There we had all there: nice weather, nice XC flight, landing at "new airport" for me and adrenaline too. My friends engine stopped and he had an emergency landing at field.
Second flight of 2013... Low clouds opened up in the late afternoon making for gorgeous flying conditions with a wonderful winter sunset contrasting the deep freeze of January. Jan 13th, 2013 just before sunset, -5 degrees Celsius, 28 minute...
A bit of a boring video I know, and yes it is much easier when the landing site is one that is very familiar and available. But still, a good bit of exercise now and then to learn to judge your descent and distance judging skills.
He was quite good, then I decided to simulate him lost of engine power after take off. As you can see he did two mistakes very shortly step by step. Because the view to the approaching ground is terrible, he decided push the bar out. I had to...