Arnie Schwarzenegger & celeb gliding

[Pete Smith]

I heard Arnie flew gliders (sorry sailplanes) esp the
LS6

anyone know if this is true? or of other mega celeb
type glider pilots.

[Vorsanger1]

The only noteworthy person I know of who is a glider pilot is Cliff Robertson.
Whether he can be considered "mega" is another issue. He is not running for
Governor of California.

Cheers, Charles

[Tim]

Pete Smith >s comments read:

>I heard Arnie flew gliders (sorry sailplanes) esp the
>LS6

I think you man Christopher Reeves who has all three diamonds IIRC


--
Tim - ASW20CL "20"

[Owain Walters]

I heard that David Jason (a well known actor in the
UK) flies/flew out of Dunstable.


At 15:36 12 September 2003, Nyal Williams wrote:
>At 14:48 12 September 2003, wrote:
>>I do not know where you want to draw the line on 'celeb'
>>but here goes.
>>
>>While not a household name in the general public, Steve
>>Morse, who is
>>arguably the best guitar player on the planet, has
>>taken up soaring. He
>>flies a PIK-30E off of his private strip. He also
>>owns 3 power planes.
>>
>>Morse has been the guitar player for Deep Purple since
>>1994, and has two
>>other bands, the Dixie Dregs and the Steve Morse Band.
>> He won the Guitar
>>Player Magazine reader's poll Guitarist of the year
>>5 years in a row so they
>>made him ineligible for life (to give someone else
>>a chance for a change).
>>
>>For those who are not familiar with his music, I suggest
>>you start with High
>>Tension Wires which was done in the mid 1980s while
>>he was pilot for a
>>commuter airlines. This guy has a tremendous body
>>of work but is relatively
>>unknown as most of the music is instrumental and therefore
>>gets virtually no
>>airplay. His albums are also very hard to classify
>>as each will have music
>>in a wide array of styles ranging from classical to
>>bluegrass to rock to
>>fusion. Since joining Deep Purple, replacing Richie
>>Blackmore, he is
>>finally finding a broader audience. Check out:
>>
>>www.stevemorse.com for more info.
>>
>>Regards,
>>
>>Bob Backer
>>ASW22
>>Warner Springs
>
>Well, there was also John Denver, Hugh Downs, broadcaster
>on 60 Minutes, and, I'm told, Mel Torm'e, the velvet
>fog singer of the 40s and 50s and 60s and 70s and hanger-on
>into the 80s and 90s.
>
>This thread has been done already.
>
>
>
>

[tango4]

I'd be very surprised if Arnie could fit into an LS6!

Ian

"Tim" > wrote in message
...
> Pete Smith >s comments read:
>
> >I heard Arnie flew gliders (sorry sailplanes) esp the
> >LS6
>
> I think you man Christopher Reeves who has all three diamonds IIRC
>
>
> --
> Tim - ASW20CL "20"

[Judy Ruprecht]

Actor Timothy Bottoms (Last Picture Show, Paper Chase)
soloed at Estrella in the '70's - I also recall hearing
soaring was a pursuit of songwriter Jimmy Webb (Up,
Up & Away, By the Time I get to Phoenix, Mac Arthur
Park et al).

Judy

[R. Wubben]

John Kerry (the democratic senator from Mass. and presidential
candidate) is a glider pilot. I ran into him one day at Estrella when
I was flying a rented 1-26 and he was behind me in line in their
Pilatus B-4. He even asked little ole' me what the conditions were
like that day...(I had just landed for a re-light, which may be a
redundant statement for a 1-26!).

Ryan Wubben M.D.
Chapel Hill, NC
ex Schleicher Ka-6CR owner (and looking for a motorglider!)

[F.L. Whiteley]

Anson Williams, Potsy of Happy Days.

Christopher Reeve was once featured on national TV doing loops in an ASW-20.

[Liam Finley]

Pete Smith > wrote in message >...
> I heard Arnie flew gliders (sorry sailplanes) esp the
> LS6
>

Actually, this is true. I hear him on the radio frequently. He flies
somewhere out of southern california and uses the call sign "Juliet
Tango" if memory serves. I think he flies an LS-3 though, because it
has a wider cockpit.

