Monthly Archives: July 2018

We have had a string of good weather and a few students were trying to get a cross-country flight in before I headed off to the Worlds. We also had clouds which is a rarity for us, it is much easier to play connect the dots when you can see them. The advantage is it makes it much easier to find the sheerline. The sheerline is not a straight line of lift, it is a wondering path to follow through the

I went cross country with a student last week in the mighty Grob 103, we covered about 100 km. The student (actually he has a license) has been very reluctant to go cross country in his own glider. We looked at the weather and he had been watching SkySight for a few days. The

My first consideration if I want to take a restart. How long will it take? Restarting can cost you more time than you are expecting. Not only do you need to get back to the line, but you need to get high enough to start again.  Which means finding a thermal that is in close proximity to your start. So just getting 5 miles back to the line won’t help because you need to find a thermal near the

Lack of Communication
In the airshow world this concern was mostly from the pilot not communicating with others or the show not communicating with the performers.  If there is a problem with the equipment or person (remember the acronym IMSAFE), it has to be clearly communicated what is going on. This happened at a flying job, where a normally whiny pilot, was doing his normal complaining