Nah Mike, its about having FUN,the rest is bs regards JR ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Borgelt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia." <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2006 7:38 PM Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Looking for a glider...
> At 07:04 PM 29/06/2006, you wrote: > >Is that on foot or in the air, just wondering how money teaches > >someone how to get home? > > > The short answer is a motor in the glider. > > >Arent the retrieves the fun part of gliding, I mean there are more > >stories out there about retrieves that were shall we say interesting > >than completed flights. Laugh at people going on retrieves without > >trailers, having a glider already in the box when you arrive, going > >the wrong way, or Ian Grants classic of driving over 700 kms to > >retrieve a glider 35km away. Some of Kieth Nolans antics could fill > >a book. He used to carry an empty petrol tin with him so people > >would think he had run out of petrol. Never forget the time he was > >picked up out of Ararat with a couple of lads who had been sampling > >some of their crop of funny tabaccy in an unregistered ute and being > >deposited on the outskirts of town because of that. They didn't want > >to go into town, just around it. > >Up north, dont you just take a length of auto tow rope and tow it > >back that way? > > > > HA, HA, HA ,HA, and NO,NO,NO, NO. This sort of nonsense might be > funny later - MUCH later like a few years and usually after a few beers. > It isn't about flying gliders though, it is about ineptitude and > stupidity and inadequate technology. And we wonder why more people > aren't gliding. > > 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
