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I've tried flying small Cessna type planes, they were a yawn experience
(1) and small helicopters, they made me slightly nauseous (and poor) but for some reason I never thought seriously about Gliding, until now. I guess the need for uplift seemed even more hassle than in parachuting. I should really try it before knocking it and in particular reading about Motor Gliders caught my interest. Any recommendations and advice on getting started and for a club in the Leeds/York area. (1) I'm happy to admit a Red Bull type biplane or Mig would spark new interest (and poverty) -- Hog '03 ST4S '96 Bastard12 '89 R100RS '81 XS650 '78 RD400 |
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Hog wrote:
> in particular reading about Motor Gliders Aren't they just planes? WRT the rest of it, I think Wizard (or somebody) organised a gliding thing a while ago. He might know. -- Christofire DIAABTCOD#1 DS#9 ZX-10R |
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christofire wrote:
>> in particular reading about Motor Gliders > >Aren't they just planes? WRT the rest of it, I think Wizard (or >somebody) organised a gliding thing a while ago. He might know. They're planes that mainly tend to go in one direction  . Yep, I think itwas Wizard who organised the days - I took part in both and it certainly whetted my appetite (especially because there seem to be fewer restrictions on flying gliders than there for flying other contraptions. -- Message posted via http://www.motorcyclekb.com |
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The Longhaired Boxhead via MotorcycleKB.com wrote:
> christofire wrote: >>> in particular reading about Motor Gliders >> >> Aren't they just planes? WRT the rest of it, I think Wizard (or >> somebody) organised a gliding thing a while ago. He might know. > > They're planes that mainly tend to go in one direction . Yep, I> think it was Wizard who organised the days - I took part in both and > it certainly whetted my appetite (especially because there seem to be > fewer restrictions on flying gliders than there for flying other > contraptions. He hasn't posted here in a while though? Where did you all go. -- Hog '03 ST4S '96 Bastard12 '89 R100RS '81 XS650 '78 RD400 |
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"Hog" <hogSPAM@freenetCHIPS.co.uk> wrote in message
news:5g67jeF3g4gf9U1@mid.individual.net... > The Longhaired Boxhead via MotorcycleKB.com wrote: >> christofire wrote: >>>> in particular reading about Motor Gliders >>> >>> Aren't they just planes? WRT the rest of it, I think Wizard (or >>> somebody) organised a gliding thing a while ago. He might know. >> >> They're planes that mainly tend to go in one direction . Yep, I>> think it was Wizard who organised the days - I took part in both and >> it certainly whetted my appetite (especially because there seem to be >> fewer restrictions on flying gliders than there for flying other >> contraptions. > > He hasn't posted here in a while though? > Where did you all go. Try Burn near Selby... the Doncaster Club I used to fly from moved there and are still there to my knowledge -- Monz Suzuki GSXR1000 K6 [insert nickname here] @gsxr1000.co.uk ANORAK#16 | BOTAFOT #135 | BREast#2 | MIRTTH#25 | BoB#16 | IBB#11 | FNAR#1 KoTL | |
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Hog wrote:
> The Longhaired Boxhead via MotorcycleKB.com wrote: >> christofire wrote: >>>> in particular reading about Motor Gliders >>> >>> Aren't they just planes? WRT the rest of it, I think Wizard (or >>> somebody) organised a gliding thing a while ago. He might know. >> >> They're planes that mainly tend to go in one direction . Yep, I>> think it was Wizard who organised the days - I took part in both and >> it certainly whetted my appetite (especially because there seem to be >> fewer restrictions on flying gliders than there for flying other >> contraptions. > > He hasn't posted here in a while though? > Where did you all go. It was at Dunstable Downs, which was wonderful - I've wanted to fly there like, forever. You should go to the BGA website: http://www.gliding.co.uk/ -- platypus "fastidious and precise" |
