1200AGL
Pre-takeoff checklist
I took my glider add-on rating ride yesterday in the 97F heat. It felt like I was sitting in a microwave oven after closing the canopy of the K-21 on the runway. The lift kicked in after noon and I ran into a couple of thermals that indicated 6-8 knots up on the vario. I did a sloppy job of centering and keeping in them. Thankfully, the thermals weren't very turbulent yesterday, because that can make the box-the-wake maneuver a handful on tow.
I got the rope break on the second flight. A tailwind on takeoff and density altitude over 3,000 ft (yeah, I'm a flatlander) made that a bit interesting because we were a good ways from the runway when he pulled he release at around 250 ft. That was the shallowest approach I've made yet after turning 180. Still had plenty of altitude margin, though.
I got the rope break on the second flight. A tailwind on takeoff and density altitude over 3,000 ft (yeah, I'm a flatlander) made that a bit interesting because we were a good ways from the runway when he pulled he release at around 250 ft. That was the shallowest approach I've made yet after turning 180. Still had plenty of altitude margin, though.