On 29 Sep 2005 20:52:04 -0500, Bob Korves bkorves@winfirstDECIMALcom
wrote:

It's funny, I haven't heard of this problem again in all those years since
(20-25 years?). Are we checking out pilots better nowadays, are we less
stupid, or just luckier?

You are describing a typical ASW-20 incident - I saw this twice on my
home airfield, too. Both (very experienced) pilots fortunately had
selected full flaps (55 degrees), so our 1.800 ft runway was
suffieicient even without the use of airbrakes. Airbrake and gear
lever are pretty easy to confuse in the 20 - I guess that's the cause
why all the later Schleicher gliders have the gear lever on the right
hand side.



Bye
Andreas