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I'd just like to announce a new Yahoo newsgroup for those pilots (and want to be pilots) who are deaf, hard of hearing, have cochlear implants or are candidates for same, or are interested in in ...
People voting for them as well. The percentage of non-pilots is even probably higher among them.
What are your views and impressions of the L-33 as a cross country ship?
The NTSB put extraordinary effort into trying to find fault with something other than the pilots. Trying to now hypothesize that it of course had to be that both pilots were incapacitated due to havin...
...d dangerous flying in my career (incluing radar low levels in the mountains at 500' AGL). The glider pilots at the other end have a bad habit of trying to kill the tow pilots, especially the stud...
... to be the case in the US. Here, the 15 m class continues to be the largest, and seems to attract the top pilots, despite the predictions of decline when 18m came along. Future health seems likely as ...
... this means things with a ZK-xxx number, and so includes airliners but excludes military), and 10% of the pilots are glider pilots....
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On February 16 Derek Piggot, John Cochrane, Jim Short and Curt Lewis will give a program for soaring pilots concerning safety, airspace, and initial cross country flying. Derek Piggott will talk ...
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You don't say what you fly but your email name suggests it's probably a Ventus. I thought 15m pilots needed the left hand on the flap handle during takeoff. Perhaps other 15m pilots could ...
...mption that one gets the behavior that one rewards (in this case maximum ground coverage) - what prevents pilots from simply throwing a wet thumb into the air, making a three hour downwind dash, takin...
Nice but 5 miles is useless, even ASW17 pilots get further from home than that Al!
Ian
Visit the folks at NCSA at Harnett County Airport. A very good group of pilots. Then rejoice that you're so close. Glenn
I've had several ex-hang glider pilots tell me sailplanes are funner and cheaper (and doesn't hurt so much). Check things carefully before making the switch!
...y be a special case, because we usually had more than one pilot to a retrieve vehicle. So small groups of pilots find it useful to have their 'own frequency'.
When I used 70 cm in my gli...
...ng that moves faster than 10 mph or gets you more than 10 feet above the ground is safe. Properly trained pilots are safe. If Bill I. Had never experianced his spoilers popping open by themselfs, Then...
nor is a pilots license needed, nor training, nor common sense. Just buy and fly. Think about where that will send the accident and fatality rate.
does not have
And you know it isn't goin...
Some pilots have only two friends, Johnny Walker and Martin Baker.
Taken from a T shirt of the Akaflieg Munich.
Robert Mudd
Robert Mudd
...ears ago that went to somewhere near 55,000ft and violated some FARs and was not considered a record. The pilots name, I think, was Bob Harris Charlie 'Lite'...
...alue so good? Did I miss something years ago, I always thought a LS-4 would beat a 300 or was it the good pilots were flying LS-4's? What is a LS1f like?...
...n you library to become a safe pilot.
Also, we produced a CD Rom describing 'Airspace for Glider Pilots' you will find very useful.
Tom Knauff...
Interested to know how many batteries competition pilots believe should be fitted to their gliders and what configuration?
ie seperate battery for loggers or complete battery duplication (all syst...
Hello,
I just finished coding a program on my site to make available the whole Airmen and Certified pilots database. So far, you can search by last name and city. See who else is a pilot in your t...
Nobody ever said Soaring Pilots were dull ... Although Jack Greene ( a local 26 driver) always did dress like a 'hunger hurts' poster ... BTW, we found the SRA Treasurer ... his new snail-ma...
...many others I think I'll save the details and see if I'm in the area anytime (Yeah, right!). If pilots are in the South of France for a family vacation I can see you getting quite a few that...
...uested information from the SSA, but, so far, have not received a response. I have heard from a couple of pilots that have first hand experience and have not been too encouraged for the type of dialys...
Ok theory vs practice time folks.
Some pilots say when leaving a thermal you should tighten up, roll level and exit straight across the core. Most of us, I suspect simply roll out on heading and t...
...nes often stay assembled to cook in the sun. Not often do we see girlfriends involved with the open class pilots ,unless they are 'Brunhilda' types. If the giants are loaded to the gills wit...
...most enjoyable ride ive ever had in a glider. we have had a few incidents with it, i think mostly b/c the pilots that fly it are our oldest in the club and can sometimes be feeble. ours does have a no...
U.S. Glider Pilots-
Who are you using to insure your glider?
What kinds of annual rates for used sailplanes ($15,000 - $20,000 value) for what types of coverages? (i.e. hull damage, storage, r...
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