human factors
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- October 28, 2020
Final Glide Gone Wrong
These can be a roller coaster of emotions, at one moment everything is tracking nicely, then you start to get a sense that something isn't quite right, then you fall onto slope with no margin to spare, hope starts to set in, you start to tense up & tunnel vision becomes a factor, right now you need a miracle to get you home - you don't want to be here, this is a bad place to
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- June 27, 2018
"Over 80% of ALL accidents in aviation involve human error"- BOEING
I am guessing that more than my yearly salary was spent on this study...by a factor of 10. After looking at enough NTSB reports or any other accident write-ups it is pretty clear that human error was the cause of most accidents.
After finishing the last few months of bad decisions and losing points, we will take some time to think
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- November 08, 2017
Plain Soaring in Australia is a paradise for glider pilots. We paid a nominal fee to cover our meals (where I was introduced to trifle), wonderfully prepared by Maren. We would alternate days flying with George Lee in his beautiful Nimbus 4DM. George, a 3 time consecutive World Gliding Champion, took his retirement with his wife Maren outside Dalby, Australia where they built Plain Soaring and invited