Hi Gang
Having landed out in a Lanair ES after a fire and engine out in a
tiny field on the western slope of the Sierras where trees dominated
the scenery and surviving I believe my gliding experience greatly
enhanced my survivability. With a glider at all times one has a
bailout site in mind and each landing must be correct. No going around
for a second chance. I sense that most power plane only pilots do not
put the emphasis that we glider pilots do of planning a landing. Too
low push the throttle forward. Too high a go around. Check out the
NTSB accident reports on missed landings. I am certain that for about
50% of the missed landings if an experienced glider pilot had been PIC
the outcomes would have been different. I really think my own incident
with the Lancair would have been very different and tragic without my
glider experience.
Dave


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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.