Comments on: Short Circuit http://www.fearoflanding.com/british-mainland/short-circuit/ The art of not hitting the ground too hard... Thu, 09 Sep 2010 19:29:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Sylvia http://www.fearoflanding.com/british-mainland/short-circuit/comment-page-1/#comment-22349 Sylvia Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:45:41 +0000 http://www.fearoflanding.com/?p=2040#comment-22349 I agree, I think if you make a point of taking responsibility (for your actions, for your plane, for your flight) then that makes a lot of difference. I agree, I think if you make a point of taking responsibility (for your actions, for your plane, for your flight) then that makes a lot of difference.

]]> By: Mike http://www.fearoflanding.com/british-mainland/short-circuit/comment-page-1/#comment-22246 Mike Sat, 12 Dec 2009 19:56:50 +0000 http://www.fearoflanding.com/?p=2040#comment-22246 Sylvia - I'm a very new pilot and I've found my landings quite exciting from time to time too. I just count myself lucky that none of them has attracted external attention - yet! It's really good to see another pilot show the responsibility and integrity to admit that things can easily go wrong - and face the results. I think there's always support in the flying community if you can do that... Sylvia – I’m a very new pilot and I’ve found my landings quite exciting from time to time too. I just count myself lucky that none of them has attracted external attention – yet!

It’s really good to see another pilot show the responsibility and integrity to admit that things can easily go wrong – and face the results.

I think there’s always support in the flying community if you can do that…

]]> By: On the seventh day of Christmas, my friends gave to me a safer aviation | Plastic Pilot http://www.fearoflanding.com/british-mainland/short-circuit/comment-page-1/#comment-22111 On the seventh day of Christmas, my friends gave to me a safer aviation | Plastic Pilot Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:02:27 +0000 http://www.fearoflanding.com/?p=2040#comment-22111 [...] mistakes. Sylvia, from fearoflanding.com was kind and brave enough to share her experience in a short circuit where she thought she broke a Saratoga. She also posted earlier this year about extraordinary cases [...] [...] mistakes. Sylvia, from fearoflanding.com was kind and brave enough to share her experience in a short circuit where she thought she broke a Saratoga. She also posted earlier this year about extraordinary cases [...]

]]> By: Sylvia http://www.fearoflanding.com/british-mainland/short-circuit/comment-page-1/#comment-21433 Sylvia Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:20:55 +0000 http://www.fearoflanding.com/?p=2040#comment-21433 Thanks for the positive comments. It's taken a while for me to be able to look at the situation and see it as a learning process rather than a simple failure. Thanks for the positive comments. It’s taken a while for me to be able to look at the situation and see it as a learning process rather than a simple failure.

]]> By: Matthew Stibbe http://www.fearoflanding.com/british-mainland/short-circuit/comment-page-1/#comment-21430 Matthew Stibbe Mon, 19 Oct 2009 08:29:27 +0000 http://www.fearoflanding.com/?p=2040#comment-21430 This is a very honest account of something that must have been quite unnerving at the time. But I'm not surprised at everyone's reaction. It does happen and more often than you think. I've known instructors and very experienced pilots misjudge landings and come a cropper. I had a nasty ground loop after a crosswind landing shortly after getting my PPL and everyone took the same approach with me. What you've done is exactly right - put it down to experience, learn from it and move on. This is a very honest account of something that must have been quite unnerving at the time. But I’m not surprised at everyone’s reaction. It does happen and more often than you think. I’ve known instructors and very experienced pilots misjudge landings and come a cropper. I had a nasty ground loop after a crosswind landing shortly after getting my PPL and everyone took the same approach with me. What you’ve done is exactly right – put it down to experience, learn from it and move on.

]]> By: PlasticPilot http://www.fearoflanding.com/british-mainland/short-circuit/comment-page-1/#comment-21406 PlasticPilot Sat, 17 Oct 2009 20:28:29 +0000 http://www.fearoflanding.com/?p=2040#comment-21406 The "This happens" reaction is exactly what I'd expect from any reasonable pilot. I could even name at least two instructors who had similar experiences with runway edges or runway end. I still regard them as highly qualified and fully trust them. No shame. The “This happens” reaction is exactly what I’d expect from any reasonable pilot. I could even name at least two instructors who had similar experiences with runway edges or runway end. I still regard them as highly qualified and fully trust them.

No shame.

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