Mobile phones are obviously a mixture of good and bad for land outs
One of the most dangerous things in aviation is distraction !
I had the 'privelige' of twice landing out within sight of a gliding airfield
The first was in a valley - my plan was to land uphill near the top - then trickle up to the top and end up on the fairly flat top field very close to a house and phone !!
Anyway on short final I realised that I did not have enough speed for the uphill flare so had to lower the nose a smidge - resulting of course in a slight undershoot - which meant I ended up parked facing uphill with the problem of getting out of the glider (libelle) whilst keeping the wheelbrake on
, I cannot remember how i achieved that but it was a good fun lateral thinking exercise LOL.
Anyway I turned the a/c across the slope and went to visit the two elderly ladies in the house for tea and cake
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'Where did you crash ? ' - they asked because we could not see the glider
- all good fun and the very next day I had the satisfaction of retrieving the guy who came to pick me up - although to be fair he did make it to the airfield rather than a remote hoose !