TT 1000 km attmept

On May 3, 11:08*am, Tony wrote:
bummer!!!

Are you kidding?? He landed out an hour before I could reasonably
expect to stay aloft from my field, and after flying for HOURS! On
top of that, he's flown today, while most of us have to go to work! A
bad day of flying, beats........

On May 3, 2:46*pm, "Stephen!" wrote:
Grider Pirate wrote in news:9d83f949-edf2-461e-
:

A bad day of flying, beats........

* I would *much* rather be down here wishing I was up there than up there
wishing I was down here...

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??? My lack of experience is showing. Under what circumstances would
you be "up there wishing I was down here"? I have only 710 hours
flying time (all in gliders), and so far, I've never wished I was on
the ground instead of in the air.

On 5/3/2010 5:02 PM, Grider Pirate wrote:
Intervening snips...

I would *much* rather be down here wishing I was up there than up there
wishing I was down here...


??? My lack of experience is showing. Under what circumstances would
you be "up there wishing I was down here"? I have only 710 hours
flying time (all in gliders), and so far, I've never wished I was on
the ground instead of in the air.

Heh. With luck, you'll never have to know in a 'first-hand' sense! Two
of my 3 microburst encounters had me wishing I was on the
ground...*while they were happening*!!! Yes, they were the first two.
No, I hope to never repeat the experiences. I 'got lucky' on the third
one...it wasn't nearly as bad as No.'s 1 & 2.

Be careful what you wish for...

Bob W.

On May 3, 7:48*pm, "Stephen!" wrote:
If you honestly cannot think of a situation that would make you wish you
were on the ground *RIGHT NOW* perhaps it's time to re-evaluate your risk
analysis process...

For gliders that's probably true. I have several times in my 30 years
of flying gliders wished that I had a lot more altitude *RIGHT NOW*,
but I don't remember ever wishing I were on the ground *RIGHT NOW*.

Altitude solves most problems. Ground contact solves few problems and
presents many.

Andy

On May 4, 12:10*pm, Andy wrote:
On May 3, 7:48*pm, "Stephen!" wrote:

If you honestly cannot think of a situation that would make you wish you
were on the ground *RIGHT NOW* perhaps it's time to re-evaluate your risk
analysis process... *

For gliders that's probably true. *I have several times in my 30 years
of flying gliders wished that I had a lot more altitude *RIGHT NOW*,
but I don't remember ever wishing I were on the ground *RIGHT NOW*.

Altitude solves most problems. Ground contact solves few problems and
presents many.

Andy

Maybe not "I wish I was on the ground RIGHT NOW" but plenty of times
where I would think " I wish I had landed 30 minutes ago !" or had
not even taken off.

Todd