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Old December 12th 04, 12:20 PM
Stefan
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William W. Plummer wrote:

Also, commercial glider pilots must be able to drop the plane between
two lines 100' appart.


Which is not that impressing when you consider that with those huge
airbrakes, you can adjust your glidepath to anything between 50:1 to 5:1.

This said, in our club we have the rule that "every landing is a spot
landing".

Stefan
 




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