->       Cause he graduated Summa Cum Knockus, and lived through it.
Chris, you wouldn't BELIEVE how close to going T.U. that thing went, and
his punkin haid was sticking out just about enough to have broke his
skinny NECK!  It was 2/3rds of the way over, and a swear a gust of wind
blew it back the other way.  God just didn't want him that day.
I had already remonstrated his instructor (privately) about teaching
nothing but drag-up approaches after riding through a series of touch
and goes with them.  (Scared me silly!)  He told me (Fairly politely)
that such stuff was "outdated practices" and that we were "training in
modern equipment now" (and not quite so politely) to "Butt out!"
I immediately cancelled my appointment to "ride with them" next week.
I really wonder what the guy felt like when the Volks bit the dirt HARD!
I expect he made some smart remark about "Outdated equipment"  even
though I HAD insisted that he go out and look at the Volks.  He reported
"See no problem."  Hell, *I* did, and I'd flown the thing a bunch of
hours and was scared to death of it.  Any instructor worth his salt
would have warned the guy off flying it.  Or at least given him some
deadstick/slow flight instructions.
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