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Hog wrote:
> > Any recommendations and advice on getting started and for a club in the > Leeds/York area. I bought Clare a voucher for a trial lesson, which she used last weekend. It included one month's membership of the club, so she can go along any time and fly at members' rates, which seem to be very reasonable. I suspect most clubs will have something similar. -- Eddie eddie@deguello.org http://www.last.fm/group/ukrm |
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Hog wrote:
> I've tried flying small Cessna type planes, they were a yawn experience > (1) and small helicopters, they made me slightly nauseous (and poor) but > for some reason I never thought seriously about Gliding, until now. I > guess the need for uplift seemed even more hassle than in parachuting. I > should really try it before knocking it and in particular reading about > Motor Gliders caught my interest. > > Any recommendations and advice on getting started and for a club in the > Leeds/York area. > > (1) I'm happy to admit a Red Bull type biplane or Mig would spark new > interest (and poverty) > Can't help with your quest but I thoroughly enjoyed the gliding I did whilst in the ATC in my youth. I went on to hang gliding until a motorcycling injury left me with a weak knee so I couldn't actually run down the hill at Baildon Moor with enough conviction for a good launch (wind got me and turned me back into the hill!). I still have a Solar Wings Typhoon in the garage -- Regards, Danny http://www.gaggia-espresso.com (a purely hobby site) (apparently bad grammar but I like it that way...) |
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On Wed, 18 Jul 2007 10:42:32 GMT, "platypus"
<monotreme@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: > I've wanted to fly there like, forever. Are you, like, 17 years old? -- Champ I don't know, but I been told, you never slow down, you never get old ZX10R | GPz750turbo | GSX-R600 (race) neal at champ dot org dot uk |
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> http://www.gliding.co.uk/
> -- > platypus You wouldn't happen to be the same platypus as (see link bellow)...or would you ? http://www.crecy.co.uk/shop/product_...roducts_id=254 or http://www.amazon.co.uk/Platypus-Pap.../dp/0953817709 -- Ludovic |
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"Hog" <hogSPAM@freenetCHIPS.co.uk> wrote in message news:5g6363F3en919U1@mid.individual.net... > I've tried flying small Cessna type planes, they were a yawn experience > (1) and small helicopters, they made me slightly nauseous (and poor) but > for some reason I never thought seriously about Gliding, until now. I > guess the need for uplift seemed even more hassle than in parachuting. I > should really try it before knocking it and in particular reading about > Motor Gliders caught my interest. Motorgliders (Grob, for one) are normally self launching group a planes. You need a full PPL for the thing. But, and the good part comes here, if you know how to glide (properly) and have good thermals etc, you can really go places, cheaply! Take off, climb to atlitude, shut-off engine glide down, catch a thermal, gain lift on thermal to altitude again and off you go. Just start the negine if you can't find a thermal and carry on. All logable hours even with the fan turned off. > Any recommendations and advice on getting started and for a club in the > Leeds/York area. Pocklington! Nice pub nearby as well. HTH -- Greybeard FLHTCUI UK-07 Mk II Trumpet Trophy 1200 new one coming soon! Garmin Zumo 550, To get me home! ukrm@foxtails[dot]co[dot]uk |
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Greybeard wrote:
