Vernal Equinox

[John Shelton]

Today, in celebration of the arrival of the Vernal Equinox, I am going to
make a sacrifice in a pagan rite that goes back into prehistoric times. I
have chosen for the sacrificial victims a steer and a potato (hamburger and
fries). Tomorrow, I am going to fly my sailplane for the first time of the
year and am assured of good solar heating because of it.

Happy Equinox.

[tango4]

Hope you've had a recent checkride. We're 3 months in and you haven't flown
this year yet.

just 'speaking up' as per another thread.

:-)

Ian

"John Shelton" > wrote in message
hlink.net...
> Today, in celebration of the arrival of the Vernal Equinox, I am going to
> make a sacrifice in a pagan rite that goes back into prehistoric times. I
> have chosen for the sacrificial victims a steer and a potato (hamburger
and
> fries). Tomorrow, I am going to fly my sailplane for the first time of the
> year and am assured of good solar heating because of it.
>
> Happy Equinox.
>
>

[solo89]

"John Shelton" > wrote in message .net>...
> Today, in celebration of the arrival of the Vernal Equinox, I am going to
> make a sacrifice in a pagan rite that goes back into prehistoric times. I
> have chosen for the sacrificial victims a steer and a potato (hamburger and
> fries). Tomorrow, I am going to fly my sailplane for the first time of the
> year and am assured of good solar heating because of it.
>
> Happy Equinox.


I'm just a newbie so I hope I'm not speaking out turn. I think you
should include (sparingly) sacremental barley and hops in your ritual.

I played hooky this afternoon but the wind was breaking up the
thermals for the most part. I hung around between 1000' and 1500' for
about half an hour. I hope you do better tomorrow.

[John Shelton]

Having a Barley Pop right now. Thanks for the suggestion.


"solo89" > wrote in message
om...
> "John Shelton" > wrote in message
.net>...
> > Today, in celebration of the arrival of the Vernal Equinox, I am going
to
> > make a sacrifice in a pagan rite that goes back into prehistoric times.
I
> > have chosen for the sacrificial victims a steer and a potato (hamburger
and
> > fries). Tomorrow, I am going to fly my sailplane for the first time of
the
> > year and am assured of good solar heating because of it.
> >
> > Happy Equinox.
>
>
> I'm just a newbie so I hope I'm not speaking out turn. I think you
> should include (sparingly) sacremental barley and hops in your ritual.
>
> I played hooky this afternoon but the wind was breaking up the
> thermals for the most part. I hung around between 1000' and 1500' for
> about half an hour. I hope you do better tomorrow.

[BTIZ]

why a recent check ride??

if it's his plane... and he's had a flight review in the last 24 months
(USA)

why does he need a check ride?

BT

"tango4" > wrote in message
...
> Hope you've had a recent checkride. We're 3 months in and you haven't
flown
> this year yet.
>
> just 'speaking up' as per another thread.
>
> :-)
>
> Ian
>
> "John Shelton" > wrote in message
> hlink.net...
> > Today, in celebration of the arrival of the Vernal Equinox, I am going
to
> > make a sacrifice in a pagan rite that goes back into prehistoric times.
I
> > have chosen for the sacrificial victims a steer and a potato (hamburger
> and
> > fries). Tomorrow, I am going to fly my sailplane for the first time of
the
> > year and am assured of good solar heating because of it.
> >
> > Happy Equinox.
> >
> >
>
>

[tango4]

Over here a check ride is just a currency check, a couple of circuits,
perhaps a rope break.

Scary that you even have to ask!

Ian


"BTIZ" > wrote in message
news:ZyP6c.19820$Nj.1206@fed1read01...
> why a recent check ride??
>
> if it's his plane... and he's had a flight review in the last 24 months
> (USA)
>
> why does he need a check ride?
>
> BT
>
> "tango4" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Hope you've had a recent checkride. We're 3 months in and you haven't
> flown
> > this year yet.
> >
> > just 'speaking up' as per another thread.
> >
> > :-)
> >
> > Ian
> >
> > "John Shelton" > wrote in message
> > hlink.net...
> > > Today, in celebration of the arrival of the Vernal Equinox, I am going
> to
> > > make a sacrifice in a pagan rite that goes back into prehistoric
times.
> I
> > > have chosen for the sacrificial victims a steer and a potato
(hamburger
> > and
> > > fries). Tomorrow, I am going to fly my sailplane for the first time of
> the
> > > year and am assured of good solar heating because of it.
> > >
> > > Happy Equinox.
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

[John Shelton]

Actually, I was going to assemble, hook up, put on a blindfold and tow off
without a thought. I wish the government was here to make me a safe pilot.
They can do it, you know. The government can make rules that make you really
good. But, since they don't here, I am going looking around for that
blindfold right now.

[tango4]

Does ANYBODY get my point?

I related to the 'when to speak up' thread in my posting

A situation arises, someone speaks up and then promptly gets the put down
for his concerns!

