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Bayalon,
The "appalled" comment was actually aimed at the flight instruction received by everyone who wrote; even Sideslip, who made the most sense, was not POSITIVE about his comments-I applaud his instruction by the way, to actually land, or at least make approaches to short, dogleg, and unimproved runways (with the proper teacher and equipment).This is a great confidence builder for actual emergencies. As you said, most of us don't think too much about crashing until something drives it home (see the top of this chain). In the military, however, surviving crash landings is actually a pretty important syllabus- after all, the way that game is played is with real bullets coming your way with serious intentions at harming your aircraft and you. And of course in the Boondocks of Alaska and Canada, Mother Nature plays the part of the enemy - she can be a bitch. So I guess I've thought about it a bit more than most, and tried to teach my students that a prepared runway is unlikely to be there when you REALLY need it.
[This message has been edited by canasdad (edited 09-01-2000).]
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