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Rcpilot
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 Posted: Sat Jul 24, 2010 3:29 pm Post subject: Did you have a mentor ? |
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Or do have a mentor now ?
Have you ever been a mentor ?
Does your club have a mentor program ?
I really do believe that had I not found a mentor I would probably be either dead, busted up or done !
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gasdive
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| Posted: Sat Jul 24, 2010 3:32 pm Post subject: |
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You guys are my mentor at the moment.
You've ironed out lots of bugs in my flying. It's really helped a lot.
Thanks to everyone here...
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flyhigh013
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jjcote
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| Posted: Sat Jul 24, 2010 4:39 pm Post subject: |
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I've got a friend who is a top comp pilot, and since he lives near me, I've had numerous opportunities to drive with him to flying sites, and I've learned a ton while in the car. He was the Observer at my first mountain flight, and he also puts on a little seminar once a year on a topic like Beginning XC flying or Starting Comp Flying. We don't have a USHPA-sanctioned Mentor relationship, although I refer to him as my mentor, which I think he finds perplexing.
By the way, I refer to myself as his "protege", not his "mentee", because I don't think the latter is a word.
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Rcpilot
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| Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2010 8:21 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks guys . Is it just me or ?
I don't see how new pilots make it without a mentor ?
Anybody got anything to add ? Don't be shy !
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| Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2010 8:40 pm Post subject: |
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I was extremely lucky to have a world class pilot as my mentor.
Hang Gliding is so hard to really get into, mentors are a godsend
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Paul H
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| Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2010 8:47 pm Post subject: |
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A bunch of the members of the local club where I started flying were my mentors. There were always several pilots around who were happy to help me out and I was happy to return the favor by driving for them. It was a win/win situation for everyone.
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CHassan
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| Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 1:11 am Post subject: |
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| flyhigh013 wrote: |
I definitely had 'mentors'... but I didn't call them that...
'FRIENDS' or 'flying buddies' would be a more apt description  |
Same here. Had a club full of em!
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Fletcher
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| Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 1:56 am Post subject: |
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Ryan cheated
He had Paul Voight as a mentor :thumbsup |
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pjwings
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| Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 2:33 am Post subject: |
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The Tennessee Tree Toppers is like a club full of mentors. Every time I fly there someone is there to spend hours with me discussing technique, weather observations, flying history, whatever! There are one or two that have become more like flying buddies who then are able to mentor better because they know me and my flying abilities and can fine tune their input to match where I'm at.
I will wholeheartedly agree that having a mentor relationship is extremely valuable, maybe even necessary!
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peanuts
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| Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 5:30 am Post subject: |
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| i thought i had a really good mentor "relationship" when i first started flying, but it turns out they just wanted a wind dummy |
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blindrodie
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| Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 7:27 am Post subject: On a more personal note... |
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Mentors all around. I just have to ask and they offer. I mentor as well to the local h2's.
In July I went to fly at a mountain location (familiar to me from previous flights) for the first time without my local mentor. It was weird for me as I realized during the drive to the location and alone in the car that this was the first time I was really setting out on my own since I started in 98. I actually was kind of freaked out, as I did not have my regular round of preflight and post flight discussions.
As it turned out I did just fine and once on launch I forgot all about this fact. But it was weird... I also missed the post flight discussions as I had a number of personnal firsts like Rain/cloudbase/the white room. Got 2+ hours in and it felt SO good, except for the missing mentor.
Mentors are a good thing 
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ChattaroyMan
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| Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 4:41 pm Post subject: |
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| gasdive wrote: |
You guys are my mentor at the moment.
You've ironed out lots of bugs in my flying. It's really helped a lot.
Thanks to everyone here...
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Ditto! (Getting back into the sport after a 30 year delay). This site is great for getting me up to speed. Thanks all for all the great posts & such.
As for back in 75 & 76 - I pretty much was my own mentor - taught myself how to fly. Lucked out at it and lived through two instances that should have been much nastier. Can't wait to post my first back-into-it flying stories/photos/video here on the org.
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hgflyer
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| Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 10:37 pm Post subject: |
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Hey RC, The whole hanggliding community was my Mentee when I was coming up. Some of them said..."Go for it!"The other half of the community said..."There are bold pilots and old pilots. But no old bold pilots!"
This was the first time I got involved with politics 
As far as I see it now (today). I would like to see old bold pilots!
I say this because I learned on my own. Mother nature takes no prisoners!
Good skill and technique...allows one to grow old in a sport that requires a bold outlook on life. |
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| Posted: Sat Jul 31, 2010 12:40 am Post subject: |
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| I've always had local pilots that can brief on the local sites but beyond that I can't say I've ever had a mentor other than my original H2 instructor. Most of my flights have been flying alone and learning on my own. I don't know that I needed much more though. Nose down, run hard, light grip, speed is your friend. Those basics combined with some weather knowledge have kept me out of a lot of s***. |
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