Water Landing : An Interview with David Krautter by soaringthesky.com
David Krautter grew up flying at a small airport near Huntsville, Alabama named Moontown. He received his private pilot’s license ...
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On this episode we bring you several short soaring stories from glider pilots all over the globe & celebrate another exciting year here on the podcast. From Crash landing in the Frence Alps to ...
An unfortunate crash landing that was selflessly shared on YouTube so others may learn from the incident. Here I have a look at the video and give my thoughts as a gliding instructor
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... we don’t want to look bad. It’s the reason we take pride in our landings. It’s why we don’t want someone to climb through us in a thermal. It’s why we don’t want to come in last. It’s why we continue a ...
... trying to stave off that landing. Within this subject, we must talk about thermaling low, which is a very dangerous practice - especially in windy and gusty conditions.
Thermalling low can be dangerous. ...
Sankt Johann is a "must visit" oasis in Tirol, and the small airport is an "oasis inside the oasis", where everyone can enjoy delicious breakfast, lunch or dinner (the Wiener Schnitzel is famous) beneath ...
Une nouvelle planche automatique en accès libre avec une couverture mondialevia le réseau OGN !
OGN automate flightbook, based on OGN APRS network
Detect takeoff & landing for the most exhaustive ...
Although glider pilots very rarely plan to land anywhere other than an airstrip or airfield, they do need to be prepared for a field landing. Circuit, approach and landing training is all based on a ...
... accident rate shows pilots don’t treat landing as plan A, because the motor works just often enough that we’re tempted to rely on it. Electrics are offered as a panacea but they have plenty of problems ...
... dernier lors de la FCC (Flight Challenge Cup Gliding ) en Slovaquie
The weather on the Polish side was getting worse. I had serious doubts
about finding landing fields in front of us and I ...
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We wish all our pilots lots of successful flights and many happy landings!
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... much too soon
after only an hour in the air and over 80 exciting kilometers of ridge
hopping, though the landing itself was uneventful despite the turbulent
wind. I rolled along on the comfortable ...
Documentation anglaise tres bien illustrée qui peut aider le pilote à chosir le "bon" champ !
http://www.field-landings.co.uk/S%20and%20G%20article.html
Comme le dit si bien un vendeur de coussins à absorption d’énergie sur son site :
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