"toe" the line On 27 December 2014 at 07:18, Brian Bailey <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi James > Santa was still distressed about this issue when he arrived at my place. > Good news though! Budgetary constraints have been swept aside and Cold > Weather Gear is being added to the CASA closet (this has been welcomed by > CASA smokers who will be allowed use of the CWG on their excursions to the > bleak Canberrian streets). The CWG will allow Flight Reviewers to give a > full flight review in an open cockpit in the European winter (no more > Zeppelins required). A white paper has also been produced with a range of > strategic options to encourage Donner and Blitzen to tow the line. CASA > are > now determined to check Santa's asymmetric procedures (as required with > multi reindeer operations) and accordingly the Flight Reviewer will be AK47 > equipped. > Cheers Brian > > ---------------------- > > > > I consulted Santa on the spin characteristics of a sleigh during his > visit > last night. > > > > We spoke at length and he cited one example where donner and blitzen > weren't pulling their > > weight. This combined with the large payload he was carrying (must have > been early in the > > night), and some slack loading by the elves led to a rearward c of g, > asymmetric loading and > > asymmetric thrust. > > > > In the resulting spin he fell back on his training conducted during his > annual currency flight > > conducted in the European summer. > > > > As reindeer are unavailable during summer the only substitutes available > are horses. And as > > horses are not endorsed for pulling the sleigh under the new CASA part 61 > regulations, he was > > forced to have the horses draw a suitable replacement. A 1932 zeppelin. > > > > Kindest regards and merry drawing rapidly to a close, Christmas. > > > > Sent from my iPhone > ******************************** > > _______________________________________________ > 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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