Holy Shit Approach

Please tell what happened and how it might have been avoided. Names should be ommitted. This forum should help others learn from mistakes that caused or nearly caused a mishap.
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Mike Blankenhorn
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Holy Shit Approach

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Well, my first Kagel flight in 2.5 years did not go quite as smoothly as planned. I did not connect my radio cables to my helmet thinking that I would have no problem hearing Greblo through the built in speaker, WRONG.
While setting up for my landing approach I was twisting my head down to hear the radio and as a result lost sight of the numbers in chunks not just frames. I did hear something about left as I was making right 360s. When I finally turned on down wind I was looking straight ahead for a while until I realized I better make a quick left to base and final as I was getting way too low. After a "holy shit" base/final I did manage to land more or less where intended on my feet.
My bad decision not to plug the damn radio in could have had dire consequences for myself and the club. Thankfully no dust devils or other nasties were present.
Thank you Joe for your patience and assistance and I will see you next week with full helmet radio communication and an approach to write home about.[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCveh0hFqs4[/youtube]
Take Care,
Mike Blankenhorn
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Post by OP »

Radio check is a good idea.

Good video and experience. Thanks for sharing.


This video has no relevance to the issue:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8BWBn26bX0[/youtube]
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Post by JD »

Welcome back Mike. :D
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