Spinning (mis)concepts

"ADP" wrote in message
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This is one of the biggest nonsense myths in the soaring community. It
amounts to an irrational prejudice towards power pilots who transition to
gliders.

Gosh, don't I know it! After 2+ years of CFIGing, often teaching very
accomplished power pilots transitioning to gliders, I have turned the
tables. I am learning to fly the old fashioned way, bouncing around the
pattern and the practice area in a tired but trusty Cessna. My instructors,
who know nothing of gliders and have never before dealt with any transition
student, see many of my glider "skills" as a series of curious "bad habits"
to be corrected. (They were particularly horrified by my brisk, power-off,
stall recoveries) As they have no frame of reference with which to deal
with me, I just tell them to think of me as a primary student and start from
the beginning.

Vaughn

"Vaughn" wrote in message
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"ADP" wrote in message
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This is one of the biggest nonsense myths in the soaring community. It
amounts to an irrational prejudice towards power pilots who transition
to
gliders.

Gosh, don't I know it! After 2+ years of CFIGing, often teaching
very
accomplished power pilots transitioning to gliders, I have turned the
tables. I am learning to fly the old fashioned way, bouncing around the
pattern and the practice area in a tired but trusty Cessna. My
instructors,
who know nothing of gliders and have never before dealt with any
transition
student, see many of my glider "skills" as a series of curious "bad
habits"
to be corrected. (They were particularly horrified by my brisk,
power-off,
stall recoveries) As they have no frame of reference with which to deal
with me, I just tell them to think of me as a primary student and start
from
the beginning.

Vaughn


You'll be so good at landings they'll probably never get around to teaching
go-arounds.

One day, an airplane will taxi on to your runway while you are on short
final. You'll probably revert to glider mode and land the Cessna on the
grass parallel to the runway. Then, you'll have to think up a really good
story to explain that.

Bill Daniels

"Bill Daniels" wrote in message
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You'll be so good at landings they'll probably never get around to
teaching
go-arounds.

Yep, landings are not much of an issue.

One day, an airplane will taxi on to your runway while you are on short
final. You'll probably revert to glider mode and land the Cessna on the
grass parallel to the runway. Then, you'll have to think up a really good
story to explain that.

I had a talk with the chief instructor about just that the other day.
I explained to her that "go arounds" are not part of the glider experience.
We decided to make that a priority.

Vaughn



Bill Daniels

"Vaughn" wrote in message
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"Bill Daniels" wrote in message
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You'll be so good at landings they'll probably never get around to
teaching go-arounds.

Yep, landings are not much of an issue.

One day, an airplane will taxi on to your runway while you are on short
final. You'll probably revert to glider mode and land the Cessna on the
grass parallel to the runway. Then you'll have to think up a really
good
story to explain that.

I had a talk with the chief instructor about just that the other day.
I explained to her that "go arounds" are not part of the glider
experience.
We decided to make that a priority.

Vaughn


Power pilots think:
Altitude must be exact. Speed is good and more speed is better.

Glider pilots think:
Speed must be exact. Altitude is good and more altitude is better.

Bill Daniels