Not sure where DMcD flies that he misses out flying with eagles, but
we flew with them regularly on the ridge al Lochiel. They were used
to us and we'd normally all get on pretty well. Occasionally there
would be disputes during mating season. The Arrow had an altercation
with an eagle on one occasion - the eagle lost.
We learned so much about them. They fly for fun and can do
aerobatics, they hate flying in rain and give us looks from treetops
if we fly in rain over them, etc. Lots of great stories.
I've thermalled with them too - all over the country. Had one ride my
wingtip vortex out of Benalla once.
About the silent bit - I snuck up on one once - it had no idea I was
there until I deflected an aileron. The noise made him look around
suddenly in surprise. He folded his wings and dropped like a bomb.
-Cath
On 28/11/2007, at 10:23 PM, Ben Loxton wrote:
well someone is in a sour mood...... there really is no need to be
so rude and negative.
I have flown in very quite sailplanes, and have had the pleasure of
soaring with Eagles, a very memorable experience....
Ben
On 28/11/2007, at 10:42 PM, DMcD wrote:
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
To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.
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
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