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Old September 16th 19, 04:20 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Charlie Quebec
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The airfield I learned to fly at had a significant slope on one approach, the trick was to touch down just before the slope, on the close to level ground.
On several occasions whilst training, I touched down on the slope, it was tricky to handle, but will stand me in good stead should the situation arise.
As with all potential emergencies, one should try and predict them, and have a plan to deal with such an ocourance.
Even fields that look fine from the air can have a significant slope that is difficult to pick from the air.
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Old September 16th 19, 11:53 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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It sure gets tiring listening to all the second guessing and after the fact 20/20 hindsight. The fact is **** happens to all of us irreguardless of general experience level. The experience that really counts is the experience directly related to the type of accident. In this case it is experience at off airport landings.

I would venture to guess that the great majority of guys flying higher performance modern machines (including some of the top ranked pulots) have very little if any experience with setting them down on marginal fields. The skill levels in off field landings are not there anymore simply because it is a realitively rare occurance these days with the higher performance birds and the different flying/contest mentality that exists today.
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Old September 17th 19, 12:09 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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On Monday, September 16, 2019 at 6:53:04 PM UTC-4, wrote:
...The skill levels in off field landings are not there anymore simply
because it is a realitively rare occurance these days with the higher
performance birds and the different flying/contest mentality that exists
today.


That is incorrect for non-USA competition flying, where tasks and
scoring mean frequent outlandings. Check out the recent world Juniors
for example...
 




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