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Subject: Re: turn your harness before landing in strong wind ??
From: Karen
Date: Thu Feb 08 00:52:32 2001

Stroller,

He asked 2 questions:
1) Landing in a strong wind and getting blown backwards.
2) Landing in nil wind and having to sprint so much.

This was the answer to the SECOND question.

Karen

Stroller wrote:

> "Karen" <kburger@crg.ee.uct.ac.za> wrote in message
> news:3A8125F1.46BF1D16@crg.ee.uct.ac.za...
> >
> > A good hard flare is what you need. Come in with loads of speed, and then
> > shortly before your feet would touch the ground pull down hard on the
> brakes.
> ....
>
> Erm... in a strong wind..? When the glider may be going backwards already..?


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