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Most Landouts in One Day
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 |
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"Kemp" wrote in message ups.com... 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 I know of one guy who landed out at another airport, had lunch, got a tow from their operation, then landed back at home field. Stated it was one flight and full duration. Only after flying at the other operation did I learn of his visit. |
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I know of one guy who landed out at another airport, had lunch, got a tow from their operation, then landed back at home field. Stated it was one flight and full duration. Only after flying at the other operation did I learn of his visit. lol. I thought that was what barographs were for? Or did I miss something? Mind you I recall back in the 70s some guy (from the UK I'm sorry to say) who faked a record height climb by swopping baros after he landed. Got found out eventually - he was too greedy. Alistair |
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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 |
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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 |
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Papa3 wrote:
I think we did this thread last year... If you really want to squelch a thread like this one, you have to give references to the old one and summarize the statistics from it, and explain why it's not possible for anything new and interesting on the subject to have happened in the intervening year! OK, that probably won't work, unless you also duct tape a lot people's hands to the arms of their chairs. No, wait, they can type with their noses. Tough problem! -- Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA * Change "netto" to "net" to email me directly * "Transponders in Sailplanes" http://tinyurl.com/y739x4 * "A Guide to Self-launching Sailplane Operation" at www.motorglider.org |
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On May 1, 11:35 am, Eric Greenwell wrote:
Papa3 wrote: I think we did this thread last year... If you really want to squelch a thread like this one, you have to give references to the old one and summarize the statistics from it, and explain why it's not possible for anything new and interesting on the subject to have happened in the intervening year! OK, that probably won't work, unless you also duct tape a lot people's hands to the arms of their chairs. No, wait, they can type with their noses. Tough problem! -- Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA * Change "netto" to "net" to email me directly * "Transponders in Sailplanes"http://tinyurl.com/y739x4 * "A Guide to Self-launching Sailplane Operation" atwww.motorglider.org hey now eric, have a little fuN! while not a true "landout" as far as XC flying is concerned, at the convention, the guys from Mississippi state were talking about doing research on ridge on Long Island (I think) where they would rig/derig the glider sometimes 7 or 8 times a day. and it wasnt a nice light easy to rig/derig/trailer glider either! |
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On May 1, 12:35 pm, Eric Greenwell wrote:
If you really want to squelch a thread like this one, you have to give references to the old one and summarize the statistics from it, and explain why it's not possible for anything new and interesting on the subject to have happened in the intervening year! -- Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA * Change "netto" to "net" to email me directly * "Transponders in Sailplanes"http://tinyurl.com/y739x4 * "A Guide to Self-launching Sailplane Operation" atwww.motorglider.org No way I want to squelch this thread; good fun. In case anyone cares, here's the thread I was thinking of: http://groups.google.com/group/rec.a...&lnk=ol&hl=en& |
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Years ago, on a cross country flight out of Minden NV, I had to land
out at a crop duster airstrip ( the welcoming reception was outstanding, great guys out there). I was retrieved in due time, and while crossing the Pinenut Mountains, we (the tow plane and I ) encountered very severe turbulence. I realized suddenly that I was in free flight, having come unhooked from the tow plane without having felt a nudge, bump, pull or anything else. It did take me a second or so to realize that the tow plane was getting away from me, the tow rope trailing behind him. The tow plane and I both turned around and got back to the duster strip. The tow pilot landed just ahead of me, we rehooked, took off and crossed the mountains again, this time without a problem.. I had two landouts in the same afternoon, both at the same airstrip. Cheers, Charles |
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On May 1, 11:17 am, Papa3 wrote:
No way I want to squelch this thread; good fun. In case anyone cares, here's the thread I was thinking of: http://groups.google.com/group/rec.a...wse_thread/thr... Thanks Erik, now that you mention this, I do remember these from last year. It's tough to come up with new ideas when you don't remember what's been done before! Kemp |
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