[BMacLean]

I was believing it until you said he flew an LS-3. With all his money?!?
No way.

Barb 18

"Liam Finley" > wrote in message
om...
> Pete Smith > wrote in message
>...
> > I heard Arnie flew gliders (sorry sailplanes) esp the
> > LS6
> >
>
> Actually, this is true. I hear him on the radio frequently. He flies
> somewhere out of southern california and uses the call sign "Juliet
> Tango" if memory serves. I think he flies an LS-3 though, because it
> has a wider cockpit.

[Dusty]

Well there are those that invest their money and buy cheaper gliders and die
rich and happy, and then there are those that blow it all on new gliders and
die broke and happy.

"BMacLean" > wrote in message
...
> I was believing it until you said he flew an LS-3. With all his money?!?
> No way.
>
> Barb 18
>
> "Liam Finley" > wrote in message
> om...
> > Pete Smith > wrote in message
> >...
> > > I heard Arnie flew gliders (sorry sailplanes) esp the
> > > LS6
> > >
> >
> > Actually, this is true. I hear him on the radio frequently. He flies
> > somewhere out of southern california and uses the call sign "Juliet
> > Tango" if memory serves. I think he flies an LS-3 though, because it
> > has a wider cockpit.
>
>

[BMacLean]

I don't think Arnold Alphabet has to worry about saving money on a glider.

"Dusty" > wrote in message
m...
> Well there are those that invest their money and buy cheaper gliders and
die
> rich and happy, and then there are those that blow it all on new gliders
and
> die broke and happy.
>
> "BMacLean" > wrote in message
> ...
> > I was believing it until you said he flew an LS-3. With all his
money?!?
> > No way.
> >
> > Barb 18
> >
> > "Liam Finley" > wrote in message
> > om...
> > > Pete Smith > wrote in message
> > >...
> > > > I heard Arnie flew gliders (sorry sailplanes) esp the
> > > > LS6
> > > >
> > >
> > > Actually, this is true. I hear him on the radio frequently. He flies
> > > somewhere out of southern california and uses the call sign "Juliet
> > > Tango" if memory serves. I think he flies an LS-3 though, because it
> > > has a wider cockpit.
> >
> >
>
>

[Bob Whelan]

"Richard Brisbourne" > wrote in message
...
> Blast from the past.
> Didn't I read somewhere that Neil ("giant step for mankind")
> Armstrong was a Gold C pilot?
>
> --
> "Curmudgeonly is the new cool" (Terry Wogan)
> (The real name at the left of the e-mail address is richard)
- - - - - -

Now we're *really* into trivia...

The back cover of a 1960's "Soaring" magazine features the 4 co-owners of
the 300th, brand spanking new, Schweizer 1-26...one of whom is the (then
unknown) NASA test pilot and astronaut Neil Armstrong. He later partnered
in a Libelle.

Bob Whelan
- - - - - -

[John]

"tango4" > wrote in message >...
> I'd be very surprised if Arnie could fit into an LS6!
>
> Ian

Yah, LS-6 is for girlie-man!

Arnold

[Steve Bralla]

"Bob Whelan" > writes:

>The back cover of a 1960's "Soaring" magazine features the 4 co-owners of
>the 300th, brand spanking new, Schweizer 1-26...one of whom is the (then
>unknown) NASA test pilot and astronaut Neil Armstrong. He later partnered
>in a Libelle

Don't forget, also in the '60s, Larry Linville (Maj. Frank Burns, 4077 MASH).
Had an article in Soaring about building a glider. (Some kind of flying wing?)

Steve

[Paul Fuller]

I believe that the late Larry Linville was a glider pilot. He was known to
most as Major Burns on MASH.