> "Hog" <hogSPAM@freenetCHIPS.co.uk> wrote in message > news:5g6363F3en919U1@mid.individual.net... >> I've tried flying small Cessna type planes, they were a yawn >> experience (1) and small helicopters, they made me slightly nauseous >> (and poor) but for some reason I never thought seriously about >> Gliding, until now. I guess the need for uplift seemed even more >> hassle than in parachuting. I should really try it before knocking >> it and in particular reading about Motor Gliders caught my interest. > > Motorgliders (Grob, for one) are normally self launching group a > planes. You need a full PPL for the thing. But, and the good part > comes here, if you know how to glide (properly) and have good > thermals etc, you can really go places, cheaply! > Take off, climb to atlitude, shut-off engine glide down, catch a > thermal, gain lift on thermal to altitude again and off you go. Just > start the negine if you can't find a thermal and carry on. All > logable hours even with the fan turned off. > >> Any recommendations and advice on getting started and for a club in >> the Leeds/York area. > > Pocklington! Nice pub nearby as well. Ah excellent thanks. Handy for the Madhyamaka centre too. I feel a weekend trip coming on soon. What's best for a trial run, Winch. Aerotow or Motorglider? -- Hog '03 ST4S '96 Bastard12 '89 R100RS '81 XS650 '78 RD400 |
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Hog wrote:
>Ah excellent thanks. Handy for the Madhyamaka centre too. I feel a >weekend trip coming on soon. What's best for a trial run, Winch. Aerotow >or Motorglider? Winch should give you a decent 15-20 minute flight, at least that's what we got at the London Gliding Club... -- Message posted via http://www.motorcyclekb.com |
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"Hog" <hogSPAM@freenetCHIPS.co.uk> wrote in message news:5g6ovvF3emqfhU1@mid.individual.net... > Greybeard wrote: >> "Hog" <hogSPAM@freenetCHIPS.co.uk> wrote in message >> news:5g6363F3en919U1@mid.individual.net... >>> I've tried flying small Cessna type planes, they were a yawn >>> experience (1) and small helicopters, they made me slightly nauseous >>> (and poor) but for some reason I never thought seriously about >>> Gliding, until now. I guess the need for uplift seemed even more >>> hassle than in parachuting. I should really try it before knocking >>> it and in particular reading about Motor Gliders caught my interest. >> >> Motorgliders (Grob, for one) are normally self launching group a >> planes. You need a full PPL for the thing. But, and the good part >> comes here, if you know how to glide (properly) and have good >> thermals etc, you can really go places, cheaply! >> Take off, climb to atlitude, shut-off engine glide down, catch a >> thermal, gain lift on thermal to altitude again and off you go. Just >> start the negine if you can't find a thermal and carry on. All >> logable hours even with the fan turned off. >> >>> Any recommendations and advice on getting started and for a club in >>> the Leeds/York area. >> >> Pocklington! Nice pub nearby as well. > > Ah excellent thanks. Handy for the Madhyamaka centre too. I feel a weekend > trip coming on soon. What's best for a trial run, Winch. Aerotow or > Motorglider? Motorglider if you get the chance. You can then stay up for as long as your lesson lasts. Otherwise it doesn't really matter, you're at the mercy of gravity! -- Greybeard FLHTCUI UK-07 Mk II Trumpet Trophy 1200 new one coming soon! Garmin Zumo 550, To get me home! ukrm@foxtails[dot]co[dot]uk |
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Hog wrote:
> > Ah excellent thanks. Handy for the Madhyamaka centre too. I feel a > weekend trip coming on soon. What's best for a trial run, Winch. > Aerotow or Motorglider? I love winch launches - your ass is seriously hauled up to altitude. Aerotow is an interesting challenge, because you've got to steer the glider to follow the tow plane. Motorglider, you just take off like a Cessna, fly to where you want to glide, then turn off the aircon. This can potentially give the longest airtime. -- platypus "fastidious and precise" |
