Does anyone think it's easier to fly powered if they have gliding time or is it like having thousands of hours on a flight sim, an instructors nightmare?
I have to say one thing that continually amazes me as a glider guy about powered flying is the amount of deaths/serious injuries when the fan stops and you have to field land. Is it that hard to put a spamcan in a field? I've done a lot of bimbling around in SEP's and even as a non PPL I would be pretty confident about plonking one in a field safely. Am I missing something here? Is it because I'm always looking for a field to land in? (I even do it as a passenger on airliners sadly enough, 'Yes that pasture looks big enough to put a 777 down') No disrespect to those who have tried and died by the way.