Lookin' for the Cherokee Kid

[Gapa Geezer]

Anybody 'round these parts seen that gliderslinger what's been makin'
them straight out distance
flights in that old wood an' cloth glider an' what calls hisself "The
Cherokee Kid"?
I been practicin' in my GAPA PW-2, an' I aim to take him on in the
OLC straight out category this comin'
season, but just real friendly like. I be hopin' he got his
recovering job finished by now an' the horse
glue be dried. I know my GAPA be made outta advanced composites,
'stead of wood an' cloth, but I be figurin' I
can give him a run for his money, Gawd willin'. I ain't gonna reveal
my true identity 'til
I make an actual bona-fide OLC flight, that ain't greyed out, but
he'll know soon enough.

Signed,

X

The Gapa Geezer

[Tony[_5_]]

Can't wait to see the PW-2 at the top of the standings on OLC. I myself was doing some figuring the other day on what it would take for Leah and I to break the Kansas state multiplace 100km speed record in our clubs 2-22.

YYY is currently in the garage for some performance enhancing modifications.. I've been reading those Concordia updates on soaringcafe.com and got a few ideas. We'll be campaigning through the first half of the season on every weekend with good weather and no weddings, and Leah and I will be heading to the 13.5 meter super regional/1-26 championships in July. After that I might switch to my high performance NG-1 for some Barringer trophy attempts. We'll see.

[Gapa Geezer]

On Apr 4, 12:51*pm, Tony > wrote:
> Can't wait to see the PW-2 at the top of the standings on OLC. I myself was doing some figuring the other day on what it would take for Leah and I to break the Kansas state multiplace 100km speed record in our clubs 2-22.
>
> YYY is currently in the garage for some performance enhancing modifications. *I've been reading those Concordia updates on soaringcafe.com and got a few ideas. *We'll be campaigning through the first half of the season on every weekend with good weather and no weddings, and Leah and I will be heading to the 13.5 meter super regional/1-26 championships in July. *After that I might switch to my high performance NG-1 for some Barringer trophy attempts. We'll see.

Well Kid, it be only fair to give you warnin', I ain't got no FLARM,
an' I ain't got no transponder or PCAS, but
I be figurin' - what with you in Kansas, and me at my as yet
undisclosed location near the West Coast, there
ain't too much danger of us collidin'. I be flyin' the GAPA for the
same reasons you'uns is flyin' the
Cherokee - money, 'ceptin' I be at the opposite end of the age
spectrum from you'uns.

Signed,

X

The Gapa Geezer

[Martin Gregorie[_5_]]

On Wed, 04 Apr 2012 13:54:51 -0700, Gapa Geezer wrote:

>
> Well Kid, it be only fair to give you warnin', I ain't got no FLARM,
> an' I ain't got no transponder or PCAS, but I be figurin' - what with
> you in Kansas, and me at my as yet undisclosed location near the West
> Coast, there ain't too much danger of us collidin'. I be flyin' the
> GAPA for the same reasons you'uns is flyin' the Cherokee - money,
> 'ceptin' I be at the opposite end of the age spectrum from you'uns.
>
Well, I know where one is on the West Coast: I saw it there on 2001 and
it seems to be still there. However, as of 2011 Wikipedia thinks there
are another four in the US: does anybody know where they all are?

And, for a subsidiary question, have any of them got the full windscreen,
running from the nose nacelle to the wing LE, that is shown in a photo of
a Poland-based example?


--
martin@ | Martin Gregorie
gregorie. | Essex, UK
org |

[Tony[_5_]]

On Wednesday, April 4, 2012 6:14:40 PM UTC-5, Martin Gregorie wrote:
> On Wed, 04 Apr 2012 13:54:51 -0700, Gapa Geezer wrote:
>
> >
> > Well Kid, it be only fair to give you warnin', I ain't got no FLARM,
> > an' I ain't got no transponder or PCAS, but I be figurin' - what with
> > you in Kansas, and me at my as yet undisclosed location near the West
> > Coast, there ain't too much danger of us collidin'. I be flyin' the
> > GAPA for the same reasons you'uns is flyin' the Cherokee - money,
> > 'ceptin' I be at the opposite end of the age spectrum from you'uns.
> >
> Well, I know where one is on the West Coast: I saw it there on 2001 and
> it seems to be still there. However, as of 2011 Wikipedia thinks there
> are another four in the US: does anybody know where they all are?
>
> And, for a subsidiary question, have any of them got the full windscreen,
> running from the nose nacelle to the wing LE, that is shown in a photo of
> a Poland-based example?
>
>
> --
> martin@ | Martin Gregorie
> gregorie. | Essex, UK
> org |

all the other ones that i found on the US registry are in Florida.