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Ludovic Launer wrote:
>> http://www.gliding.co.uk/ >> -- >> platypus > > You wouldn't happen to be the same platypus as (see link bellow)...or > would you ? > > http://www.crecy.co.uk/shop/product_...roducts_id=254 > or > http://www.amazon.co.uk/Platypus-Pap.../dp/0953817709 Nope, but I'm now looking at the possibility of spending £19.95, and it's your fault. -- platypus "fastidious and precise" |
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Hog <hogSPAM@freenetCHIPS.co.uk> wrote in message news:5g6363F3en919U1@mid.individual.net... > I've tried flying small Cessna type planes, they were a yawn experience > (1) and small helicopters, they made me slightly nauseous (and poor) but > for some reason I never thought seriously about Gliding, until now. Gliding is a lot more fun then any Cessna type plane, every landing is (almost) now or never but like CB125>GS500 both get boring once you have mastered them. If you are willing to up the Fun/risk factor CB600, bypass the gliding and go straight for hang-gliding or Paragliding. YMMV |
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"Hog" <hogSPAM@freenetCHIPS.co.uk> wrote in message news:5g6363F3en919U1@mid.individual.net... > I've tried flying small Cessna type planes, they were a yawn experience > (1) and small helicopters, they made me slightly nauseous (and poor) but > for some reason I never thought seriously about Gliding, until now. I > guess the need for uplift seemed even more hassle than in parachuting. I > should really try it before knocking it and in particular reading about > Motor Gliders caught my interest. > > Any recommendations and advice on getting started and for a club in the > Leeds/York area. There used to be (probably still is) a club in Selby for gliding. -- Beav VN 750 Zed 1000 OMF# 19 |
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In message <5g67jeF3g4gf9U1@mid.individual.net>, Hog
<hogSPAM@freenetCHIPS.co.uk> writes >The Longhaired Boxhead via MotorcycleKB.com wrote: >> christofire wrote: >>>> in particular reading about Motor Gliders >>> >>> Aren't they just planes? WRT the rest of it, I think Wizard (or >>> somebody) organised a gliding thing a while ago. He might know. >> >> They're planes that mainly tend to go in one direction . Yep, I>> think it was Wizard who organised the days - I took part in both and >> it certainly whetted my appetite (especially because there seem to be >> fewer restrictions on flying gliders than there for flying other >> contraptions. > >He hasn't posted here in a while though? Boy meets girl ... -- geoff |
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In message <xn0f8uh671fisw001@news.motzarella.org>, christofire
<chris@ukrm.org> writes >Hog wrote: > >> in particular reading about Motor Gliders > >Aren't they just planes? WRT the rest of it, I think Wizard (or >somebody) organised a gliding thing a while ago. He might know. > Yeah, we're all experts with about 15 minutes experience down here A glider's like a cessna without the exciting bits -- geoff |
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"raden" <raden@kateda.org> wrote in message news:E7ct$VWFC$nGFwpf@ntlworld.com... > In message <xn0f8uh671fisw001@news.motzarella.org>, christofire > <chris@ukrm.org> writes >>Hog wrote: >> >>> in particular reading about Motor Gliders >> >>Aren't they just planes? WRT the rest of it, I think Wizard (or >>somebody) organised a gliding thing a while ago. He might know. >> > Yeah, we're all experts with about 15 minutes experience down here > > A glider's like a cessna without the exciting bits A Cessna's a bit like a plane innit? -- Beav VN 750 Zed 1000 OMF# 19 |
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Beav wrote:
