Hi Garry,
Top comp pilots are focused on finding lift and want no distractions.
It is all about finding and using energy in the sky.
As Bruce said, you can actually hear the core of a thermal if you try hard
enough!
I enjoy gliding too much to waste energy on music, I leave that to car driving
which I enjoy less than gliding and am not trying to be competitive with.
Then again I am not really into music much.
Tom
--- On Fri, 15/4/11, gstev...@bigpond.com <gstev...@bigpond.com> wrote:
From: gstev...@bigpond.com <gstev...@bigpond.com>
Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Music while flying?
To: "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia."
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Received: Friday, 15 April, 2011, 12:07 AM
Hi Patch & All,
I am with you bro!
But, perhaps for totally different reasons???
Aviators seem to be, in the main, a very pragmatic bunch. Glider pilots, as a
sub-group, also seem to fit this mould. The question "Where are the poets of
flight?" has been discussed on this forum in the past. As a matter of interest,
try Goggling "Joseph C Lincoln Award" to see one excellent attempt to address
the balance (although that is not exactly what the stated goals of the award
are about).
To get to the point, I pose the following question " Why in God's name would
you carry, and listen to, canned music whilst gliding?" Each time you take a
launch, you are potentially putting yourself in a special position where you
can resonate with the whole universe - Mind, Body, Soul, as one. As such, the
canned music is, at best, just distracting noise.
Think about it!
.... Especially if you have not been there!
.... But I suspect, you all know exactly what I am talking about.!
{From a competition pilot's view (a subset group that does not exclude the
above principle- quite the reverse in fact - if you are not at one with the
environment - you will not win), Tom Claffey's post on the subject is relevant
- Tom gives no reasons. Tom would you care to expound on your post, for the
uninformed?}
Regards,
Gary
----- Original Message ----- From: "Ruth Patching" <patch...@westnet.com.au>
To: "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia."
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Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2011 3:16 PM
Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Music while flying?
> Simple answer for me. NO. Never even contemplated it.
> Patch
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: bcole...@xstratacoal.com.au
> To: aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net
> Sent: Thursday, 14 April, 2011 12:52:02 PM GMT +10:00 Canberra / Melbourne /
> Sydney
> Subject: [Aus-soaring] Music while flying?
>
> Hi all,
>
> I'm about to wire in a new transceiver and note it has an audio input for
> your CD player, ipod etc. Which got me wondering....do any of you listen to
> music while soaring? What music is it, or what would it be if you did?
>
> Cheers, Ben
>
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