Cross Country the main focus of soaring?

Landing on an airfield is not outlanding. What we refer to as outlanding
typically in Europe is 1000ft (if lucky) of unknown pasture.

--
Bert Willing

ASW20 "TW"


"Mark James Boyd" a écrit dans le message de news:
416dc11d$1@darkstar...

I should also add that personally I flew maybe half-dozen X-Cs
and landed out three times (at planned and scouted airports)
before I flew 5 hours.

Bert Willing wrote:

Landing on an airfield is not outlanding. What we refer to as outlanding
typically in Europe is 1000ft (if lucky) of unknown pasture.

I just tried to remember when an outlanding field I had to use actually
offered 1000 ft. Can't think of one. But then, this is the reason that
in our club, "each landing is a precision landing", no matter how
generous the runway might be. The precicion we require at our annual
check flight is touching down and coming to a full stop within a
predefined area of 150m.

Stefan

In the Alps, fields listed in the outlanding catalogues are typically 250m /
750ft long. But the last fields I landed on were 300ft (clear approach, but
trees on the far end...) and 500ft (telephone line on entry).

That's why I like the Calif and the ASW20 :-)

--
Bert Willing

ASW20 "TW"


"Stefan" a écrit dans le message de news:
...
Bert Willing wrote:

Landing on an airfield is not outlanding. What we refer to as outlanding
typically in Europe is 1000ft (if lucky) of unknown pasture.

I just tried to remember when an outlanding field I had to use actually
offered 1000 ft. Can't think of one. But then, this is the reason that in
our club, "each landing is a precision landing", no matter how generous
the runway might be. The precicion we require at our annual check flight
is touching down and coming to a full stop within a predefined area of
150m.

Stefan

Our club has a white marker post at 100 meters from threshhold
the target is to stop before that.
"Stefan" wrote in message
...
Bert Willing wrote:

Landing on an airfield is not outlanding. What we refer to as outlanding
typically in Europe is 1000ft (if lucky) of unknown pasture.

I just tried to remember when an outlanding field I had to use actually
offered 1000 ft. Can't think of one. But then, this is the reason that in
our club, "each landing is a precision landing", no matter how generous
the runway might be. The precicion we require at our annual check flight
is touching down and coming to a full stop within a predefined area of
150m.

Stefan

goneill wrote:

Our club has a white marker post at 100 meters from threshhold
the target is to stop before that.

Yeah. No problem with a Junior (or KA8 or similiar), but try this with
an ASH25 ...

Stefan

At 09:18 14 October 2004, Goneill wrote:
Our club has a white marker post at 100 meters from
threshhold
the target is to stop before that.

How many finish up in the fence?

"goneill" wrote
Our club has a white marker post at 100 meters from threshhold
the target is to stop before that.

I used to belong to a club that had a blue marker about 200 meters
from threshold. If you landed short of it (never mind stopped), you
were supposed to fly with an instructor before taking a club ship
solo.

Michael

That obviously depends on the area in front of the threshold...

--
Bert Willing

ASW20 "TW"


"Michael" a écrit dans le message de
news: ...
"goneill" wrote
Our club has a white marker post at 100 meters from threshhold
the target is to stop before that.

I used to belong to a club that had a blue marker about 200 meters
from threshold. If you landed short of it (never mind stopped), you
were supposed to fly with an instructor before taking a club ship
solo.

Michael

Our club has a white marker post at 100 meters PAST threshhold
the target is to stop before that.
I realised the wording could confuse , the change is in capitals
gary



"goneill" wrote in message
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Our club has a white marker post at 100 meters from threshhold
the target is to stop before that.
"Stefan" wrote in message
...
Bert Willing wrote:

Landing on an airfield is not outlanding. What we refer to as outlanding
typically in Europe is 1000ft (if lucky) of unknown pasture.

I just tried to remember when an outlanding field I had to use actually
offered 1000 ft. Can't think of one. But then, this is the reason that in
our club, "each landing is a precision landing", no matter how generous
the runway might be. The precicion we require at our annual check flight
is touching down and coming to a full stop within a predefined area of
150m.

Stefan

Michael wrote:

Our club has a white marker post at 100 meters from threshhold
the target is to stop before that.

I used to belong to a club that had a blue marker about 200 meters
from threshold. If you landed short of it (never mind stopped), you
were supposed to fly with an instructor before taking a club ship
solo.

In my club, students are supposed to touch down between two markers
(about 50 m apart) to learn spot landings. As a side effect, the
instructors know whether they hit or missed the target. The same rules
apply to check flights.

Licensed pilots however are strongly encouraged to change their touch
down point with each landing. The idea is to not get used to a
particular picture. You can train spot landings everywhere on the
runway, just pick a point and then attempt to hit it. Of course this
requires you to be honest with yourself.

Stefan