I'm colour blind as well, with close shades, and even that gives me trouble. When you have two small lights in darkness, even red and green, I can't tell the difference. All you need to do really is make very very sure you know the glider & controls back to front before you fly it instead of having to look around. If you're colour blind and just glance, you could end up pulling the airbrakes instead of water ballast etc. (as an example, and that's if the handles are near each other & look the same :P)
On 28/04/07, Allan Armistead <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Except of course for those of us who suffer, to a greater or lesser extent, from colour blindness. Green and red are far and away the colours that cause the most problem. You will never see me play golf with a red tee, and my problem is relatively mild. Now if only people would substitute yellow for red... Allan Armistead ph (02) 6249 6470, mobile 0413 013 911 PO Box 908, Dickson ACT 2602, Australia "When once you have tasted flight, you will always walk with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been and there you always will be." Leonardo da Vinci, 1452-1519 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Graeme Cant Sent: Saturday, 28 April 2007 20:46 To: aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] accident rate for gliders in Australia >From: "Ian McPhee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Personally I like the system that France used 20 years ago when they were >having too many wheel up landings and that was a big patch of green (wheel >down) and red (up) and all you had to do is a quick scan to see it was >correct. I hate these little drawings which these days I can no longer >see!!! Yes. That's what I've done with mine. The drawings are dopey. Graeme Cant > >Ian M. >----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Stephenson" ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia." ><aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net> >Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 8:52 AM >Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] accident rate for gliders in Australia > > >>When I have decided to land, I put down the under carriage. Then in the >>circuit, I look at the placard and touch (push or pull) the undercarriage >>lever and make sure it is locked down, and repeat the locking check a >>couple of times in the circuit in a OCD manner. I have had one landing >>with U/C up and one near one. Both were in a Blanik (for those that do not >>know, is not a disaster, just embarrassing). Both times I was early in my >>career as an instructor in the back and I have not done it YET when solo >>or with a passenger. >> >>The first time, I heard my student do the checks but I did not check him >>as he was making me feel anxious with his circuit and my head was outside >>the cockpit. >>I have also had one near landing with U/C up when the student (also a >>licensed power pilot) picked up our mistake on final whilst doing his >>power PUFF check. We did not do a downwind (hence no checks) as we joined >>the circuit on base leg as were caught out low after some tasks. >> >>PeterS >> >>JR wrote: >>>When you do your checks, do you say them out-loud, or in your head, and >>>do >>>you physicaly touch or do you just look for where things are, I remember >>>an >>>accident/incident in a powered aircraft, that a rear seat passenger had a >>>video camera and was filming at the time of the emergency, and when the >>>authorities looked at the footage, the pilot never moved anything, but >>>actually touched everything in the emergency check list as he was shown >>>during training, never actually having an emergency, just going through >>>the >>>motions, ( probably in more ways than one ). Interesting though , >>>JR >>> >>_______________________________________________ >>Aus-soaring mailing list >>Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net >>To check or change subscription details, visit: >>http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring >> >> >>-- >>No virus found in this incoming message. >>Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.463 / Virus Database: >>269.5.10/774 - Release Date: 4/23/2007 5:26 PM >> >> >_______________________________________________ >Aus-soaring mailing list >Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net >To check or change subscription details, visit: >http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring _________________________________________________________________ Join the millions of Australians using Live Search. Try live.com.au http://ninemsn.com.au/share/redir/adTrack.asp?mode=click&clientID=740&referr al=million&URL=http://live.com.au _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.463 / Virus Database: 269.6.1/776 - Release Date: 25-April-2007 12:19 No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.463 / Virus Database: 269.6.1/776 - Release Date: 25-April-2007 12:19 _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
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