On Mar 6, 11:14*am, Darryl Ramm wrote:
On Mar 6, 9:49*am, jcarlyle wrote:

Man - that's terrible! That must be one really difficult plane to
land, or these guys must not have many hours of experience.

-john

Frank Whiteley wrote:
This might make you feel better about a few of your landings.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eamnTyfkUBY

Song is a bit off color.

After a altitude chamber ride at Beale AFB our class went and toured a
hanger and look at a U2 and Global Hawk. The U2 pilot was describing
it's landing qualities, how they are a handful in a crosswind, how you
have to keep flying them once they are on the ground etc. Some of the
power only pilots were trying to think what it would be like. Then
some of the glider pilots spoke up and the U2 pilot agreed with
something like *"oh wow some of you guys are glider pilots, yes it is
like landing a big glider with bad visibility". Some of the U2 pilots
at Beale fly gliders, the ones I've seen flying seem to have no
trouble greasing on an ASK-21.

Darryl

Not unusual transition issues. Maybe this is why the USAFA is high on
flying gliders.

Typical power pilots (well some of them anyway) think there's an FAR
somewhere that makes using the rudder illegal. They also think you
can stop flying the airplane when you feel the wheels touch the runway
- "because then you're a car". Believe it or not, I've heard CFI's
teaching exactly this.