If the sun is out, and high enough, you can tell your altitude by looking at the shadow of your plane. THis can also tell you you're in trouble just before you land in that leafy tree.
Jeff wrote: > Flying from a balloon might be fun until it was time to land. Reminds me of > the first time I flew my sailplane from a slope with no wind. I thought to > myself, "Heck, I'll have a perfect bird's eye view to land it!!" I was > amazed at just how long it flew after I SWORE it had to be a couple of feet > from the ground. > > Hey, you could probably thermal the balloon if you could see through the > top! hehe. > > Jeff -- Lincoln Ross RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