Its easy to pass comment on someones flying skills on the internet, just
imagine how difficult this situation could have been had we been
face-to-face on the airfield.

Ian

[John Shelton]

I get your point. I was joking. I am going to go sit in a beat up old hulk
and fly with a beat up old hulk before I fly. Then I will sit alone in my
cockpit for quite a while review all emergency procedures and practicing all
hand movements to match those requirements. Then I will get out, read the
manual one more time and then maybe fly. Maybe not.

Not as funny sounding is it.

And don't wave the bloody shirt of safety. We all know the next cliché about
the value of a human life or how death isn't funny or somesuch.

"tango4" > wrote in message
...
> Does ANYBODY get my point?
>
> I related to the 'when to speak up' thread in my posting
>
> A situation arises, someone speaks up and then promptly gets the put down
> for his concerns!
>
> Its easy to pass comment on someones flying skills on the internet, just
> imagine how difficult this situation could have been had we been
> face-to-face on the airfield.
>
> Ian
>
>

[Phil Jeffery]

You sad humourless person.

Phil

"tango4" > wrote in message
...
> Does ANYBODY get my point?
>
> I related to the 'when to speak up' thread in my posting
>
> A situation arises, someone speaks up and then promptly gets the put down
> for his concerns!
>
> Its easy to pass comment on someones flying skills on the internet, just
> imagine how difficult this situation could have been had we been
> face-to-face on the airfield.
>
> Ian
>
>

[tango4]

I give up!

Time to go fly

Ian


"Phil Jeffery" > wrote in message
...
> You sad humourless person.
>
> Phil
>
> "tango4" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Does ANYBODY get my point?
> >
> > I related to the 'when to speak up' thread in my posting
> >
> > A situation arises, someone speaks up and then promptly gets the put
down
> > for his concerns!
> >
> > Its easy to pass comment on someones flying skills on the internet, just
> > imagine how difficult this situation could have been had we been
> > face-to-face on the airfield.
> >
> > Ian
> >
> >
>
>

[BTIZ]

I get your point ... but living were I do.. we fly year round..

I agree that many seasonal clubs probably should offer "spring checkouts"
for their renter pilots. But if the instructor has not flown all winter..
who "checks the checker"? The instructor that was able to get away from the
winter and go to an area that flies all year?

BT

"tango4" > wrote in message
...
> Does ANYBODY get my point?
>
> I related to the 'when to speak up' thread in my posting
>
> A situation arises, someone speaks up and then promptly gets the put down
> for his concerns!
>
> Its easy to pass comment on someones flying skills on the internet, just
> imagine how difficult this situation could have been had we been
> face-to-face on the airfield.
>
> Ian
>
>

[Martin Eiler]

John:

I was so disappointed.
Often you fly your glider at my airport.

I had my hair curled and lipstick on this weekend.
And all I got for my trouble was called a "beat up old hulk".....

Oh. Sorry. You must have been heading to LaNeva. ;-)

Since we didn't see you at L71, we went soaring to 10,200 msl
without you on the 20th. One of the guys on Sunday flew about
250 km out and return. I was so disappointed by your absence,
that I took the Brit's advice.....

and went to a meeting room with 85 wonderful friends and had a
Spring refresher training ground school day, where we talked about
sitting in cockpits and being prepared, and re-reading that flight manual
(that generates new information while laying in the drawer all winter),
and landout site selection criteria, and map preparation, and navigational
electrical tools and use, and maneuvers that would be useful to practice
with instructors for accuracy landing training and crew preparation and
..... oh heck.
We talked all day. We call it Back in The Saddle, here in southern Cal.

So. We have satisfied both criteria.
We flew on one day, and talked on another about safety.
I think we must be ready to go fly now for the rest of the calendar year.

Best to all,

Cindy B

[303pilot]

No, please say it isn't so.
Actually giving up, acknowledging defeat as it were, is anathema to the true
spirit of RAS. A place where no discusssion is ever closed (still trying to
work out the 'right' choice for World Class Glider 7{?} years after it went
into production), no argument ever won (or lost), no opinion validated or
dropped, and no flight technique universally approved or consigned to the
dustbin of history.

Brent
Still typing cuz my first flight this year won't be until next weekend!

"tango4" > wrote in message
...
> I give up!
>
> Time to go fly
>
> Ian
>
>
> "Phil Jeffery" > wrote in message
> ...
> > You sad humourless person.
> >
> > Phil
> >
> > "tango4" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > Does ANYBODY get my point?
> > >
> > > I related to the 'when to speak up' thread in my posting
> > >
> > > A situation arises, someone speaks up and then promptly gets the put
> down
> > > for his concerns!
> > >
> > > Its easy to pass comment on someones flying skills on the internet,
just
> > > imagine how difficult this situation could have been had we been
> > > face-to-face on the airfield.
> > >
> > > Ian
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

[Cindy B]

"John Shelton" > wrote in message . net>...
> I get your point. I was joking. I am going to go sit in a beat up old hulk
> and fly with a beat up old hulk before I fly. Then I will sit alone in my
> cockpit for quite a while review all emergency procedures and practicing all
> hand movements to match those requirements. Then I will get out, read the
> manual one more time and then maybe fly. Maybe not.

