I think I was lucky, I got mine out of the way on my very first day ever flying. 2005, I was in my course, did my 4th flight for the day (obviously with instructor, and I was not doing the take off) and had a rope break right at the wrong place, too low to turn around, too far down the strip to land straight on.
We had to land in the paddock on the other side of the road at the end of the runway, fortunately it was big, ploughed and soft. Then I got to discover the joys of derigging an IS28. And then I got to enjoy 2 bottles of red wine with my instructor - Jim Barton. Ahh... I was hooked :-) Scott _______________________________________________ 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
