On 7/16/2011 11:30 AM, Chris Donovan wrote:



Generally by the time a pilot gets about a hundred hours or so this
discussion resolves itself! Which is about the amount of time it
takes when most Sailship pilots begin to wander from home field
anyways....did you like the "sailship pilots" word I just thought
up? Teach what the student can absorb at the time, and newbies need
to absolutly know where they are in reference to the ground and not
making mental calculations at every turn in the pattern!

Oh boy...this sounds serious.

Why is the altimeter involved in the landing in any way in the pattern?

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