[Vaughn]

On 4/4/2012 7:14 PM, Martin Gregorie wrote:

>>
> Well, I know where one is on the West Coast: I saw it there on 2001 and
> it seems to be still there. However, as of 2011 Wikipedia thinks there
> are another four in the US: does anybody know where they all are?
>
Two of them were in Palm Beach Florida area a few years ago. One was
owned by the Barrys. I was hoping to fly that one, but they never got
the paperwork straightened out.

Vaughn

[Matt Michael]

This is my favorite thread, perhaps ever.

[Dan[_6_]]

On Apr 5, 6:35*am, Vaughn > wrote:
> On 4/4/2012 7:14 PM, Martin Gregorie wrote:
>
>
>
> > Well, I know where one is on the West Coast: I saw it there on 2001 and
> > it seems to be still there. However, as of 2011 Wikipedia thinks there
> > are another four in the US: does anybody know where they all are?
>
> Two of them were in Palm Beach Florida area a few years ago. *One was
> owned by the Barrys. *I was hoping to fly that one, but they never got
> the paperwork straightened out.
>
> Vaughn


thee is one at Avenal CA
http://www.soaravenal.com/aircraft.htm

Dan
WO

[Peter von Tresckow]

Does that mean that GapaGeezer is perhaps Pez D Spencer????

:D

Pete

"Dan" > wrote in message
...
On Apr 5, 6:35 am, Vaughn > wrote:
> On 4/4/2012 7:14 PM, Martin Gregorie wrote:
>
>
>
> > Well, I know where one is on the West Coast: I saw it there on 2001 and
> > it seems to be still there. However, as of 2011 Wikipedia thinks there
> > are another four in the US: does anybody know where they all are?
>
> Two of them were in Palm Beach Florida area a few years ago. One was
> owned by the Barrys. I was hoping to fly that one, but they never got
> the paperwork straightened out.
>
> Vaughn


thee is one at Avenal CA
http://www.soaravenal.com/aircraft.htm

Dan
WO

[Tony[_5_]]

On Thursday, April 5, 2012 1:48:51 PM UTC-5, vontresc wrote:
> Does that mean that GapaGeezer is perhaps Pez D Spencer????
>
> :D
>
> Pete

nah if it was Pez he'd challenge me in the Spitzer Gollywomper. Surely the Gapa can at least get out of sight of the airport by the end of the afternoon

[Gapa Geezer]

On Apr 5, 1:55*pm, Tony > wrote:
> On Thursday, April 5, 2012 1:48:51 PM UTC-5, vontresc wrote:
> > Does that mean that GapaGeezer is perhaps Pez D Spencer????
>
> > :D
>
> > Pete
>
> nah if it was Pez he'd challenge me in the Spitzer Gollywomper. *Surely the Gapa can at least get out of sight of the airport by the end of the afternoon

Well Kid, I ain't a gonna say much 'till I go out an make a bona-fide
flight, now that I dun' set up that challenge.
Maybe that way, 'case I chicken out, nobody'd be the wiser. I don't
mind telllin' ya my knees is knockin' a bit thinkin'
about where I might be landin' that thing!

Signed,

X

The GAPA Geezer

[Tony[_5_]]

On Thursday, April 5, 2012 6:11:26 PM UTC-5, Gapa Geezer wrote:
> On Apr 5, 1:55*pm, Tony > wrote:
> > On Thursday, April 5, 2012 1:48:51 PM UTC-5, vontresc wrote:
> > > Does that mean that GapaGeezer is perhaps Pez D Spencer????
> >
> > > :D
> >
> > > Pete
> >
> > nah if it was Pez he'd challenge me in the Spitzer Gollywomper. *Surely the Gapa can at least get out of sight of the airport by the end of the afternoon
>
> Well Kid, I ain't a gonna say much 'till I go out an make a bona-fide
> flight, now that I dun' set up that challenge.
> Maybe that way, 'case I chicken out, nobody'd be the wiser. I don't
> mind telllin' ya my knees is knockin' a bit thinkin'
> about where I might be landin' that thing!
>
> Signed,
>
> X
>
> The GAPA Geezer

with a 2.15 handicap you won't have to go far!

