Too much SPIN-not enough ROTATE

[ApacheBob]

The spin zone is pretty busy these days. Talk is cheap. Talk is definitely cheaper than AvGas (although Capitol Airport by Milwaukee is charging less than $3 for 100LL).
I guess people would rather talk politics than go flying.
That is it. I am boycotting the Spin Zone until I go flying again!
Now if the weather would just warm up a little bit.
ApacheBob

 

[alaskaflyer]

The spin zone is pretty busy these days. Talk is cheap. Talk is definitely cheaper than AvGas (although Capitol Airport by Milwaukee is charging less than $3 for 100LL).
I guess people would rather talk politics than go flying.
That is it. I am boycotting the Spin Zone until I go flying again!
Now if the weather would just warm up a little bit.
ApacheBob

Filter my spin zone comments with this in mind:

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[etsisk]

Filter my spin zone comments with this in mind:

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Shoot man, tie a rope to the nose wheel, get in there and start flying... like a kite!

Our glider club was doing that (well, without the rope) in windy conditions last weekend - of course, no take-off was occurring, but you could balance the glider on that one wheel if you paid attention!

 

[tonycondon]

glad you have seen the light Bob.

Our glider club was doing that (well, without the rope) in windy conditions last weekend - of course, no take-off was occurring, but you could balance the glider on that one wheel if you paid attention!

I love "windjamming". Its much easier with the airbrakes out as that forces air out over the ailerons. On my Comm checkride in Marfa we did a simulated off field landing to the dirt runway at the airport and ended up between the main runways and a taxiway. Examiner told me to windjam there and he would go get the truck. Joked that if I dropped a wing I would fail. Needless to say the wind is strong in SW Texas and the glider was still level when he returned.