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- Sat Jan 30, 2016 6:07 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Still Stuffing Battens
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2591
Still Stuffing Battens
Been a few years since I stopped by, but it's good to see the forum (the "new forum") still going strong. And the thermals, too. I went from flying back to sailboats. Same attached flow, same big battens, and if you stall you stop (although you don't fall). The longest anybody flew while I...
- Wed May 16, 2012 4:26 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Ah the thrill...
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3521
- Mon Apr 30, 2012 2:54 pm
- Forum: Safety and Incidents in flight
- Topic: OP's XC bad landings (stuck zipper, wind gradient)
- Replies: 16
- Views: 17252
Once with a stuck zipper I pulled the red Velcro pull-tab right off my Z5 harness, and landed on the wheels. Clothing was stuck. Even with plenty of time I was unable to open the Velcro. Afterwards, Greblo recommended letting go of the control bar and using both hands to open Velcro: One hand to pul...
- Fri Nov 19, 2010 12:01 pm
- Forum: Safety and Incidents in flight
- Topic: Cocoon Harness Incident - Thursday
- Replies: 28
- Views: 15524
- Fri Nov 05, 2010 2:12 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: "Cloudsuck" by Davis Straub--Book Review
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3119
You should buy it, George. It's about long distance flying--a particular mental illness you share. Interesting that the first post above is from 2006. If this were a paper book, it would be long since out of print. But even small-circulation ebooks live on. And now I would read it on my Kindle, not ...
- Mon Nov 01, 2010 10:52 am
- Forum: Safety and Incidents in flight
- Topic: Reported near collision above Kagel
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6430
Pilots flying IFR on airways listen to a steady stream of traffic alerts from ATC, which sees every other plane on radar. When advised of traffic, the pilot must find it visually and tell ATC they see it. This often takes a moment, even when told the altitude and where to look. Meantime the pilot ma...
- Mon Aug 23, 2010 7:59 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Crestline to Keller Peak - Narrated
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2605
- Tue Aug 10, 2010 8:04 am
- Forum: Safety and Incidents in flight
- Topic: Landing out (sort of)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4744
- Thu Aug 05, 2010 3:14 pm
- Forum: Safety and Incidents in flight
- Topic: Better Landings ahead?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4208
Sorta what Hang 2s are taught, then? I think the scariest landings I saw were often steep fast turns very low onto final, often followed by corrections that made the pilot look like a rag doll. Once guy did such a steep low turn onto final he did a complete uncontrolled 180, flew all the way back ac...
- Tue Aug 03, 2010 2:51 pm
- Forum: Safety and Incidents in flight
- Topic: Better Landings ahead?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4208
I'm trying to understand why topless pilots tend to turn final low for spot accuracy. My guess is that since they're hard to dive in a straight line, being too high on final is a problem to avoid. And that maybe it's easier to judge your altitude on a descending base leg than a very long final leg. ...
- Tue Apr 27, 2010 8:47 pm
- Forum: Safety and Incidents in flight
- Topic: Tree landing at Big T 4/25/10
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5060
- Thu Feb 25, 2010 11:38 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Looping a Single Surface (article)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3816
- Fri Jan 29, 2010 10:48 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Former Member Visits LZ
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1154
Former Member Visits LZ
It has been a while since I've visited the LZ. So a few days ago I finally did show up, bringing with me a semi full of trees and bushes, a frontloader, an irrigation system and a work crew of 100 guys from Home Depot to plant and install some greenery along the parking lot and finally get the job a...
- Tue Jan 12, 2010 5:15 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: WingNutz Blows (launch)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3425
Sorry to hear glider broken but at least you are not. However, the ghost of me is very angry with you, Larry Chamblee Esq., for posting a useful and thoroughly realized accident/incident in the General Forum instead of the category where it actually belongs, and where properly located it might stand...
- Sat Nov 07, 2009 12:55 pm
- Forum: Politics of flying
- Topic: The other side
- Replies: 103
- Views: 44901
- Fri Sep 25, 2009 10:18 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OPEN LETTER
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2487
- Fri Sep 18, 2009 2:05 pm
- Forum: Safety and Incidents in flight
- Topic: Bad decision/poor timing, probably both
- Replies: 19
- Views: 7957
I collected all ithe information I could find on knee-hangers, some of which is not obvious (avoiding tangles, for instance).
http://shga.com/forum/phpBB2/viewtopic. ... ght=manual
http://shga.com/forum/phpBB2/viewtopic. ... ght=manual
- Mon Jun 22, 2009 9:40 am
- Forum: Safety and Incidents in flight
- Topic: Report of a Stupid Landing
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2371
- Tue Apr 14, 2009 12:11 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Where are the Accident Reports for the two fatalities 2008?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5365
Joe, you need to publish the reports on the forum. They do not need names or speculation. They are most useful because they tell what happened, with the addition of potential contributing factors. Contributing factors that might cause pain to survivors can be left out. I don't believe that includes ...
- Thu Mar 19, 2009 2:01 pm
- Forum: Lost and Found
- Topic: A Long, Low Final Glide
- Replies: 18
- Views: 4423