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Forum: Private Flying
9th Feb 2014, 14:36
Replies: 278
Views: 33,700
Posted By thing

Ah well, you hit on a particular area that I know...

Ah well, you hit on a particular area that I know well there! I'm a professional musician/teacher and I would say playing an instrument is a damn sight harder than flying. I take your point about...
Forum: Private Flying
9th Feb 2014, 09:44
Replies: 278
Views: 33,700
Posted By thing

:D:D I always read these threads with interest...

:D:D I always read these threads with interest and have made the comment before that we make flying sound so complicated sometimes when it's not. Flying is not difficult.
Forum: Private Flying
4th Feb 2014, 18:13
Replies: 278
Views: 33,700
Posted By thing

Read somewhere recently that it might be all...

Read somewhere recently that it might be all wrong and the flat plate effect is much more powerful than we thought. Although having said that, you would have thought that over the last hundred years...
Forum: Private Flying
2nd Feb 2014, 18:48
Replies: 278
Views: 33,700
Posted By thing

Snap. Never figured out why they go for the big...

Snap. Never figured out why they go for the big square pattern at other fields, although obviously I do them because that's what's required. Oval circuits make far more sense. To me anyway.
Forum: Private Flying
31st Jan 2014, 19:14
Replies: 278
Views: 33,700
Posted By thing

Exactly my point in a previous post about if it...

Exactly my point in a previous post about if it ain't broke don't fix it!



Have to say Chuck that I've been incredibly lucky and had some of the best instructors around in both gliding and...
Forum: Private Flying
31st Jan 2014, 18:55
Replies: 278
Views: 33,700
Posted By thing

I agree completely, When I used to fly gliders I...

I agree completely, When I used to fly gliders I would hold off feeling the swish of the grass against the mainwheel, so was maybe an inch or two above the deck, and revel in the fact that I could...
Forum: Private Flying
31st Jan 2014, 18:27
Replies: 278
Views: 33,700
Posted By thing

Can't believe I'm explaining stuff to Pace! I...

Can't believe I'm explaining stuff to Pace! I feel all grown up now.

So you're coming in let's say with a crosswind from the right. You are crabbing off, nose right. All is good. You come to the...
Forum: Private Flying
31st Jan 2014, 18:00
Replies: 278
Views: 33,700
Posted By thing

Nope. As I said earlier, even a crab approach...

Nope. As I said earlier, even a crab approach turns into a wing down approach somewhere along the line, (well it should do if you do it proper like) even if it's at the back end of the flare.
Forum: Private Flying
31st Jan 2014, 17:41
Replies: 278
Views: 33,700
Posted By thing

Well, if it's good enough to prop up the whole of...

Well, if it's good enough to prop up the whole of the world economy-as I'm sure you know 'In God we trust' is writ large on the US dollar bill-then I'm sure he/she/it can keep li'l ol me up in the...
Forum: Private Flying
31st Jan 2014, 16:57
Replies: 278
Views: 33,700
Posted By thing

I admire your skill in teaching people that, I...

I admire your skill in teaching people that, I haven't a clue how I judge how high I am, I just sort of do it correctly through the grace of God I think. It works, if it ain't broke don't fix it.
Forum: Private Flying
31st Jan 2014, 16:16
Replies: 278
Views: 33,700
Posted By thing

You know I kind of go along with that. While I'm...

You know I kind of go along with that. While I'm an avid reader of all the experience on here I do think that sometimes we overcomplicate issues. Flying isn't hard, landing in a crosswind isn't hard,...
Forum: Private Flying
31st Jan 2014, 07:04
Replies: 278
Views: 33,700
Posted By thing

But again it's a lot less instinctive to you...

But again it's a lot less instinctive to you because the wing down is what you are used to and comfortable with. I don't even have to think about a crabbed approach it's so ingrained, everything is...
Forum: Private Flying
30th Jan 2014, 15:36
Replies: 278
Views: 33,700
Posted By thing

I feel your examples will fall on deaf ears...:) ...

I feel your examples will fall on deaf ears...:)



Er...vary the amount of crab? Out of interest how would you land a 25m span glider in a strong xwind? Genuine question.
Forum: Private Flying
30th Jan 2014, 15:29
Replies: 278
Views: 33,700
Posted By thing

Not involved in any training and fly spamcans...

Not involved in any training and fly spamcans (this is the GA forum after all...:)). I'm just a common or garden club pilot. I dare say the majority of posters here are in the same category as me and...
Forum: Private Flying
30th Jan 2014, 14:44
Replies: 278
Views: 33,700
Posted By thing

For you...:). I've flown crabbed approaches for...

For you...:). I've flown crabbed approaches for the last 30 years in xwinds that have been very naughty at times and never had any problems at all. I sit in awe at the judgment required to do a slip...
Forum: Private Flying
30th Jan 2014, 14:28
Replies: 278
Views: 33,700
Posted By thing

I'm a 'crabber' but I flew gliders for decades...

I'm a 'crabber' but I flew gliders for decades before going to the dark side. It's just natural for me to crab the approach. Having said that one of my club pals poles 757's as the day job and he...
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