Airmuster... oh if only you were here a few weeks ago - there was a very enlightening thread on the pro's & con's of teaching and/or doing glide approaches.
SNS3Guppy
You flew it up there, fly it back down.
Well, I like your logic here. And I'm not normally one to argue.
But when your rough running occurs EXACTLY midway across cook strait, altitude due weather prevents you gliding to either shore, then scream & panic & swear is not the FURTHEST from one's mind....
(I think it comes a close second to: jaysus that's gonna be freezing, and did I just see a SHARK??

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