Mike, before I weigh into this issue, when you said: "The PW5 was a really dumb idea that saw the light of day because not enough IGC delegates were smart enough to vote against it."
Did you mean the "World Class Glider" concept was a dumb idea or the PW5 was a dumb selection? Regards Chris McDonnell ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Borgelt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring inAustralia." <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, 5 April 2005 4:46 PM Subject: RE: [Aus-soaring] World Class Glider > At 06:32 AM 5/04/05 +0000, you wrote: > >Just wondering why Greg co-owns an LS 3 an not a Peewee? > >Rgds - Rolf > > Rolf, > > Maybe because no matter what you do to a dead horse it remains DEAD. > > Unlike some who criticise it I've actually flown a PW5. It flew OK and I > got back into wind the 14 km or so to Matamata from my hour of ridge and > thermal but the experience was spoiled somewhat by Jim who insisted I fly > his Ventus C turbo 17.6 right after that to check the instruments. So I had > about two hours on the ridge doing it all again at twice the IAS. > > The PW5 was a really dumb idea that saw the light of day because not enough > IGC delegates were smart enough to vote against it. > > Mike > > Borgelt Instruments - manufacturers of quality soaring instruments > phone Int'l + 61 746 355784 > fax Int'l + 61 746 358796 > cellphone Int'l + 61 428 355784 > Int'l + 61 429 355784 > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > website: www.borgeltinstruments.com > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [email protected] > To check or change subscription details, visit: > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring > _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
