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Gliding near Moscow
At 12:59 26 April 2015, Chris Rollings wrote :-
They'll probably send you to the Gulag just for asking. I realise that was 'tongue in check' humour, Chris, however, in the last decade have found myself with a large Russian addition to to the family and also Uk based and Moscow friends, and have found them wonderful people. A lovely Dual Nat grandaughter, Babooshka (grandmother) visits UK and the (late) other grandfather very high in the Russian military. We are delighted with the outcome. Don't forget that prior to going solo in Russia the student has to aerotow a Blanik, edge out a couple of metres on a wing (from the rear seat) roll forward and complete a paracute jump. A man of your calibre would no doubt take this in his stride, but I would have serious reservations, espesially as I consider this a totally pointless exercise (In difficult situations I usually just jump, pull the string, and accept a broken ankle upon landing) . No UK pilot has ever been lost jumping from a stricken glider (which is more than can be said of many who stayed aboard struggling with the contols) . . therefore, the official BGA statistically based advice is . . "If in doubt, jump" (you know it makes sense, lol). .. |
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Gliding near Moscow
At 18:52 28 April 2015, Tony Clark states :-
r,a,s only ever seems to display 50% of my submitted posts and omits many letters, so I am going to try submitting only the remainder, to see if it will display (before giving up on r,a,s) Don't forget that prior to going solo in Russia the student has to aerotow a Blanik, edge out a couple of metres on a wing (from the rear seat) roll forward and complete a paracute jump. A man of your calibre would no doubt take this in his stride, but I would have serious reservations, espesially as I consider this a totally pointless exercise (In difficult situations I usually just jump, pull the string, and accept a broken ankle upon landing) . no pilot has ever been lost in the UK jumping from a stricken glider (which is more than can be said of many who stayed aboard struggling with the contols) . . therefore, the official BGA statistically based advice is . "If in doubt, jump" (you know it makes sense, lol) .. |
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Gliding near Moscow
28 April 2015, Tony Clark says :- "just one last attempt at r,a,s" :- I consider this a totally pointless exercise (In difficult situations I usually just jump, pull the string, and accept a broken ankle upon landing) . . no pilot in the UK has ever been lost jumping from a stricken glider (which is more than can be said of many who stayed aboard) . . therefore, the official BGA statistically based advice is . . "If in doubt, jump" (you know it makes sense, lol). .. |
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