Are off-airport landouts common and/or dangerous?

Charles "Ben" Ethridge

Ben,

As in everything in aviation, if you use good judgement at the right time you will be fine. Your inquiries into out landings is the first step. Many on the forum have provided excellent ideas and options. There are training opportunities every year to get better in our sport and safely challenge your aviation skill set. Next week we will the Region 5 South contest in Cordele Georgia. This is a learning evolution where we review your flight each night, provide short presentations on contest rules, strategy, and information to improve the specific skills you need to fly XC safely. At Seminole-Lake gliderport in Clermont Florida we love to have pilots improve their comfort in sailplanes. We do XC and racing training. Give me a call, we will be happy to help. I’ll also come to your club to do ground school if enough pilots are interested.

Sincerely,
Rich Owen