> "raden" <raden@kateda.org> wrote in message > news:E7ct$VWFC$nGFwpf@ntlworld.com... >> In message <xn0f8uh671fisw001@news.motzarella.org>, christofire >> <chris@ukrm.org> writes >>> Hog wrote: >>> >>>> in particular reading about Motor Gliders >>> >>> Aren't they just planes? WRT the rest of it, I think Wizard (or >>> somebody) organised a gliding thing a while ago. He might know. >>> >> Yeah, we're all experts with about 15 minutes experience down here >> >> A glider's like a cessna without the exciting bits > > A Cessna's a bit like a plane innit? The Scottish parachute club had a single engine Cessna. It was mildly exciting, in the main part due to to the right hand doors being removed ;o) -- Hog '03 ST4S '96 Bastard12 '89 R100RS '81 XS650 '78 RD400 |
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On Wed, 25 Jul 2007 15:02:59 +0100, "Hog" <hogSPAM@freenetCHIPS.co.uk>
wrote: >Beav wrote: >> A Cessna's a bit like a plane innit? > >The Scottish parachute club had a single engine Cessna. It was mildly >exciting, in the main part due to to the right hand doors being removed ;o) Yebbut was it a 206 with a rear door or a 1xx with a door/step exit? The latter were fun 'cos you had to climb out onto the step and hold onto the strut. -- -Pip |
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Pip Luscher wrote:
> On Wed, 25 Jul 2007 15:02:59 +0100, "Hog" <hogSPAM@freenetCHIPS.co.uk> > wrote: > >> Beav wrote: >>> A Cessna's a bit like a plane innit? >> >> The Scottish parachute club had a single engine Cessna. It was mildly >> exciting, in the main part due to to the right hand doors being >> removed ;o) > > Yebbut was it a 206 with a rear door or a 1xx with a door/step exit? > The latter were fun 'cos you had to climb out onto the step and hold > onto the strut. Side door, no step, high wing -- Hog '03 ST4S '96 Bastard12 '89 R100RS '81 XS650 '78 RD400 |
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Hog wrote:
> Pip Luscher wrote: >> On Wed, 25 Jul 2007 15:02:59 +0100, "Hog" >> <hogSPAM@freenetCHIPS.co.uk> wrote: >> >>> Beav wrote: >>>> A Cessna's a bit like a plane innit? >>> >>> The Scottish parachute club had a single engine Cessna. It was >>> mildly exciting, in the main part due to to the right hand doors >>> being removed ;o) >> >> Yebbut was it a 206 with a rear door or a 1xx with a door/step exit? >> The latter were fun 'cos you had to climb out onto the step and hold >> onto the strut. > > Side door, no step, high wing Strut or cantilever? -- platypus "fastidious and precise" |
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platypus wrote:
> Hog wrote: >> Pip Luscher wrote: >>> On Wed, 25 Jul 2007 15:02:59 +0100, "Hog" >>> <hogSPAM@freenetCHIPS.co.uk> wrote: >>> >>>> Beav wrote: >>>>> A Cessna's a bit like a plane innit? >>>> >>>> The Scottish parachute club had a single engine Cessna. It was >>>> mildly exciting, in the main part due to to the right hand doors >>>> being removed ;o) >>> >>> Yebbut was it a 206 with a rear door or a 1xx with a door/step exit? >>> The latter were fun 'cos you had to climb out onto the step and hold >>> onto the strut. >> >> Side door, no step, high wing > > Strut or cantilever? Do I look like an aeronautical engineer? -- Hog '03 ST4S '96 Bastard12 '89 R100RS '81 XS650 '78 RD400 |
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Hog wrote:
> platypus wrote: >> Hog wrote: >>> Pip Luscher wrote: >>>> On Wed, 25 Jul 2007 15:02:59 +0100, "Hog" >>>> <hogSPAM@freenetCHIPS.co.uk> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Beav wrote: >>>>>> A Cessna's a bit like a plane innit? >>>>> >>>>> The Scottish parachute club had a single engine Cessna. It was >>>>> mildly exciting, in the main part due to to the right hand doors >>>>> being removed ;o) >>>> >>>> Yebbut was it a 206 with a rear door or a 1xx with a door/step >>>> exit? The latter were fun 'cos you had to climb out onto the step >>>> and hold onto the strut. >>> >>> Side door, no step, high wing >> >> Strut or cantilever? > > Do I look like an aeronautical engineer? This is a Cessna 210 with a strutted wing: http://www.stinsonflyer.com/prop/ce210-01.jpg and this is a Cessna 210 with a cantilevered wing: http://www.atlantic-aero.com/aeromod..._inflightB.jpg -- platypus "fastidious and precise" |
