NEW SSA WEBINAR - TUESDAY MARCH 5 AT 7PM CENTRAL TIME

While off topic of congratulating the people that do these webinars, my comment was not to always have an airport in reach. If that was the case, nobody would ever go anywhere, powered or not.
It was, flying a pattern such that you couldn't make the airport with a power loss to most nontowered airports.
Granted, flying at a busy airport (towered or not) and being number 4 or so may preclude being within gliding range.
When I fly power, and have the chance, I fly close enough to make the field if I lose power.

Again, just a comment, taking away from yet another good webinar.

On Wednesday, March 6, 2019 at 7:27:53 PM UTC-8, Charlie M. (UH & 002 owner/pilot) wrote:
While off topic of congratulating the people that do these webinars, my
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Again, just a comment, taking away from yet another good webinar.


I am tickled to see folks making some commentary Following a webinar.

It is hard to create content that is pertinent for the broad range of potential attendees -- students, solo pilots, XC pilots, ASEL only pilots..... wow.
So it is especially gratifying to hear from long term soarers that they find good value in the webinar series. Thank you.

And Cezznas?
That's tongue in cheek.
Yes, that is a tribute to Pez D. Spencer's parent, formerly known as 'Zero Cinco'. Zero Cinco unfortunately shares John McCain's cancer, as well as the history of flights logged in Southeast Asia.
Since I towed with and loved my 182 for nearly 2 decades, I
spoof on it a little bit. A ribbon of humor in a serious subject.

The webinars will go on, as long as we have presenters and attendees.
Most importantly, they are an archive -- free to all to replay from
the SSA's site. Dave's vision was to Capture the knowledge so widely shared
in soaring, with the flavor and style of the teachers, and have it outlive us.

A huge vision....
and we're filling that library as quickly as we can!

Again, thank you for the appreciation. It's the only
payment we get....

Cindy B

Thanks Cindy for the presentation. I learned to fly XC a while back with map and compass (and a Stocker graphical glide computer). I am puzzled these days how to best introduce newcomers to navigation and glide computing. The problem with the circles-on-the-map method is that many pilots can't seem to locate themselves on the map. And GPS devices have gotten so cheap. You don't need $500 - $50 for an eReader+GPS and free software makes a swell glide computer. For those with eyes (unlike mine) that can see much on their smartphone screen in sunlight, you don't need anything beyond some free software. (Cell service not required.) And I know I stretched the envelope much closer to the edge once I got GPS. Thus the temptation to go straight to such equipment is fierce. But what if the gizmo dies in mid-flight? And how to teach people to sanity-check what they think the gizmo is saying? I don't have answers, but wonder what current instructors' methods are.