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Tom,
You certainly gave me a big scare during a contest, when you flew your DG-400 across the nose of the Pawnee that I was using to tow a Ventus |
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“Skilled Enjoyment” I like that one Bob, and thanks for the post. At least I know someone is tracking with what I am always trying to communicate.
One of the caviats that I probably ought to restate here is that I fly low level for a living, being a duster pilot, and engage in low level turning all day long with very heavy loads and ridiculously high wing loading. So in regards to dealing with low level soaring saves, I do have a pretty big cash of experience with the nuances of low level flying. But that being said, I still very much need to keep highly sharp in my sailplane and that takes lots of “directed” practice. I never fly my 1-26 just to fly, I always have a mission in mind on every flight. Without that, a guy just ends up picking up bad habits, sloppy airmanship, and never progresses. Moffat had it right 50 years ago. Dan |
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On Fri, 08 Nov 2019 16:12:28 -0800, uneekcowgirl wrote:
I never fly my 1-26 just to fly, I always have a mission in mind on every flight. Without that, a guy just ends up picking up bad habits, sloppy airmanship, and never progresses. Moffat had it right 50 years ago. Roger that. Always have something in mind, even if its a mini-triangle: 50-100 km with the field at its centre and have that dialled into your nav system both to check that out and to keep sharp at hitting turnpoints. At least, thats what I do. Our field's close proximity to Class D airspace (5500 overhead our field) and NOTAMed airspace are both good reasons to always fly with the navsystem freshly updated. About the only time I fly without these preparations is if its the first flight in the season or, during winter, to stay current and knowing that even a good winch launch is very unlikely to get me more than a 15 minute flight. -- Martin | martin at Gregorie | gregorie dot org |
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On Friday, November 8, 2019 at 10:52:42 AM UTC-8, Dan Marotta wrote:
Not always Harleys.* I'd say crotch rockets are a bigger threat from my observation.* I recall a young guy at work who told me he'd ridden his super bike at 180 mph on I-81 south of Syracuse.* I wonder if he's still alive... Starting to ride motorcycles in middle age is definitely risky. So is starting to ride motorcycles on public roads at *any* age without first getting a good bit of experience off road and gaining muscle memory in how to handle skids and slides and maximum braking in questionable traction and how to fall off when it's inevitable. All of which is best done while you are young and pliable, but is in any event necessary at any age if you want to survive your first on-road "situation". 180 mph is pretty quick. I've never done that. I've driven a car and ridden a motorcycle at 160 mph on a public road. Not as a matter of habit -- just once each. There's no reason for it to be particularly risky if you pick the right place (straight bit of motorway without exits), time (4 AM midweek), and vehicle. And of course be sober. If it all goes wrong then 80 mph kills you just as dead. |
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"The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise."
-Publius Tacitus, Book XV Some things are worth doing. Soaring is one of them. |
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“Oi Vey!”
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On Wednesday, October 30, 2019 at 5:49:22 PM UTC-7, wrote:
For those who haven’t seen it.... https://chessintheair.com/the-risk-o...-what-we-love/ Something that no one addressed is how safe aviation can be. Commercial flight operations, operate under constraints of economics and time schedules, yet the carriers have an outstanding safety record. I never feel safer than when I am flying a helicopter, they don't glide well and every part has to work. Responsibility for safety in soaring and general aviation, largely lays with the pilot and even the choices made before driving to the airport. Every once in a while the breath of a zephyr will take it's fare, but that was always destined to be. After watching many shows of "Air Disaster", "Why Planes Crash"... where the ATP pilots made basic pilotage errors, I will continue to both feel and be safe, flying a glider by merely being a current engaged pilot. |
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On 11/19/2019 9:24 AM, Jonathan St. Cloud wrote: On Wednesday, October 30, 2019 at 5:49:22 PM UTC-7, wrote: For those who haven’t seen it.... https://chessintheair.com/the-risk-o...-what-we-love/ Something that no one addressed is how safe aviation can be. Commercial flight operations, operate under constraints of economics and time schedules, yet the carriers have an outstanding safety record. I never feel safer than when I am flying a helicopter, they don't glide well and every part has to work. Responsibility for safety in soaring and general aviation, largely lays with the pilot and even the choices made before driving to the airport. Every once in a while the breath of a zephyr will take it's fare, but that was always destined to be. After watching many shows of "Air Disaster", "Why Planes Crash"... where the ATP pilots made basic pilotage errors, I will continue to both feel and be safe, flying a glider by merely being a current engaged pilot. ....And continuing to exercise good airmanship.* It seems to me that most, if not all, of the fatal accidents are the result of poor airmanship.* There is usually a series of poor decisions leading up to the accident and, when the accident is survived, the pilot usually makes excuses for what happened rather than accepting the blame for his decisions.* I salute the gent who admitted to bad decisions leading to his crash in the Nevada desert after passing many safe options.* There's only so many times you can poke the bear before you get bit.* (Bad grammar intended). -- Dan, 5J |
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