[Gapa Geezer]

On Apr 5, 11:48*am, "Peter von Tresckow" > wrote:
> Does that mean that GapaGeezer is perhaps Pez D Spencer????
>
> :D
>
> Pete
>
> "Dan" > wrote in message
>
> ...
> On Apr 5, 6:35 am, Vaughn > wrote:
>
> > On 4/4/2012 7:14 PM, Martin Gregorie wrote:
>
> > > Well, I know where one is on the West Coast: I saw it there on 2001 and
> > > it seems to be still there. However, as of 2011 Wikipedia thinks there
> > > are another four in the US: does anybody know where they all are?
>
> > Two of them were in Palm Beach Florida area a few years ago. One was
> > owned by the Barrys. I was hoping to fly that one, but they never got
> > the paperwork straightened out.
>
> > Vaughn
>
> thee is one at Avenal CA
> *http://www.soaravenal.com/aircraft.htm
>
> Dan
> WO

That's a good guess, but
Nah, the GAPA Geezer ain't nothin' but if he ain't modest.
He'd never dare compare hisself to the immortal Pez D Spencer.
Pez is in a whole 'nother league, but haven't heard much out
of him lately.

Signed,

X

The GAPA Geezer

[Karl Kunz]

Hey GG, How bout we cut a hole in the Gapa so you can launch like this and give that Cherokee Kid a break.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpemglwS8XA

On Thursday, April 5, 2012 7:10:16 PM UTC-7, Gapa Geezer wrote:
> On Apr 5, 11:48*am, "Peter von Tresckow" > wrote:
> > Does that mean that GapaGeezer is perhaps Pez D Spencer????
> >
> > :D
> >
> > Pete
> >
> > "Dan" > wrote in message
> >
> >
> > On Apr 5, 6:35 am, Vaughn > wrote:
> >
> > > On 4/4/2012 7:14 PM, Martin Gregorie wrote:
> >
> > > > Well, I know where one is on the West Coast: I saw it there on 2001 and
> > > > it seems to be still there. However, as of 2011 Wikipedia thinks there
> > > > are another four in the US: does anybody know where they all are?
> >
> > > Two of them were in Palm Beach Florida area a few years ago. One was
> > > owned by the Barrys. I was hoping to fly that one, but they never got
> > > the paperwork straightened out.
> >
> > > Vaughn
> >
> > thee is one at Avenal CA
> > *http://www.soaravenal.com/aircraft.htm
> >
> > Dan
> > WO
>
> That's a good guess, but
> Nah, the GAPA Geezer ain't nothin' but if he ain't modest.
> He'd never dare compare hisself to the immortal Pez D Spencer.
> Pez is in a whole 'nother league, but haven't heard much out
> of him lately.
>
> Signed,
>
> X
>
> The GAPA Geezer

[Mario[_2_]]

On Apr 5, 7:10*pm, Gapa Geezer > wrote:
> On Apr 5, 11:48*am, "Peter von Tresckow" > wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > Does that mean that GapaGeezer is perhaps Pez D Spencer????
>
> > :D
>
> > Pete
>
> > "Dan" > wrote in message
>
> ...
> > On Apr 5, 6:35 am, Vaughn > wrote:
>
> > > On 4/4/2012 7:14 PM, Martin Gregorie wrote:
>
> > > > Well, I know where one is on the West Coast: I saw it there on 2001 and
> > > > it seems to be still there. However, as of 2011 Wikipedia thinks there
> > > > are another four in the US: does anybody know where they all are?
>
> > > Two of them were in Palm Beach Florida area a few years ago. One was
> > > owned by the Barrys. I was hoping to fly that one, but they never got
> > > the paperwork straightened out.
>
> > > Vaughn
>
> > thee is one at Avenal CA
> > *http://www.soaravenal.com/aircraft.htm
>
> > Dan
> > WO
>
> That's a good guess, but
> Nah, the GAPA Geezer ain't nothin' but if he ain't modest.
> He'd never dare compare hisself to the immortal Pez D Spencer.
> Pez is in a whole 'nother league, but haven't heard much out
> of him lately.
>
> Signed,
>
> X
>
> The GAPA Geezer

The GAPA Geezer is way to modest. We have photos of him soaring out
over the Pacific Ocean.

