BT,
I certainly knew I was alive when Macca and I once drove from Keepit
one night to a property between Narrabri and Walgett. You were
enjoying dinner with the owners after borrowing one of their paddocks
to park the Nimbus in while attempting a 750 K triangle. I recall the
Nimbus came apart under the almost adequate lights of Macca's
'Commodore du jour'; extra care had to be taken lest the
aforementioned centre panels were dropped in the semi-sepulchral
ambience of that night.
On the topic of retrieves, how about some other stories from the
forum? C'mon folks - there must be dozens of tales of 'glider
fetching' featuring buxom farm lasses and/or strapping farm lads,
perilous roads, electric fences, enraged/amorous livestock, overly
hospitable property owners, already full trailers and such. Go on,
drag out your best retrieve yarn.
MP.
On 24/01/2007, at 8:44 PM, Bruce Taylor wrote:
Cripes, Mitch, I didn't realise that you were alive when I owned
that glider!! Despite the centre panels, I did enjoy flying it, as
it meant that I could keep up with all the current hot-shots at the
time flying all their "little" 15m thingys. This meant that it was
possible to learn some stuff.
Are we still talking about Libelle canopy locks...
BT
----- Original Message ----- From: "Mitchell Preston"
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Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 8:19 PM
Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Libelle Canopy Lock
Nimbus drivers - aren't they the glider pilots with extraordinary
quadriceps resulting from all that rudder action? I seem to
recall that Bruce Taylor could do squats with a fully-stocked
fridge on each shoulder while he owned GEL.
MP.
On 24/01/2007, at 8:07 PM, Patching wrote:
Nah, I think Robert did mean the G&S tune, the S&M tune is for
Nimbus drivers.
Patch
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