HA. I'm not sure about all this "Soar with Eagles" nonsense when talking about sailplanes. It is false advertising and people who believe it will get a big let down when they find out just how noisy most gliders actually are. Maybe we'll get sued.
And sure, while there are eagles up there, and sometimes you can soar past them, but you can't soar with them in a sailplane. If you want to soar with Eagles, then try an paraglider or a hang glider. A bit more damage when they attack the glider, but you can fly right up their freckle. The other nonsense about gliding is this silent flight biz. Maybe "not as noisy as powered flight" would be closer to the bone. In a really quiet aircraft (see above) you can get so close you can touch a bird or look it right in the eye as it flies an arm's reach from you... just before you get pecked. HTH DMcD On Nov 28, 2007 10:16 PM, Ben Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A contestants mum was in the group of case holders and mentioned that she > wants to learn how to fly a glider , a brief discussion happened about > wanting to fly gliders for a long time (mum) ....... I'd like to soar with > eagles stuff... > > Then Andrew got the geeks up stairs to research how much gliding is > ....... 5 mins later ... > > Andrew announced gliding was cheep 200 bucks for a 45 min flight to 4500' > with a gob smacking "5 mins at the controls" > > then they worked out how much flying mum could do if the daughter won 4500 > bucks... > > Needles to say her daughter is poor at picking numbers and got stuff all. > > > > But don't ask me how I got home in time to watch this mind numbing TV. > > regards > > Ben > West Oz > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* D S Baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > *To:* Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in > Australia.<[email protected]> > *Sent:* Wednesday, November 28, 2007 7:08 PM > *Subject:* Re: [Aus-soaring] Deal or No Deal, TV Advertising > > Define a "Free rap"? Do you mean that someone who's a glider pilot was on > there and mentioned it, or what? > > Dion Baker > > On 27/11/2007, Adam Woolley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hey, > > > > Watching 'Deal or No Deal' at the moment, and they just gave gliding a > > FREE rap. So I'm guessing there might be a few more AEF's at gliding clubs > > the coming few weekends... > > > > > > Regards > > Adam > > > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [email protected] > To check or change subscription details, visit: > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring >
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