[Gapa Geezer]

On Apr 5, 8:47*pm, Karl Kunz > wrote:
> Hey GG, How bout we cut a hole in the Gapa so you can launch like this and give that Cherokee Kid a break.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpemglwS8XA
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Thursday, April 5, 2012 7:10:16 PM UTC-7, Gapa Geezer wrote:
> > On Apr 5, 11:48*am, "Peter von Tresckow" > wrote:
> > > Does that mean that GapaGeezer is perhaps Pez D Spencer????
>
> > > :D
>
> > > Pete
>
> > > "Dan" > wrote in message
>
> > > On Apr 5, 6:35 am, Vaughn > wrote:
>
> > > > On 4/4/2012 7:14 PM, Martin Gregorie wrote:
>
> > > > > Well, I know where one is on the West Coast: I saw it there on 2001 and
> > > > > it seems to be still there. However, as of 2011 Wikipedia thinks there
> > > > > are another four in the US: does anybody know where they all are?
>
> > > > Two of them were in Palm Beach Florida area a few years ago. One was
> > > > owned by the Barrys. I was hoping to fly that one, but they never got
> > > > the paperwork straightened out.
>
> > > > Vaughn
>
> > > thee is one at Avenal CA
> > > *http://www.soaravenal.com/aircraft.htm
>
> > > Dan
> > > WO
>
> > That's a good guess, but
> > Nah, the GAPA Geezer ain't nothin' but if he ain't modest.
> > He'd never dare compare hisself to the immortal Pez D Spencer.
> > Pez is in a whole 'nother league, but haven't heard much out
> > of him lately.
>
> > Signed,
>
> > X
>
> > The GAPA Geezer

Well Sonny, if that ain't the Gall-Da#!*des't thang I ever did see!
But U's got to remember the GG is Old! And he didn't get that way by
bein' 'specially bold. 'Sides he can already stick his legs out the
sides and run 'long the ground with that GAPA without 'cuttin no holes
in his contraption. But that wide-legged stance that takes kinda
bothers him, 'caus them bionic knees they installed in him a 'couple
years ago ain't all they was cracked up 'ta be. He 'kinda got sold a
bill 'a goods on them things. 'Sides that, it really does a number on
the GG;s ingueenal hernia sac too, 'runnin like that. Nah, the GG's
'probly gonna
have ta settle for maybe 'sumptin like these here kids is doin in
Japan with one 'a them things they calls "bungees":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2pjcvCjjBk&NR=1

else maybe he's gonna try hitchin up a horse to it like them guys did
with that ULF-1 in this here video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86rOfjhsIIM

He been also thinkin' 'bout copyin' that guy with that glider he been
callin' the "Goat", what just rolls hisself
off the hill kinda' like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-noBy7oHCG0

By my Mark,

X

The Gapa Geezer

[[email protected]]

On Thursday, April 5, 2012 5:52:00 PM UTC-7, Tony wrote:
> On Thursday, April 5, 2012 6:11:26 PM UTC-5, Gapa Geezer wrote:
> > On Apr 5, 1:55*pm, Tony > wrote:
> > > On Thursday, April 5, 2012 1:48:51 PM UTC-5, vontresc wrote:
> > > > Does that mean that GapaGeezer is perhaps Pez D Spencer????
> > >
> > > > :D
> > >
> > > > Pete
> > >
> > > nah if it was Pez he'd challenge me in the Spitzer Gollywomper. *Surely the Gapa can at least get out of sight of the airport by the end of the afternoon
> >
> > Well Kid, I ain't a gonna say much 'till I go out an make a bona-fide
> > flight, now that I dun' set up that challenge.
> > Maybe that way, 'case I chicken out, nobody'd be the wiser. I don't
> > mind telllin' ya my knees is knockin' a bit thinkin'
> > about where I might be landin' that thing!
> >
> > Signed,
> >
> > X
> >
> > The GAPA Geezer
>
> with a 2.15 handicap you won't have to go far!

