lead and follow
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- August 24, 2021
We all love flying around with our mates, but flying around with a coach (who can also be a mate!) in a lead-and-follow exercise is a fabulous learning experience. In Australia, we used to run an annual ‘teams challenge’ coaching event, which notably had one coach assigned to no more than three followers in comparative gliders. There’d be some lose scoring to motivate, but the focus was on advancing
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- June 21, 2017
You’ve done your homework. You’ve flown your planned route with a map to test how practical it really is (revision 3, perhaps?). Ideally, you’ve also flown cross-country in a two-seater with an experienced pilot—talking through judgment, decision-making, and planning in real time. If not, that experience is invaluable. (I’m always available at Sky Sailing in our S10vt.)
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