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platypus wrote:
> Hog wrote: >> platypus wrote: >>> Hog wrote: >>>> Pip Luscher wrote: >>>>> On Wed, 25 Jul 2007 15:02:59 +0100, "Hog" >>>>> <hogSPAM@freenetCHIPS.co.uk> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Beav wrote: >>>>>>> A Cessna's a bit like a plane innit? >>>>>> >>>>>> The Scottish parachute club had a single engine Cessna. It was >>>>>> mildly exciting, in the main part due to to the right hand doors >>>>>> being removed ;o) >>>>> >>>>> Yebbut was it a 206 with a rear door or a 1xx with a door/step >>>>> exit? The latter were fun 'cos you had to climb out onto the step >>>>> and hold onto the strut. >>>> >>>> Side door, no step, high wing >>> >>> Strut or cantilever? >> >> Do I look like an aeronautical engineer? > > This is a Cessna 210 with a strutted wing: > > http://www.stinsonflyer.com/prop/ce210-01.jpg > > and this is a Cessna 210 with a cantilevered wing: > > http://www.atlantic-aero.com/aeromod..._inflightB.jpg Cantilevered wing it was. Nothing to snag on helping a nice clean exit. -- Hog '03 ST4S '96 Bastard12 '89 R100RS '81 XS650 '78 RD400 |
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Hog wrote:
> platypus wrote: >> Hog wrote: >>> platypus wrote: >>>> Hog wrote: >>>>> Pip Luscher wrote: >>>>>> On Wed, 25 Jul 2007 15:02:59 +0100, "Hog" >>>>>> <hogSPAM@freenetCHIPS.co.uk> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Beav wrote: >>>>>>>> A Cessna's a bit like a plane innit? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> The Scottish parachute club had a single engine Cessna. It was >>>>>>> mildly exciting, in the main part due to to the right hand doors >>>>>>> being removed ;o) >>>>>> >>>>>> Yebbut was it a 206 with a rear door or a 1xx with a door/step >>>>>> exit? The latter were fun 'cos you had to climb out onto the step >>>>>> and hold onto the strut. >>>>> >>>>> Side door, no step, high wing >>>> >>>> Strut or cantilever? >>> >>> Do I look like an aeronautical engineer? >> >> This is a Cessna 210 with a strutted wing: >> >> http://www.stinsonflyer.com/prop/ce210-01.jpg >> >> and this is a Cessna 210 with a cantilevered wing: >> >> http://www.atlantic-aero.com/aeromod..._inflightB.jpg > > Cantilevered wing it was. > Nothing to snag on helping a nice clean exit. Unlike, say, one of these: http://www.flug-revue.rotor.com/FRTy...dam/A500FF.jpg -- platypus "fastidious and precise" |
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> Unlike, say, one of these: > > http://www.flug-revue.rotor.com/FRTy...dam/A500FF.jpg "Meat grinder"! Rear exit planes would be the ticket. I fancy running full pelt down the loading ramp of a C130 at 12,000 feet -- Hog '03 ST4S '96 Bastard12 '89 R100RS '81 XS650 '78 RD400 |
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Hog wrote:
> platypus wrote: > >> Unlike, say, one of these: >> >> http://www.flug-revue.rotor.com/FRTy...dam/A500FF.jpg > > "Meat grinder"! > > Rear exit planes would be the ticket. I fancy running full pelt down > the loading ramp of a C130 at 12,000 feet This plane: http://www.aviationpictureweb.com/Warbirds/Ju-52.jpg used to be owned by Martin Caidin. He would run a thing called the "Great Christmas Cakewalk" where a whole bunch of jumpers lined up across the wings before doing what comes naturally. -- platypus "fastidious and precise" |
