What a tough choice.
I can fly around in a 60:1 glider looking at retro instruments, or I can fly around looking at the best instruments in an aircraft that wouldn't have won a gliding competition this side of 1960. That's a really difficult decision. Just ask Tomas Suchanek or Allan Barnes. Cheers Tim -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gary Sent: Saturday, 1 September 2007 20:53 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 'Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.' Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] pause for thought Emilis, I picked up on these same points. I would be interested to have your thoughts here. Once upon a time hang glider varios had no TE compensation, due to the totally different dynamics of HG flight, as opposed to that of sailplanes - even if such sailplanes were 25 years (or more), old. I wonder if this is still the case? John Wharington (as one of several/many people involved in modern soaring instrument design), might care to elucidate on at least the "retro instruments" comment. Gary Stevenson -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Emilis Prelgauskas Sent: Saturday, 1 September 2007 5:23 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Aus-soaring] pause for thought The current (September 2007) Soaring Australia contains the following comments by hang glider pilot John Clark (Ps. 6 - 8) offered (somewhat truncated), without editorial, for thought : There were 6 of us on the first few days of the (sailplane) course. But by the end of the week there were just 2 of us. For some, gliding didn't come easy enough. Their lack of immediate success was a problem. For the young, reared on computer games, with mates back home doing something else, the commitment was too much and the goal too far away. They expected to book, turn up & fly. A difference between gliding clubs & hang gliding is, the average age of sailplanes is 25 years, many much older. I don't think I'd be prepared to fly a 25 year old hang glider. For pilots used to low cost modern varios with LCDs, integrated GPS, loggers, glide computers, sailplane instruments are very retro. No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.484 / Virus Database: 269.13.1/982 - Release Date: 31/08/2007 5:21 PM No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.484 / Virus Database: 269.13.1/982 - Release Date: 31/08/2007 5:21 PM
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