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Old 8th May 2002 | 20:03
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Troy McClure
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Did mine at Weston Super Mare way back in '91.

Ham Phisted makes a good point about rudders (for those that don't know, you lead with rudder in a glider, and use a fair bit of it too). My first flight in a Cherokee, two mins into 'You have control', my instructor says, 'Glider pilot, right?' And that was ten years after my last glider flight.

While on the subject, a small tip - on the take off run as the cable starts to pull, chase it along the ground in front of you with rudder and the rest looks after itself. Once you get that, you're away.

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