Good goin’ Kid on Satuday! Ya dun skunked me good, faar and squaar!
But I gots ‘ta say I was right pleased that I got me my very first OLC GAPA flight that
same day what wasn't
grayed out! Just snuck into the bonafidee catagory with a whoppin’ 59.9 Km scorin’
distance. No. 109 for the day in the good old US of A! Right down at the very bottom of
page 3. I see you was up a ways from me at the bottom of page 2.

http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0/gliding/flightinfo.html?dsId=2293427

But looks like I did beat you in one category, that ‘a thermalin’ percentage time.
Mine were 71.63 and yours were 62.21. Maybe if you keep a watchin’ what I’m doin’, you can
gets your percent thermalin’ time up higher like mine!
I dun kept that GAPA up for 'bout nigh on to 2hours and 10 minutes. I had me the trailer hooked up and had me 'nother qualified Geezer name 'a “Del Blomquist” for my
crew - he's 87, so he's even older 'n me, a genuine Geezer fo’ sure.
I was figurin’ it’d be straight out distance fo’ sure, bein’ as how the
GAPA can’t go ‘gainst the wind for nothin’. But lo’ and behold, when
I got up there, if there warn’t hardly no wind at all, so I dun changed my
strategy and changed over to that there “Yo-Yo” category I been hearin’
‘bout. That was purty nice, ‘cause then I could stay ‘lot closer to the aerodrome.
But I did get purty low a couple of times. Once when I saw this high performance
machine they be callin’ a “2-33” circlin’ a mile or so away
‘an went in underneath him, but he didn’t really have nothin’, and flew off ‘bout as
soon as I started circlin’. That left
me downwind ‘a the aerodrome, ‘an d#!%$ed if I wasn’t too low to get back! Praise be
‘ta the almighty that I dun snagged me a thermal ‘a my own whilst headn’ for this
landin’ field I had me picked out, and got myself back up. That’ll teach me to
not be a leachin’ offen them high performance superships like unto that 2-33 in the
future.
I coulda’ stayed up even longer, but guest what? Just like a ‘lot a other super-hero’s,
I done found me a side-kick, name ‘a “Bartolomiej Klusek” what likes to fly the
GAPA ‘bout as much as I do. He’s a lot younger than me and a lot taller, but that’s OK
for a Geezer side-kick and actu’lly has some ‘vantages. He was wantin’ to make hisself a flight that day two, so I dun came down to let him have ago at it. Turns out he was born in POLAND, so’s it’s just like havin’ my own factory GAPA representative right here on the premises!
Darned if he can even read the manual that came with the GAPA, so we dun learn’t some new
stuff we never knowed b’fore! Too bad I dun hogged all the good thermals for the
day, so he didn’t get hisself a very good flight, but I’ll let him try again later. That first name ‘a
his is a real mouthful, we goin’ to have to find a good sidekick nickname for him if’n we get
syndeecated by Marvel Comics someday. I got to admits that I’m not two comfortable
with that super-hero logo. It’s kinda against my natural born modesty, but anyways, it warn’t my
idea, somebody else in that there local Avenal glider club done come up with it. But I also got’s to admit that idea of the Geezer a swoopin’ down and landin’ in the
GAPA at the scene of some injustice and rightin’ them wrongs and such is mighty
appealin’, leastwise in my imagination, anyways.

Man, there was a lot ‘a gliders up on Saturday! I be apologizin’ in advance if’n
I dun set off any ‘a them there FLARMS. If’n I did get that close to any of ‘em, I sure
didn’t see ‘um. I remember I dun accidently set off somebody’s car alarm over
at the WallyWorld (Walmart) parkin’ lot a couple ‘a times and it sure was embarrasin’! Man that
Whoop! Whoop! Woop! sound that loud like that a reverbiratin’ inside them cockpits would sure do a number on a guy’s ears I’ll bet! Hope nobody had ta go ta the Hospital to have their
eardrums patched or ‘nothin. Well, this be getting’ a bit wordy, so I’ll be a signin’ off.

Signed,

X

The GAPA Geezer

[Tony[_5_]]

Not too bad for a Geezer. After all that circling can you walk in a straight line?

The link you posted went to a big long flight in a DG-800. Trying to pull one over on us? This is more like it: http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0/gliding/flightinfo.html?dsId=2293324

You're way behind on landout percentage!

[Bart[_4_]]

On Apr 23, 1:09*pm, Tony > wrote:
> You're way behind on landout percentage!

Well, I managed to put the Gapa in a field yesterday. Just short of
the airport.

