I know I've banged on about this before but all powered pilots should go solo on a glider first. It would take all the fear out of a forced landing, every landing in a glider is power off, you get one go and that's it. You don't read about glider pilots ballsing up a field landing.
Edit: I know the speeds and glide angles are different etc etc but the principle is the same.
Last edited by thing; 8th Feb 2013 at 23:12.