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I liked Mark’s funny story. I would probably make the same decision, just inform the examiner that I will choose a different spot for landing. I agree that the question in the test was asked very generally. I already forgot what I answered, but it was right! For our situation in our club, I don’t think we always have enough time and people(!) to move away the planes they are ready to take off. Sometimes when the planes are ready to take off it takes toooo long for it happen. Less talking and more concentration on the start is also one of the ways to speed up the take off process. If the aircrafts are ready to take off and another glider is on final approach, the landing glider will land so that it has an extra height (altitude) above standing aircrafts and will make a longer landing. I don’t see anything dangerous in that.
Just a brief comment on Eric and Mark’s remarks: I have flown more than 1300 take-offs on my own or with my students on winch. We flew several dozen takeoffs a day. It is priceless for training the flight pattern. And for rope break training, when a lighting-fast reaction is required. With a length of 2790 ft at our airport in Czech, the average height reached was 1000 ft AGL. Enough for students to practice flying on pattern and make a landing decision. Sure, we didn’t have much flights on winch last year. As Larry pointed out, virus restrictions and airport flooding were one of the main factors, in my opinion. I think having a winch in our hangar is a good think.
Here’s my point: I agree with Don. The engine repair will cost some money and we have to take those money somewhere. An extra $ 400 is not something that would ruin anyone. ($ 33 per month). Yes, if someone can’t afford to pay $ 33 extra a month, he probably can’t afford to be a club member. Our sport is beautiful, but unfortunately also financially demanding. That can’t be skipped. Also we can’t take a pandemic as a hostage and say I can’t contribute in engine repairs. I don’t believe that someone who has their own business or is an employee would be on the verge of bankruptcy because of the extra $400. And young, new students? When I started, I went to work part-time overnight, during the week to earn membership fees. Maybe that’s not a bad idea for US teenagers. Or have parents who pay for them. So maybe I have an idea how to get more, extra money. When I was in Europe, Poland two months ago, we were in Gdansk at a local aero club, where I had a sightseeing flight. It seemed that this aero club was focused mainly on this commercial activity – sightseeing flights for the public. Of course – they still had members who flew for pleasure, students, ran a school. But I had to wait two hours for my flight because there were too many customers in front of me. How about placing an advertisement, for example, on social media networks, among acquaintances saying we provide (also) flights for public visitors. There is a big truck stop near us. Post some posters … (can we, is it legal? I don’t know) we have many members who are commercial pilots flying out of Chicago. Maybe they could promote the club among their coworkers. Bring for example 5 day members for Saturday. And another 5 for Sunday. That’s $ 1,300 for the weekend. Let’s say we have 20 flyable weekends a season. That’s $ 26,000. I know, it’s an only theory and probably none of us want us to be focused mainly on day members. But as a partial solution to the financial situation…?
Hello, greetings for you all from New Mexico. Well I read the article about towing gliders with golf cars. The article mentioned some rules (like length of the rope, stop the car slowly, etc) to tow the gliders behind the golf car and I’m thinking: seriously? Everyone who’s IQ is higher than zero should automatically follow those “rules”. Just saying…
I read the course of the flight and given that the height was only between 4000-5000 ft AGL (1,200-1,520m) and the distance was flown 221 miles (355km) it’s amazing. I also see that work has begun on the construction of a new hangar. There is a question – will we need to bring electricity to the new hangar?
Good. I’ll take mine tomorrow. Working today at Lake Geneva (hopefully I’ll able get back home in Illinois)
Oh not me. As I mentioned earlier I will camping at Mississippi Palisades for this weekend. Next week (even some day in the middle of the week) I can come
