In the sport of gliding the risk all pilots face is the inevitable shortcoming due to a lack of an engine to pull us away from the earth. Whether by weather conditions, poor judgement of conditions, necessity to get down, whatever, eventually every glider pilot will landout somewhere other than their point of origin. The best field to land in is another gliding club or aerodrome, but that's not always the case. Usually glider pilots end up in farm fields.
Crop damage is usually minimal and the farmers are very understanding.
Their dogs, however, are usually not. It is tradition for the downed pilot to buy his retrieve crew dinner. After all, they've had to drive with a trailer to some place that time has forgotten, pull the wings apart and store the plane in the trailer, and then listen to the pilot's story for the entire journey back to the club. Canadian Advanced Soaring would like to thank Air Canada for its sponsorship of soaring in Canada Okay folks, we've all had a turn inspecting local agriculture. If you have a memorable photo and or story, send it along and we'll post it here.