At 01:07 08 March 2019, wrote:

Back in Germany a student didn't make progress with his instructor, he
got
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nothing but criticism on his patterns. After one flight he got and
laughed
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for 10 min. Told us he'd had it with all the crud he got from the back
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and, on downwind, just let go of the stick. Low and behold, the glider
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e a nice turn to base and then to final. The airbrakes came out for a
perfe=
ct landing. "See, his instructor said proudly, you finally got it."
Herb

Seen instructors like that before!