Paul Fuller

"Pete Smith" > wrote in message
...
> I heard Arnie flew gliders (sorry sailplanes) esp the
> LS6
>
> anyone know if this is true? or of other mega celeb
> type glider pilots.
>
>
>
>

[tango4]

"Bob Whelan" > wrote in message
...
> Now we're *really* into trivia...
>
> The back cover of a 1960's "Soaring" magazine features the 4 co-owners of
> the 300th, brand spanking new, Schweizer 1-26...one of whom is the (then
> unknown) NASA test pilot and astronaut Neil Armstrong. He later partnered
> in a Libelle.

Always new that guy had good taste :-)

Ian

[Liam Finley]

"BMacLean" > wrote in message >...
> I was believing it until you said he flew an LS-3. With all his money?!?
> No way.
>
> Barb 18
>

He's got to save pennies to fuel his fleet of Hummers.

Also he probably likes the 3 because it's heavy wing panels give him a good workout.

[soarski]

Don't forget!

RICHARD BACH

I think he actually flew in a standard Nationals in Arizona about 23 years ago!
Marana

[Dusty]

Richard Bach actually spent several months in the late 70's camped at
Airsailing in a large trailer. I took a picture of Dale Dye's daughter
standing next to him.


"soarski" > wrote in message
om...
> Don't forget!
>
> RICHARD BACH
>
> I think he actually flew in a standard Nationals in Arizona about 23 years
ago!
> Marana

[Judy Ruprecht]

At 05:12 14 September 2003, Dusty wrote:
>Richard Bach actually spent several months in the late
>70's >camped at Airsailing in a large trailer...>

and 'soarski' wrote:

> Don't forget RICHARD BACH
>
> I think he actually flew in a standard Nationals in
>Arizona >about 23 years ago!

Well, Richard & Leslie spent time rambling all over
the southwest in the late '70's... at Estrella, he
often serenaded us on his keyboard as sunset faded
to dusk. (And BTW, Richard was kind enough to loan
his ASW-19 to Les Horvath for the 1978 US Standard
Class Nationals at Marana - which Les won.)

Judy

[Judy Ruprecht]

At 01:24 14 September 2003, Ulrich Neumann wrote:
>I can't remember the name of the actor, but he was
>a fairly big guy
>and stared in a detective/police show which aired in
>Germany under the
>title 'Der Dicke' (The big one). He owned/flew an Applebay
>'Mescalero'. Maybe he would qualify as a soaring celeb.

The actor was William Conrad and in the US, the TV
show was called 'Cannon.' (I thought he flew a Caproni?)

Judy

[Ira Blieden]

Regarding Richard Bach....

About 15 years ago, Sam Foote donated his motor glider (I believe a Scheibe
Falke SF-25) to MIT Soaring. Sam commented to me that the previous owner of
the motor glider was Richard Bach. He stated that Richard at one time flew
it across the US.

By the way, the Scheibe was the 2nd glider that the late Sam Foote donated
to MIT Soaring. The first one, a Schweizer 2-xx was in partnership with a
family member of Dennison Manufacturing (office supplies) (I believe).

Ira Blieden

[Andreas Maurer]

On Sun, 14 Sep 2003 02:04:40 -0500, "Hoot" >
wrote:

>A couple of years ago, I read where a PW-5 pilot landed out and a cow tried
>to 'mount' his PW-5, destroying the fuselage. If I remember correctly, the
>'mounter' was Anna Nicole Smith. She's so outrageous !

PW-5? Disgusting.


Bye
Andreas

[Jonathan Gogan]

"Pete Smith" > wrote in message
...
> I heard Arnie flew gliders (sorry sailplanes) esp the
> LS6
>
> anyone know if this is true? or of other mega celeb
> type glider pilots.
>
>
>
>
Q: Do you thnk you'll get way this time Arnie as these relights are getting
expensive?
A: I'll be back.

--

Jonathan

[Denis Flament]

Pete Smith wrote:

> I heard Arnie flew gliders (sorry sailplanes) esp the
> LS6
>
> anyone know if this is true? or of other mega celeb
> type glider pilots.

In France Michel Rocard flew gliders (up to 300 km) even when he was
prime minister in the late '80s

--
Denis

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