Because the NTSB has no formal authority to regulate the transportation industry, our effectiveness depends on our reputation for conducting thorough, accurate, and independent investigations and for producing timely, well-considered recommendations to enhance transportation safety.
On the plus side, I never have to worry about unexpected engine failure. Many MANY fatals in general aviation involve engine failure soon after takeoff.
I took a number of tandem refresher flights before re-soloing a falcon on landing gear and then a couple of flights on my sport 2, all good wheel landings til the last flight.
I had a long conversation with Greblo yesterday about the drogue chute topic and he loaned me one of his to try out. One additional pointer that he passed along to me was to do every other landing with the drogue chute whether you need it or not, in order to be trained and ready to use it when it's really needed.
You can use an old Frisbee (which is classic) for a landing spot. It should be located in the middle of the field, or maybe slightly toward the downwind end of the field for single-surfaced gliders, and slightly toward the upwind end of the field for double-surfaced gliders.
The Jack Show has been going for four days shy of five years now and in that time anybody who's shown any flickers of intelligence, competence, honesty, character, decency has been fairly quickly eliminated from the population. So it doesn't take too long before all you have left is a deep and vast slick of pureed, homogenized, stinking, toxic, self congratulatory ooze.
