames in mid to late May. It's the lowest stress cross-
country flying available I bet. Heck, we leave our maps and gps's at
home and pack a cooler with beer in the glider. The fields are so
easy for landing out I sometimes crack a cold one on approach once I'm
low enough to varify no wires. The farm girls are legendary!










Only legendary.

MM