At 10:24 12 July 2005, wrote:
wrote:
Second was the fact that on downwind, he accelerated
to 80+ knots while
dropping down to just two or three hundred feet AGL
tops. Whoa! Base
and turn to final that low to the ground were new
to me. But it made
complete sense. In a glider with such a large wing
span, this was cheap
insurance against the worst possible wind sheer. Once
on final, he
slowed down to 60 or 65 knots before he was 40 or
50 feet above the
runway.

I'll prolly get hollered at if I do that on my BFR
this fall but it
strikes me as good practice, especially when flying
something bigger
than 18M.

-ted/2NO

Trying this into a field in the Costwolds could have
interesting results. For the benefit of those who do
not know the UK the fields are on the small side with
stone hedges.