Toggle Nav

Questions? Call (208) 994-4110

Search
Advanced Search
My Cart
Menu
Account

Controlled Flight Into Terrain

  1. Controlled Flight Into Terrain

    Controlled Flight Into Terrain

    December 15, 2016

    Most of my ridge soaring experience is with students and trying to keep them off the mountain. "Where is your way out?" Is what I ask them a lot. I have flown Mifflin PA a few times, even won a nationals there. Only once did a nameless pilot and I try taking ourselves out on the ridge.

    It started out as my fault really, he said we wouldn't make the glide. I said we could make it in a 2-33 (we

    Read more
Categories
Archive
Tags
thermal cross country thermalling gaggle final glide wind vario contests speed to fly maccready landout sink sailplane racing lxnav parachute ground handling deviation center thermal flight instruction flight computer water ballast lift look outside outlanding rope break tost competition wave flarm checklists motorglider skysight convergence microburst far annual / yearly inspection spot tire seeyou contest strategy decision making turn area task start gate turnpoints stress faa buying a glider instruments weather cumulus cloud