Sailplane Stall on Flare: Don’t do this!

In a sailplane, which lands very slow already, there is ZERO REASON, to be dangling on the tail close to stall speed at anytime on final approach, at flare, or at touchdown. The video below demonstrates why. Notice the huge amount of runway still remaining. He was probably tempted to stop before the ground crew, but nearly broke the sailplane, and himself. In fact he may actually have broken the glider, or himself…

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