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Article #257Way off
From: Mark P.
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 1986 05:11
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 1986 05:11
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This past weekend, on the occasion of my 4th static line, I had the wonderful experience of landing about half a mile from the DZ. Seemed to arise from a combination of the winds being in the opposite direction at 4000' as they were on the ground, a slow exit, and my complete inability to spot the DZ from the air (although I had a radio). Anyway, I'm still really confused as to how I had so much difficulty orienting-- after all, it WAS a pretty panoramic view and it isn't THAT hard to spot an airport! Does anybody have some perspective into why this happens? (I hope experience improves :-) ) Any anecdotes regarding major quality misses would be appreciated. Mark Papamarcos ..hplabs!pesnta!valid!markp
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