John:

I was so disappointed.
Often you fly your glider at my airport.

I had my hair curled and lipstick on this weekend.
And all I got for my trouble was called a "beat up old hulk".....

Oh. Sorry. You must have been heading to La Neva. ;-)

Since we didn't see you at L71, we went soaring to 10,200 msl
without you on the 20th. One of the guys on Sunday flew about
250 km out and return. I was so disappointed by your absence,
that I took the Brit's advice.....

and went to a Sunday meeting room with 85 wonderful friends and had a
Spring refresher training ground school day, where we talked about
sitting in cockpits and being prepared, and re-reading that flight manual
(that generates new information while laying in the drawer all winter),
and landout site selection criteria, and map preparation, and navigational
electrical tools and use, and maneuvers that would be useful to practice
with instructors for accuracy landing training and crew preparation and
..... oh heck.
We talked all day. We call it Back in The Saddle, here in southern Cal.

So. We have satisfied both criteria.
We flew on one day, and talked on another about safety.
I think we must be ready to go fly now for the rest of the calendar year.

Hulk. I forgot to wash off my St. Pat's green face paint.
You meant Incredible Hulk, didn't you?

Best to all,

Cindy B

[Mark James Boyd]

Well, John didn't make it to LaNeva either. We had a
great BBQ lunch and even a steak dinner, and were not
graced by his presence either Sat or Sun :(

Too bad, I had a Whoopie cushion all ready for him too...

In article >,
Cindy B > wrote:
>"John Shelton" > wrote in message . net>...
>> I get your point. I was joking. I am going to go sit in a beat up old hulk
>> and fly with a beat up old hulk before I fly. Then I will sit alone in my
>> cockpit for quite a while review all emergency procedures and practicing all
>> hand movements to match those requirements. Then I will get out, read the
>> manual one more time and then maybe fly. Maybe not.
>
>John:
>
>I was so disappointed.
>Often you fly your glider at my airport.
>
>I had my hair curled and lipstick on this weekend.
>And all I got for my trouble was called a "beat up old hulk".....
>
>Oh. Sorry. You must have been heading to La Neva. ;-)
>
>Since we didn't see you at L71, we went soaring to 10,200 msl
>without you on the 20th. One of the guys on Sunday flew about
>250 km out and return. I was so disappointed by your absence,
> that I took the Brit's advice.....
>
>and went to a Sunday meeting room with 85 wonderful friends and had a
>Spring refresher training ground school day, where we talked about
>sitting in cockpits and being prepared, and re-reading that flight manual
>(that generates new information while laying in the drawer all winter),
>and landout site selection criteria, and map preparation, and navigational
>electrical tools and use, and maneuvers that would be useful to practice
>with instructors for accuracy landing training and crew preparation and
>.... oh heck.
>We talked all day. We call it Back in The Saddle, here in southern Cal.
>
>So. We have satisfied both criteria.
>We flew on one day, and talked on another about safety.
>I think we must be ready to go fly now for the rest of the calendar year.
>
>Hulk. I forgot to wash off my St. Pat's green face paint.
>You meant Incredible Hulk, didn't you?
>
>Best to all,
>
>Cindy B


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Mark Boyd
Avenal, California, USA

[John Shelton]

You guessed right. I was planning on flying with Harold in the Spitzer
Gollywomper. Instead, I checked the BLIP chart and gas prices and rode my
bike instead.

I think Dr. Jack should have a whole new category. I would be glad to work
through the formulas for him. You input your zip code and the zip code of
your glider port. You also input your type of vehicle. Then, the system
inputs the most recent fuel prices in your area and goes to
www.thebluebook.com to input your average highway mileage.

Then, using your driving expense, it will compute this against your chance
of having a good flying day and the results will be the NAH factor. If it is
up around 8 or 9, you hop in your car and go. If it is down around 3, you
say "Nah!" and go to Home Depot to start on the Honey-Do list.

[B. Iten]

I would love to have one of those programs if I had one of the
following:
1) A wife so that I had a honey do list.
2) A reason not to go flying even on a crappy day.
I would ask that one of the paramaters be included to change the type
of vehicle to say a motorcycle with 50mpg as that would change the
entire set of parameters. And if you can add the motorcycle to the
list, don't forget to add the engine size and top speed so you can
factor in the price of a speeding ticket.
Brian Iten
17

> I think Dr. Jack should have a whole new category. I would be glad to work
> through the formulas for him. You input your zip code and the zip code of
> your glider port. You also input your type of vehicle. Then, the system
> inputs the most recent fuel prices in your area and goes to
> www.thebluebook.com to input your average highway mileage.
>