Nothing would happen, I fly Patch's sailplane like that all the time, but dont tell Patch. JR ----- Original Message ----- From: "DMcD" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, June 13, 2009 9:24 AM Subject: [Aus-soaring] Vintage Sailplane Video
Thanks for Zulu Romeo! I have uploaded a Quicktime movie on vintage gliding. It is a series of old Movietone and Pathe clips, some with a watermark, showing sailplanes in the '30s at places like Dunstable, Brooklands, Wasserkuppe, Italy, France and even at what appears to be Stanwell Park. Launches are by bungy, winch and aerotow. In the Stanwell sequence, the voice over (or "observation" is it is called in the clip) claims the glider top lands on a horse. Well it nearly does. When the glider does a 360ยบ turn close to the hill, the sink rate makes a standard Rogallo look impressive. Certainly top landing a sailplane at Stanwell would take a bit of nerve. It takes my breath away to see some of the beautiful gull wing planes of the era almost scraping a wing tip on a ridge. And I wonder what would happen now if someone tried to fly one of Patch's group's sailplanes in the same way! http://www.4shared.com/file/111471806/df3eb297/Vintage_Gliding_Video.html I would appreciate any feedback on the Stanwell sequence from people with more knowledge than me. The clips were supplied by Angelo Crapanzano from Italy. _______________________________________________ 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
