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End of Season Sunset Warning for SSA-OLC Participants



 
 
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Old September 14th 06, 06:19 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Marc Ramsey
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Default End of Season Sunset Warning for SSA-OLC Participants

Mike Schumann wrote:
Sounds like poor planning if you don't start your final glide early enough
to get back before sunset and you don't have lights.


We aren't all perfect, like you obviously are...
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Old September 14th 06, 07:49 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
588
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Default End of Season Sunset Warning for SSA-OLC Participants

Marc Ramsey wrote:
Mike Schumann wrote:
Sounds like poor planning if you don't start your final glide early
enough to get back before sunset and you don't have lights.


We aren't all perfect, like you obviously are...



Why would planning to meet an arrival time be any more demanding than
the other planning and decision making that glider pilots do?

It's not a matter of perfection, it's a matter of priorities.


Jack
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Old September 15th 06, 11:19 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Doug Haluza
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Default End of Season Sunset Warning for SSA-OLC Participants

For an example of good planning, see Brian Collins' article in the
February 2006 Soaring magazine.

588 wrote:
Marc Ramsey wrote:
Mike Schumann wrote:
Sounds like poor planning if you don't start your final glide early
enough to get back before sunset and you don't have lights.


We aren't all perfect, like you obviously are...



Why would planning to meet an arrival time be any more demanding than
the other planning and decision making that glider pilots do?

It's not a matter of perfection, it's a matter of priorities.


Jack


 




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