Russia has centralized control of its oil production under Gazprom, by jailing Mikhail B. Khodorkovsky. _________________ Davis Straub at the Oz Report
Ryan, thanks for the reply. Can you explain how you identified in the video that the coincidentally timed shifting of additional weight to the right had nothing to do with the banking of the wing to the right at the (Coincidentally?) exactly correct time? (Not sarcasm - genuine question - I'd like to learn how to identify the difference)
Isn't it great how we're all learning together using the internet and looking at the step-by-step factors leading up to an incident to learn as much as possible rather than just highlighting the root cause and ignoring most of the lessons (Yes yes, too little experience for the wing .... which I didnt mention because it had already been beaten to death in previous posts!!! ) Thanks for clarifying my hypothesis Ryan.
Is critising my grammer really necessary!?!
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It's a rhythm thing... if you've ever PIO'd, chances are the rhythm is burned in your memory.
Watch the rhythm in the 3rd person view (where you can't see pilot inputs). Watch the oscillation amplify... left, right, left, right [what comes next]? _________________ Ryan Voight
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If you are not a native English speaker then no, it is gratuitous.
I didn't at first, but when Ryan continued it, it was a bit too much for my sensitive ears (eyes). And at first I didn't criticize it, just raised it as a question, to softly alert Ryan and you to the fact that the word is not used in the way that you both have used it. I'm sure that no one wishes to appear ignorant of common English language usage.
After that it seemed that pointing out how it is used would be helpful for the next time you wish to describe a similar situation and are looking for the right word. _________________ Davis Straub at the Oz Report
I see what you did there. _________________ H4 + various skills (only foot-launch so far)
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Actually I wasn't criticizing you at all (as you can see from the original response), just pointing out the correct use. _________________ Davis Straub at the Oz Report
From: Steven Pearson
Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2012 12:13 PM
To: davis@davisstraub.com
Subject: RE: U2?
I don’t know what to do about things like this—this pilot would be better served (more airtime, skills development, fun and safety) by another 50 hours on a Falcon, then a Sport 2. Why is it that so many pilots associate fun with glide performance? Why is it that so many friends and instructors don’t know better—how many times does this have to happen? We should have learned this lesson by 1974.
I feel that we are relearning lessons from the past. I did not intend to embarrass the pilot, but to point out the mind set that causes pilots to get hurt or get scared and leave the sport. We as a group can do a better job at stopping these types of events.IMO.
This is a video of a high time pilot that crashed almost at the same spot a couple of years ago. He ended up being Medivaced out of the lz and was in a coma for a week or so, and suffered a torn aorta and required heart surgery and has not flown since. I know he did not make the same mistake, however the resulting crash was similar.
Sad to watch, but that was the first thing I thought of when I saw the recent video.....fly safe!
Thanks for posting, and since you lived, it was rather entertaining. Nothing like inflight video to help us try to convince you that you have no business on that glider, and it will kill you if you continue to fly it.
What bothers me is it seems you really don't get that yet. If you aren't on a Falcon or equivalent and where you should be like Ed Levin you will only shorten your flying career and not in a good way.
If this video was posted so you may learn you just got the advice you need for the umpteenth time.
LZWire, Have you considered filming all your flights? Maybe you do already since you had a camera on there for this flight, but I don't see any of those other videos on your YouTube channel.
I have a strong opinion of the value in having a good visual record of all of ones flights. This opinion is also much much older than just my hang gliding experience.
Anyway, one of the things I believe it will show is all the small deficiencies I may posses at each stage of the game. If I can identify lots of little things over time (while they are still little things) then I hope to reduce the chance of ever having a 'big thing' come up. Perhaps, (I speak hypothetically here) a perfect video record of your training to date would show that you had inconsistent landings on a single surface wing, this might lead you to focus on landings on some training days and cause you to delay the purchase of that hot new wing. Or perhaps, (again hypothetically) a perfect video record (visible to lots of other people) would show them all that you have yet to make a single mistake and are prodigiously gifted and deserve to take a step up in glider performance. I'm sure one of these is more likely than the other but still, I'm hoping everyone can see that having video to look at is beneficial. _________________ My learning experience: http://mypathtopilot.blogspot.com
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I have a strong opinion of the value in having a good visual record of all of ones flights. This opinion is also much much older than just my hang gliding experience.
There is also the opinion that cameras distract you from what you are supposed to be doing during preflight and launch. _________________ Real freedom lies in wildness, not in civilization.
Charles Lindbergh
Wow! I'm glad no one saw my last landing. I'm sure as hell not going to post the video now Isn't going viral so much fun? _________________ H4 (1979) Lake Elsinore. Ca. U2 160 (Sweet)
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(Yes yes, too little experience for the wing .... which I didnt mention because it had already been beaten to death in previous posts!!! 
) Thanks for clarifying my hypothesis Ryan. 
Isn't going viral so much fun?