Geezer's Sidekick

[Morgan[_2_]]

On Monday, April 23, 2012 1:54:12 PM UTC-7, Bart wrote:
> On Apr 23, 1:09*pm, Tony > wrote:
> > You're way behind on landout percentage!
>
> Well, I managed to put the Gapa in a field yesterday. Just short of
> the airport.
>
> Geezer's Sidekick

I'm going to have to find a Google Translate filter for Gapa Geezer speak. I'm just happy to see everyone having fun with the Gapa.

[Gapa Geezer]

On Apr 23, 8:09*pm, Tony > wrote:
> Not too bad for a Geezer. *After all that circling can you walk in a straight line?
>
> The link you posted went to a big long flight in a DG-800. *Trying to pull one over on us? This is more like it:http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2..0/gliding/flightinfo.html?dsId=229...
>
> You're way behind on landout percentage!

Thanks Kid, for fixin' that link. I should otta have gotten me some
technical help 'afore tryin' somethin' fancy like putting in that
link.
Respondin' ta your question, I gots ta admit I was a bit wobbly after
I dun got outa that thing. But like I said before, I been practicin'
on the ground
in a spinnin' chair, knowin' I was goin' ta be tryin' to up my
thermalin' time much's possible, so I dun got pretty used to all that
circlin', even though
this done been the first good flight this soarin' season. I been
readn' some a them articles by that sawbones flyin' doctor what goes
by the name a "Dan Johnson",
so I was ready for that there cold air diuresis effect he been
talkin' about. I do gots to figure me out a better relief set up fer
the GAPA, 'cause what with all that
wind and all, you can 'magine what happens if'n you gots to relieve
yourself up there. If'n you had to let it fly, it'd be purty near
disatrous, not to be mentionin'
d#$!@m near embarissin' when you got back to the aerodrome.

Case you be wonderin' here's a pitcher a me and my sidekick. I think
we done
settled on the nickname a "Bart" for him, 'stead a his natural born
name, 'cause it's lots easier for us 'mericans that way.

http://www.soaravenal.com/26-Belts9-4-10.jpg

You can see we's payin' special
'ttention to that there seat belt on the GAPA. Lot's a people that's
thought 'bout flyin' it kinda change their minds sometimes when they
see that it's got
the same kind a seatbelt like unto the PW-5, whereby if you
accidently grabs the wrong strap whilst tryin' ta tighten your
seatbelt, you just might pull the wrong
one and unstrap
yo'self completely! But nots to worry, the GAPA still has a little
old failsafe feature whereby it gots some toe straps on the rudder
peddles. You'd still be hangin' from
those toestraps if'n you was to fall out! Course, it might take some
purty hefty upper body strength to ever pull yo'self back in I
reckin'! Hopin' I never have to try that out!
I got's to admit my confidence was a might shaken the other day when
Bart was readn' that GAPA manual in Polish by hisself, and then when
he gets in the GAPA, I sees he's rigged up a little rubber band
contraption on the seatbelt release so's it won't come undone so easy.
Kind of makes me wonder like maybe there's somethin' in
that Polish Manual he done seen he didn't tell me 'bout!

Signed,

X

The Gapa Geezer

[Tony[_5_]]

Well I did my best to up my circling % today, up in the 70's today so we're in the same leauge. Can't help but notice you had to step up to the high performance SGS 2-33 today. The performance will spoil you if you're not careful.

[Alex[_5_]]

On May 5, 6:02*pm, Tony > wrote:
> Well I did my best to up my circling % today, up in the 70's today so we're in the same leauge. Can't help but notice you had to step up to the high performance SGS 2-33 today. *The performance will spoil you if you're not careful.

Good Job Kid on Saturday! I knows it can be purty windy out there in
Kansas, I done flewed there at at that there Sunflower place once back
in the last century, lemmisee, think it was 'round about the 1980s or
so, but you done good fer tryin' anyways.
Fact is, it was purty windy here in Cali. two. Sorry 'bout resortin'
to usin' that 2-33 supership, but there's this
local kid been hanging 'round the Avenal gliderdrome lately, comes out
on his bicycle and been helpin' with the
towropes, tyin' down and such. So I 'decided to give him a ride. He
didn't get sick or 'nothin, and seemed to have
a good ol' time of it. But, somethin's goin' wrong, my thermalin'
percentage time done dropped way down to 53.53, I
can see I gots a lot of work ta do. We gots one guy in this Avenal
club name 'a Morgan Hall that really needs a
lot 'a coachin' - his thermalin' percentage time is a way down about
8% lately. He's a former hangin' glider piluot,
so I think maybe he's got some wrong mental concepts or somthin'.

