Summary

Ruth Churchill Dower at the Derbyshire Soaring Club discusses competition and also the lessons to be learned from a bad accident she had whilst competing.

l On YouTube l Duration: 1h 31m l

Contents

00:00 - Competition flying: Ruth talks about different aspects of flying, including what it takes to make a competition pilot a different levels and what competition flying is all about.

56:51 - Accident: Ruth takes an in-depth look at a recent big accident she had and the lessons to be learned from it. There's also a written report by Ruth with incident analysis by expert pilot Greg Hamerton.

About Ruth

Ruth Churchill Dower is a championship and PWC pilot from Yorkshire and long standing member of the DSC. She is mum to two amazing kids (Evan and Chia) and runs a training company, Earlyarts UK, helping early years teachers use creativity to nurture their young children’s brains. She’s most creative however when she’s flying, and particularly likes flying slow and high in amazing mountain ranges. She enjoys making her husband (Pat Dower) jealous by texting him photos from 6,000ft above Lake Annecy when he’s at work… Luckily he rarely offers a retrieve so there’s not much to lose.

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