*eeeep!* fly away, fly awayyyy!!!
Sorry... lemme get some wipes and I'll clean that right up...
mnem
no, the irony is not lost on me.
Spinning a glider is a known way to lose altitude fast. Daughter puked after spinning down from 4000ft to circuit level.
Normal pre-solo training typically has you doing three multi-turn spins starting at 1500-2000ft; don't enter the 3rd spin below 1000ft. Powered pilots absolutely can't believe it.
Here's a buttock-clenching "low energy" landing. See if you can guess where the airfield is, then skip through every 30s to see if you got it right ![Smiley :)](https://www.eevblog.com/forum/Smileys/default/smiley.gif)
Scariest thing for me, was losing the tow at 400ft (my fault, didn't check the thing properly).
![Embarrassed :-[](https://www.eevblog.com/forum/Smileys/default/embarrassed.gif)
Luckily, I was just the student!
The Instructor, whom I had heard described as "being able to fly a hayshed", landed us safely.
The big Jarrah & Marri trees at the edge of the field looked bloody close, though!
![Scared :scared:](https://www.eevblog.com/forum/Smileys/default/scared.gif)
I gave up learning gliding, as I was on shift work, & sailplane pilots are a migratory species.
It got a bit old to turn up at the usual "cow paddock" on the alternate Sundays I had off from work, only to find everybody had decamped for Narrogin, or Cunderdin, both 100 plus km away!
It really was a "cow paddock" ----the Cessna towplane often ended up with cow poo "under its armpits!"
![Grin ;D](https://www.eevblog.com/forum/Smileys/default/grin.gif)