flights
I have been anxiously awaiting news of incredible flights of the eta glider this year. Any news?
What is the latest?
...#039;t *sound* very sucessful. And though the Wright brothers first flight was shorter than that, they had flights three times longer on the SAME DAY. And without breaking their aircraft or themselves...
...ing into a Standard Austria SH-1 with the retractable landing gear. I have almost 40 solo hours in 48 solo flights. I have had many (over 120) training flights going back to 2004.
Does anyone out the...
Hi Carl,
I have had my L-33 for about 2-1/2 years and have done more than 100 flights in it. It was the first single place glider I flew after doing all my training in L-23's. The first 5-6 f...
While we are not a commercial operation, we can arrange guest member flights in Logan, Utah about 80 miles north of Salt Lake City. We operate from April through the end of November depending on weath...
Well, the best thing to do would be to get a few flights with a CFIG in a Duo Discus (or DG 505, etc.). Where are you located?
They must have heard about the 53 flights above 15,000 feet in the last seven days at Aboyne.
try www.eu.wgc2001.org for the official site - live tracking of flights too!
Ian
In the 28 years I have been flying gliders in region 11, we have had 12 attempted flights with a control disconnected; Pegasus
... a Genesis 2 in Sweden.
It is owned by Magnus Johansson in Orebro, reg SE-UMM. He flew several long XC flights in it last summer and it has a Swedish C of A....
... other thread you gave your experience as:
'In my case 'novice' means about 20 training flights & a few solo flights in a Grob 103 II A. I guess I'm really just a beginner!...
...tions in Ohio can not be worse than the UK for gliding and we still manage to do decent long cross country flights. Lift of more 6knots is quite rare here, more common is 2 to 3 knots. Wing loadings i...
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The Apis does indeed hold several world records in the FAI's ultralight category. Record flights continue to be attempted.
There are 4 kits in the US and one ready to fly. Two of...
...ere in Europe, we are struggling to make it clear to newbies and wannabies that - you can have spectacular flights in a safe manner - you can fly nice & modern gliders in a club for a reasonable b...
...is a button that looks like a loose leaf binder that reads the IGC file. I then use See You to analyze the flights. Documentation is an issue although I have a registered disk. Somehow, the help files...
...bout the same fuselage but glassfibre wings.
I am not sure that many glider-pilots know this.
Safe flights to all,
Guy Ventus B (and ex-SF 27A) Belgium...
.... I was afraid to mention this as it is a bit unbelievable, but our buddy and his wife have had some great flights xc in the 2-33. I bet they get the most smiles per dollar becuase they BOTH smile the...
I have a number of flights in L-33, and haven't had this problem, even with slight tailwinds... it might be your wingrunner's fault, too. If she/he gives a 'helpful' flip to '...
...o my needs.
And there has never been an accident on any of the Monarchs we have built ( a few thousand flights), but there has been an accident in a kit built monarch which has lead us recently to...
...ion of the DG101 (fixed wheel), and I have also flown the ASW19 quite a bit. Both are comfortable for long flights. Visibility in the long canopy DG was excellent under certain conditions, but reflect...
...do? Cost? the asymmetry problem? Fat trailers? The need to relieve ones bladder in private on long or high flights?
Happy instructing
John Firth...
...al event, tens of thousands attend) is also a customer of our's. Out there in the parking lot between flights, Barb was shaking hands and handing out lit. She taught me to get out of the back sea...
...s then masked. It's still to early, of course, to speak about performances. I will still need several flights, only to acquire the whole flight parameters.
Nevertheless, this flight made pass...
... during a 'hard' landing, was removed from my palm. After this failure, we went back to unmanned flights buzzing the town at night (lofting a 5 foot aluminum foil covered disk) to promote fl...
...ys where I flew 8 Rides in a day without any help or ground crew. I have also made 500 K X-country soaring flights, and 300K with students or passengers. The overhead is negligable. With the exellent ...
In Finland:
At least PPL (SEP) and GPL When a PPL holder wants to fly GPL validation, minimum is 10 flights / 2 hours.
Tow pilot must have total experience of 150 hrs, of which at least 100 hr...
... time pilot, private ASEL with <200 hrs, and a freshly minted Glider rating (August, 2001) with only 90 flights total, and no >35:1 time until I flew the kestrel. I had to get my glider rating t...
...wake of the pod (not restartable in flight, either) . I met one competent soaring pilot who had successful flights in one (and who did real well in a Monerai he also built), but even he tried to self-...
...imbs up to 21,000 but continuing on from there.
What a day of claims - we had the following successful flights:
Steve Thompson completed his 500km to claim Diamond Goal and Diamond Distance ha...
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