On Mar 25, 12:15*pm, "vaughn" wrote:
"soartech" wrote in message

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I think the solution is that every new power pilot should be required
to have 20 flights in gliders before even stepping into a plane with
an engine.

I have a lot more time in gliders than in airplanes, but I wouldn't brag too
much in advance about my likelihood of making a safe power-off emergency landing
in an airplane. *Flying a 7 to 1 airplane with little or no glide path control
takes a somewhat different skill set than doing the same with a 30 to 1 glider
with good spoilers.and (likely) a lower approach speed.

Vaughn

this.

all my power flying friends seem to think i don't have any reason to
sweat an engine failure in an airplane now since i have glider
experience. not so. having an engine failure at 500 ft in an
airplane and ending up with a successful landing is something to be
proud of, I think. You have, at best, 60 seconds to make all the
right decisions from that altitude. You'll probably spend at least
1/3 of that time realizing what went wrong and then recovering from
the mistakes you made during that realization period. then you have
(at best) 40 seconds to determine a course of action and execute.
I'll take a real glider any day.