RIP Matt Wright (Balleka on YouTube)

On Saturday, February 10, 2018 at 6:13:24 PM UTC+3, Dan Marotta wrote:
On 2/9/2018 12:41 PM, Frank Whiteley wrote:

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I once took a winch launch and upon turning final chased the ASI to the ground and a very abrupt stop 50 yards short of the runway in standing barley.
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I'd say you did that absolutely correctly.Â* Trying to make the field
might well have killed you.Â* Well done!

In strong westerly wave/ridge conditions in New Zealand we often fly the base leg inside the (landable) airfield boundary, even in high performance gliders, planning to land well inside the airfield. Getting down and stopped in the available space is *not* a problem, even if it's only 500 meters total available.

On Sat, 10 Feb 2018 07:42:27 -0800, Bruce Hoult wrote:

On Saturday, February 10, 2018 at 6:13:24 PM UTC+3, Dan Marotta wrote:
On 2/9/2018 12:41 PM, Frank Whiteley wrote:

snip
I once took a winch launch and upon turning final chased the ASI to
the ground and a very abrupt stop 50 yards short of the runway in
standing barley.
/snip

I'd say you did that absolutely correctly.Â* Trying to make the field
might well have killed you.Â* Well done!

In strong westerly wave/ridge conditions in New Zealand we often fly the
base leg inside the (landable) airfield boundary, even in high
performance gliders, planning to land well inside the airfield. Getting
down and stopped in the available space is *not* a problem, even if it's
only 500 meters total available.

Yep. Done that in Cambridgeshire too in an SZD Junior on a rather windy
day - 70kts on base along the downwind edge of the field and speed
retained on finals plus a fair amount of brake had me down and stopped
100m past the threshold. Juniors turn into bricks at that speed with
brakes open.


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