Hi all, I had a fun hawk encounter recently. Usually I am comprhensively out climbed by the buggers, but for once I found the better core and the outclimbed him For a while, until he gave up and came and joined my core! Strangely satisfying to beat one, just once. (: It certainly is rare privelege to fly so close to these birds in their natural environment!
I wonder how many beer cans you could make from a Blanik? That said I find the Blanik a lovely glider to fly, at least for local flying! Dave -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of McLean Richard Sent: Thursday, 29 November 2007 12:01 AM To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Deal or No Deal, TV Advertising Hi DMcD Have you really never shared a thermal with a wedgie? A shame if that's the case, but please don't be so arrogant as to to accuse the rest of us of spouting 'nonsense' or 'false advertising' - I for one find it quite offensive & wonder what the point of using such aggressive & negative language is. That & the fact that you're just plain wrong of course! Richard McLean Wedgie lover --- DMcD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 <[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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [email protected] > To check or change subscription details, visit: > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring Make the switch to the world's best email. Get the new Yahoo!7 Mail now. www.yahoo7.com.au/worldsbestemail _______________________________________________ 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
