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No wind foot landings are scary. Wheel landings with a tail...Tom Lyon - 2014/10/30 02:22:49 UTCGreat job! My downwind landing was mountain flight #7 and it scared the heck out of me.davedpilot - 2014/10/29 22:22:14 UTC
I hope this isn't out of line to pat myself on the back...
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- "Oh, that's so much more brainless than landing on your feet!"
- "That was beautiful!"
- "That was a GREAT landing, Rotor!"
- "Who cares if it's downwind!"
- "Ooh shit, that was awesome!"
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See above.Once it was clear that I was OK, one of the instructors wryly said "The wind goes in the big hole of the windsock and out the little one." Ha!
I checked when I got to the field, and this was a sled ride, so I knew that I was landing after a couple of boxes of the field. But I got complacent. I hope to not do that ever again.
There wasn't much of a downwind component, but it doesn't take much.
Totally awesome.You did a great job with changing your pattern to reflect the conditions.
Ever read any posts by Orion Price, Jim Keen-Intellect Rooney, Ryan Instant-Hands-Free-Release Voight?Hang gliding will keep one humble, that's for sure!
...all your training has been geared for nailing traffic cones in middles of huge flat putting greens. Wide patterns, long finals, no dangerous low steeply banked turns, zero appreciation for runway conservation. For the love of God make sure you come in at least a hundred feet over that fence so there's almost no danger of you clipping it.gluesniffer - 2014/10/30 02:33:05 UTC
If you can't land in that field...
The bigger the training LZ the crappier the approach skills are gonna be.