Signed,

X

The Gapa Geezer

[Tony[_5_]]

I would've figured that you flew at Sunflower back when it was a bomber training base...

[Gapa Geezer]

On May 12, 9:32*pm, Tony > wrote:
> Well it wasn't a great day and I was debating whether to attempt to stay local or just go for a distance flight, even though I had a late start and it was nearly 4 PM. *Then I thought "What would the Gapa Geezer do?"
>
> http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0/gliding/flightinfo.html?dsId=234....

Good goin' again kid! That was another good flight. U's most
prob'ly gettin' tired a my lame exkewses, but I
got a good one for last Satuday. I got a message that the FF of A was
a 'comin
out ta tha aerodrome, so I got there 'round 'bout 10 AM suspectin' to
be given a bunch of young farm
kids some rides. Get it? (Future Farmers of America). But turns out it
was actuwally the
FAA of A, you know, the Federales, same bunch as the Revenewers! And
they wanted to do
one a them there RAMP CHECKS on the GAPA. Well that took up most of
the whole mornin' and
I was so shook up I didn't feel much like flyin' the rest of the day,
'ceptin I did go up in the high performance
2-33 just to keep my hand in, so's I wouldn't get too rusty.
Speakin' again about that Sunflower gliderdrome. I got there just
after them B-57 Cranberry bombers
done left, I ain't quite near as old as you be thinkin' I am ! Do
they still have that swimmin' pool out
in front of the control tower buildin'? I got pictures a me and my
entire extended family swimmin' in
that pool clear back in the preceedin' centry, casin' U'd like to see
'em.

Signed,

X

The Gapa Geezer

[Tony[_5_]]

The pool is still there, but you don't want to swim in it anymore. It is now our clubs Primordial Soup science experiment. I'll be gone this weekend so you have a chance to catch up!

[Tony[_5_]]

Geezer...

You've got some catching up to do!

http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0/gliding/flightinfo.html?dsId=2486521

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On Monday, June 25, 2012 12:39:41 PM UTC+8, Tony wrote:
> Geezer...
>
> You've got some catching up to do!
>
> http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0/gliding/flightinfo.html?dsId=2486521

Hey, Kid!, That were a purdy good flight!, 'ceptin you furgot to mentchin' you
was a flyin' one a them there new fangled fibroglass composite gliders, 'stead a your wood and cloth one! But that's OK, at least you was out there tryin'. Hey, I was wonderin' if you'd like a camera mount fer yer Cherokee. I gots one from the days when we was still doin' them turnpoint photos. It would look purdy historical on yer Cherokee. I gotta say I was kinda sad when they went to all that new fangled GPS stuff, If'n they wanted to go digital, why couldn't the just 'a used them new digital cameras and still kept takin' pitchurs a them turnpoints? Then we coulda' just kept usin' our same old camera mounts and kept our old turnpoint photo books. I also gots some old turnpoint photo books from - lemisee - El Mirage, Uvalde, Hobbs, Minden, Caddo Mills, I think I even gots one from Hutchinson case you want to practice takin some turnpoint pitchurs.

Signed,

X

The Gapa Geezer

[Tony[_5_]]

On Tuesday, June 26, 2012 3:43:50 AM UTC-5, (unknown) wrote:
> On Monday, June 25, 2012 12:39:41 PM UTC+8, Tony wrote:
> > Geezer...
> >
> > You've got some catching up to do!
> >
> > http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0/gliding/flightinfo.html?dsId=2486521
>
> Hey, Kid!, That were a purdy good flight!, 'ceptin you furgot to mentchin' you
> was a flyin' one a them there new fangled fibroglass composite gliders, 'stead a your wood and cloth one! But that's OK, at least you was out there tryin'. Hey, I was wonderin' if you'd like a camera mount fer yer Cherokee.. I gots one from the days when we was still doin' them turnpoint photos. It would look purdy historical on yer Cherokee. I gotta say I was kinda sad when they went to all that new fangled GPS stuff, If'n they wanted to go digital, why couldn't the just 'a used them new digital cameras and still kept takin' pitchurs a them turnpoints? Then we coulda' just kept usin' our same old camera mounts and kept our old turnpoint photo books. I also gots some old turnpoint photo books from - lemisee - El Mirage, Uvalde, Hobbs, Minden, Caddo Mills, I think I even gots one from Hutchinson case you want to practice takin some turnpoint pitchurs.
>
> Signed,
>
> X
>
> The Gapa Geezer

oops! I pulled a Geezer and pasted the wrong link, here is the flight I was talking about: http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0/gliding/flightinfo.html?dsId=2513934

