Soaring Sept 06 Cover Question

[ContestID67]

On the cover of the September 2006 issue of Soaring is pictured Eric
Mozer's Discus. Cool shot.

The question I have is what is the long thin white "things" which
appear to be coming from the nose and the right wing of the glider?

Thanks, John

[Bill Daniels]

Reflection of the camera planes wings?

Bill Daniels

"ContestID67" > wrote in message
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> On the cover of the September 2006 issue of Soaring is pictured Eric
> Mozer's Discus. Cool shot.
>
> The question I have is what is the long thin white "things" which
> appear to be coming from the nose and the right wing of the glider?
>
> Thanks, John
>

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Bill Daniels wrote:
> Reflection of the camera planes wings?
>
> Bill Daniels
>
> "ContestID67" > wrote in message
> ps.com...
> > On the cover of the September 2006 issue of Soaring is pictured Eric
> > Mozer's Discus. Cool shot.
> >
> > The question I have is what is the long thin white "things" which
> > appear to be coming from the nose and the right wing of the glider?
> >
> > Thanks, John
> >

Not if he's seeing what I'm seeing; reflections on a wing don't extend
beyond the wing (between the fueslage and the "em" letters).
The line on the nose could be a reflection, though.

[kirk.stant]

Looks like a long piece of wing tape or mylar, stuck to the nose.

Maybe the result of some close quarter thermalling?

Kirk
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[COLIN LAMB]

Could it be static lines picked up off a passing Hawker Jet?

[Cliff Hilty]

Kirk, don't you recognize the botched attempt at AOA
indicators:)

At 13:06 11 September 2006, Kirk.Stant wrote:
>Looks like a long piece of wing tape or mylar, stuck
>to the nose.
>
>Maybe the result of some close quarter thermalling?
>
>Kirk
>66
>
>

[kirk.stant]

Cliff Hilty wrote:
> Kirk, don't you recognize the botched attempt at AOA
> indicators:)


Doh!

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[Nyal Williams]

Re: this thread; wouldn't the sensible thing be to
ask Eric Moser?

At 18:04 11 September 2006, Kirk.Stant wrote:
>
>Cliff Hilty wrote:
>> Kirk, don't you recognize the botched attempt at AOA
>> indicators:)
>
>
>Doh!
>
>66
>
>

[Shawn Curry]

Nyal Williams wrote:
> Re: this thread; wouldn't the sensible thing be to
> ask Eric Moser?

C'mon Nyal, this is Usenet. Sensibility has nothing to do with it. ;-)

Shawn

[Frank Whiteley]

Shawn Curry wrote:
> Nyal Williams wrote:
> > Re: this thread; wouldn't the sensible thing be to
> > ask Eric Moser?
>
> C'mon Nyal, this is Usenet. Sensibility has nothing to do with it. ;-)
>
> Shawn
I surmise it may have been a blue, rather so-so soaring day and Eric
and others were dropping ribbons or paper tapes as thermal markers or
targets and the cover image shows that Eric's intercepted one. Under
some magnification, it's clearly streaming on both sides of the nose
and under the right wing.

Frank Whiteley

[ContestID67]

What? No more guesses?

I have posted an email to Eric.

No response thus far.

- John

[Andy[_1_]]

ContestID67 wrote:
> What? No more guesses?

It's a duplicate but it looks like gap seal tape to me. I suppose he
could have just nicked the 50ft finish barrier tape.

Andy

[COLIN LAMB]

What about parachute shrouds?

Colin