Outlanding Award - Feedback Requested

Alan wrote, On 8/14/2013 9:41 PM:
In article Alexander Swagemakers writes:


I have seen a few pilots who feel that an outlanding is an embarrassing fai=
lure. Thats absolute nonsense. A lot of world class pilots got there by cou=
ntless outlandings.

Gee, our local examiner expects to see planning to show that one knows
how to avoid off-airport outlandings. This as a part of flight planning.
He looks at this for Private ratings, not just for Commercial (where it is
done as well).

Given that, I would think that an outlanding might well be considered a
bit embarassing if a result of poor planning. (I saw one sitting next to
highway 101 a few years ago after just such poor planning.)

It is important to know how to avoid outlandings, but it doesn't take
much XC flying to realize successfully avoiding outlandings means you
have considerably restricted your soaring. There is often the choice
between proceeding on your task towards uncertain lift, or flying to an
airport for a certain landing. Personally, I often prefer the
potentially soarable direction, as long as I believe I can make a safe
landing.

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