Re: [Flightgear-devel] First real flight

2003-10-27 Thread Martin Spott
Lee Elliott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry this is OT but there isn't anyone else who'd really understand. Still worth reading. Thanks, Martin. -- Unix _IS_ user friendly - it's just selective about who its friends are !

Re: [Flightgear-devel] First real flight

2003-10-27 Thread David Megginson
Martin Spott writes: Lee Elliott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry this is OT but there isn't anyone else who'd really understand. Still worth reading. Absolutely. I missed the original posting, so I had to yank it out of the archives:

Re: [Flightgear-devel] First real flight

2003-10-27 Thread Lee Elliott
On Monday 27 October 2003 23:41, David Megginson wrote: The faster you go, the less you feel the gusts and turbulence. In a slow glider, I imagine that the effects are very pronounced. The a/c we were in was quite a 'tame' craft and my friend showed me what the stall onset was like - at

[Flightgear-devel] First real flight

2003-10-25 Thread Lee Elliott
Hello all, I finally got my feet off the ground for the first time for real today - I had a couple flights in a Grob 103 (http://www.glide.co.uk/aboutus/ images/EWP3.jpg is the actual a/c). One winch launch and one aero-tow. You don't half go up quick on the winch launch:) We had 20-25 kt