November 8, 2011

"Out of Airspeed, Altitude and Ideas"

Courtesy my co-worker and soaring enthusiast, Herr Frank Deischel, this series epitomizes one of the cardinal commandments of flying: "Keep thy airspeed up on final approach lest the ground rise up and smite the.."








..oh well, any landing you can walk away from..

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Posted by k6whp at 11/08/2011

4 comments:

  1. innominatusNovember 8, 2011 at 10:54 AM

    Do gliders not use N numbers? And "assabloy" on the side of the fuselage? ... Makes me wonder where this guy is from and whether his culture is advanced enough to be playing with complicated stuff like gliders.

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  2. Christopher - Conservative PerspectiveNovember 8, 2011 at 12:38 PM

    Not exactly "walking away".

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  3. k6whpNovember 8, 2011 at 2:44 PM

    Innomi..

    I saw that as well. remember Dilbert's Eastern European offshore subcontractors -- the Elbonians? This probably one of their Silver "C" pilots.

    And, considering the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth pics in the series, I would accept staggering away as a viable alternative, Chris.

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  4. FreddNovember 11, 2011 at 4:32 AM

    John F. Kennedy Jr. figured something like this would be the worst that could happen.

    Nope, John John. Things can get much worse. Much.

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