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"Hog" <hogSPAM@freenetCHIPS.co.uk> wrote in message news:f87l6l$ca8$1@registered.motzarella.org... > Beav wrote: >> "raden" <raden@kateda.org> wrote in message >> news:E7ct$VWFC$nGFwpf@ntlworld.com... >>> In message <xn0f8uh671fisw001@news.motzarella.org>, christofire >>> <chris@ukrm.org> writes >>>> Hog wrote: >>>> >>>>> in particular reading about Motor Gliders >>>> >>>> Aren't they just planes? WRT the rest of it, I think Wizard (or >>>> somebody) organised a gliding thing a while ago. He might know. >>>> >>> Yeah, we're all experts with about 15 minutes experience down here >>> >>> A glider's like a cessna without the exciting bits >> >> A Cessna's a bit like a plane innit? > > The Scottish parachute club had a single engine Cessna. It was mildly > exciting, in the main part due to to the right hand doors being removed > ;o) I spent a few hours flying a Robinson R22 with both doors off. Absolutely *ruined* it for me to ever fly with doors on again. -- Beav VN 750 Zed 1000 OMF# 19 |
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Beav wrote:
> "Hog" <hogSPAM@freenetCHIPS.co.uk> wrote in message > news:f87l6l$ca8$1@registered.motzarella.org... >> Beav wrote: >>> "raden" <raden@kateda.org> wrote in message >>> news:E7ct$VWFC$nGFwpf@ntlworld.com... >>>> In message <xn0f8uh671fisw001@news.motzarella.org>, christofire >>>> <chris@ukrm.org> writes >>>>> Hog wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> in particular reading about Motor Gliders >>>>> >>>>> Aren't they just planes? WRT the rest of it, I think Wizard (or >>>>> somebody) organised a gliding thing a while ago. He might know. >>>>> >>>> Yeah, we're all experts with about 15 minutes experience down here >>>> >>>> A glider's like a cessna without the exciting bits >>> >>> A Cessna's a bit like a plane innit? >> >> The Scottish parachute club had a single engine Cessna. It was mildly >> exciting, in the main part due to to the right hand doors being >> removed ;o) > > I spent a few hours flying a Robinson R22 with both doors off. > Absolutely *ruined* it for me to ever fly with doors on again. I remember spending a sunny Sunday afternoon doing circuits in a Cessna 150, with the window up on the underside of the wing and my elbow hanging out. Idyllic, it was. -- platypus "fastidious and precise" |
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platypus wrote:
> Beav wrote: >> I spent a few hours flying a Robinson R22 with both doors off. >> Absolutely *ruined* it for me to ever fly with doors on again. > > > I remember spending a sunny Sunday afternoon doing circuits in a Cessna > 150, with the window up on the underside of the wing and my elbow > hanging out. Idyllic, it was. Aerobat, was it? -- '01 SV650SK1 '99 EX250-F13 '98 ZG1000-A13 OMF #7 |
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Re: Any Gliders in the House?
Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, platypus <monotreme@blueyonder.co.uk> typed >Beav wrote: >> "Hog" <hogSPAM@freenetCHIPS.co.uk> wrote in message >> news:f87l6l$ca8$1@registered.motzarella.org... >>> Beav wrote: >>>> "raden" <raden@kateda.org> wrote in message >>>> news:E7ct$VWFC$nGFwpf@ntlworld.com... >>>>> In message <xn0f8uh671fisw001@news.motzarella.org>, christofire >>>>> <chris@ukrm.org> writes >>>>>> Hog wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> in particular reading about Motor Gliders >>>>>> >>>>>> Aren't they just planes? WRT the rest of it, I think Wizard (or >>>>>> somebody) organised a gliding thing a while ago. He might know. >>>>>> >>>>> Yeah, we're all experts with about 15 minutes experience down here >>>>> >>>>> A glider's like a cessna without the exciting bits >>>> >>>> A Cessna's a bit like a plane innit? >>> >>> The Scottish parachute club had a single engine Cessna. It was mildly >>> exciting, in the main part due to to the right hand doors being >>> removed ;o) >> >> I spent a few hours flying a Robinson R22 with both doors off. >> Absolutely *ruined* it for me to ever fly with doors on again. > >I remember spending a sunny Sunday afternoon doing circuits in a Cessna >150, with the window up on the underside of the wing and my elbow >hanging out. Idyllic, it was. Heh. From my flying |