I've heard of those turnpoint cameras but my cockpit is getting a bit full between my GPS, Audio Vario, Transponder, and PowerFLARM, not sure I could find room for it! Plus I couldn't figure out how to download the pictures from it!

[Gapa Geezer]

On Jun 26, 5:16*am, Tony > wrote:
> On Tuesday, June 26, 2012 3:43:50 AM UTC-5, (unknown) wrote:
> > On Monday, June 25, 2012 12:39:41 PM UTC+8, Tony wrote:
> > > Geezer...
>
> > > You've got some catching up to do!
>
> > >http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0/gliding/flightinfo.html?dsId=248...
>
> > Hey, Kid!, That were a purdy good flight!, 'ceptin you furgot to mentchin' you
> > was a flyin' one a them there new fangled fibroglass composite gliders, 'stead a your wood and cloth one! But that's OK, at least you was out there tryin'. *Hey, I was wonderin' if you'd like a camera mount fer yer Cherokee. I gots one from the days when we was still doin' them turnpoint photos. It would look purdy historical on yer Cherokee. I gotta say I was kinda sad when they went to all that new fangled *GPS stuff, If'n they wanted to go digital, why couldn't the just 'a used them new digital cameras and still kept takin' pitchurs a them turnpoints? Then we coulda' just kept usin' our same old camera mounts and kept our old turnpoint photo books. *I also gots some old turnpoint photo books from - lemisee - El Mirage, Uvalde, Hobbs, Minden, Caddo Mills, I think I even gots one from Hutchinson case you want to practice takin some turnpoint pitchurs.
>
> > Signed,
>
> > X
>
> > The Gapa Geezer
>
> oops! I pulled a Geezer and pasted the wrong link, here is the flight I was talking about:http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0/gliding/flightinfo.html?dsId=251...
>
> I've heard of those turnpoint cameras but my cockpit is getting a bit full between my GPS, Audio Vario, Transponder, and PowerFLARM, not sure I could find room for it! Plus I couldn't figure out how to download the pictures from it!- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

OK Kid, that were a real good 'un for that old glider! I be thinkin'
I's goin' ta have one tuff time toppin' that one! But lessen you be
thinkin' I'm not out there tryin', I did make me one flight in the
GAPA round about May 26, that I think might actually be a record - the
shortest flight every
recorded hearabouts on the OLC 09.km, (1.3km handicapped). And it
actully ended in a off-field landin' 2! It seems that darned GAPA,
now that we done flied it more, has got ittself some quirky habits.
Seems that when you get goin' too fast on aereotow, it actully seems
to get
goin' with this thang called "Ailereeon Reversal" whereby it don't
want to roll the way you wants to go, leastwise, that be what my side-
kick Bart is claimin', and he be purdy smart. Seems you can get
around it by puttin in lottsa rudder, then it rolls better 'cause a
that there diheeedral effect or somethin' like that, but on tow, it
can get downright scary sometimes if'n it be turbulent and the towin'
pilut gets a goin' too fast. That's what happened
to me on this here flight. I was a rollin' left, kinda' involuntary
like in a big gust, and it didn't feal like it was in any hurry to
roll back the way I wanted, so I done got off tow purdy low, and
danged if I couldn't make back to the aerodrome. I landed in a plowed
up carrot field and had ta' take down a barbed wire fence to get the
danged thing back onta' the aerodrome propertey.

http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0/gliding/flightinfo.html?dsId=2412108


Signed

X

The Gapa Geezer

[[email protected]]

On Wednesday, May 16, 2012 12:41:17 PM UTC-7, Tony wrote:
> The pool is still there, but you don't want to swim in it anymore. It is now our clubs Primordial Soup science experiment. I'll be gone this weekend so you have a chance to catch up!

Hey Kid
I gots some qestions bout cirrissss. Yall gots some time?

[Tony[_5_]]

Yep ask away. Emails fine if you like. abcondon at gmail