I know a guy that landed out at a contest once while serving as the
sniffer!!! The rest of the contestants had a good day, this guy had to
suffer the usual barrage of "cute comments" you are not alone!!




"Papa3" wrote in message
ups.com...
I think we did this thread last year...

Erik Mann (LS8-18 P3)
Two-bagger




On May 1, 10:08 am, Kemp wrote:
Expanding on cherokee3's and Alistar's thread, I have achieved the
lofty (and unplanned) status of more than one landout in a day. Last
month with a new XC pilot, I managed to put the Duo down at one county
airport about 30 miles away and then on the retrieve tow, got off too
early and had to land at another county airport 10 miles away.

Hey I thought, "hmm, 28:1 back to the gliderport, no problem!" Pulled
the release and hit 4-6 knots sink until it ended whereupon I had a
50:1 glide over mud to make it back. *Sigh* I reluctantly turned back
to hard surface. Keeping up the cockpit banter, I commented on how in
XC gliding you need to know when to decide to land!

Now has anyone else had more than two landouts in a single soaring
day? That they will admit to? 8^)

Kemp