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  • Bill Hartwick

    ...shing-- he wanted to be seen in the sky. The blue and yellow glider is mine-- I LOVED that glider. It was king posted, a very fast advanced intermediate glider, very strong & lig...

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  • Topic 4) Urge to land on dirt roads

    ...ll within easy reach.  For the new and intermediate pilot, these new found powers...an emergency landing.  But the new or intermediate pilot would be much better of...ay carries additional risks that the new or intermediate pilot is unaware of or may no...

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  • Intermediate Syndrome

    We have had a spike in relatively new pilots getting into trouble this year.  You learn a lot in the first year or two of flying, and a lot of what you learn is not i...

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  • Topic 2) early morning itis

    Morning is the time to fly.   Unless it was blowing hard the past week, the air is clean, still and smooth.  It makes it worth getting up a 4am to launch at 5:30.  No one else is in the pattern.  Every landing is perfect.   This is the time to enjoy 100 touch...

    Tags: intermediate, syndrome, thermals, scared, conditions, feels, enjoy

  • Topic 1) fear of landing, no fear of takeoff

    This is from my own personal reflection. When I first learned how to fly, I thought taking off was no problem, but landing was scary.   It wasn't until I got my own trike and did 30 touch and goes in row that I started to enjoy landings.  It was much later, two years later d...

    Tags: intermediate, syndrome, dangerous, pilots, flying, runways, takeoffs