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No wonder the French like him so much. by
Slingsby
OPINION
Kerry's October surprise
Friday, October 29, 2004
How's this for an October surprise?
While John Kerry is running around claiming President George Bush and
our troops overseas failed the American people by not guarding an
explosives dump without explosives in it, documents have been
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Memorial Day weekend by
Slingsby
For five years we have been lectured that George Bush ruined the trans-
Atlantic relationship. But now we see pro-American governments in both
France and Germany, and a radical change in attitudes from Denmark to
Holland to Italy. The truth is that the Europeans neither hated nor
loved Bill...
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RAFGSA Bicester by
[email protected]
On Thursday, January 16, 2003 at 6:37:22 PM UTC-5, Whitson Bush wrote:
Just wondering how many of us have flown at Bicester and when.
Whitson, I learned to fly at Bicester, while at Heyford 83-85. You were also a Tug pilot, and Terry Joint was CFI. I left Bicester as a TSgt (462) to attend...
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FS: Colibri v4 Flight Recorder by
smadsen
For sale: LX Nav Colibri flight recorder version 4 (with USB, but
without SD card). Bought in 2006 and used it for several years for
OLC, badges, and contests in privately-owned glider. Last calibration
in 2008 at Craggy Aero. In perfect condition with mounting bracket,
GPS antenna, and some...
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Glider population Statistic by
smfidler
Number of current glider pilots in the USA?
Number of current glider pilots in Canada?
Number of current glider pilots in the world?
Thanks,
Sean
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The truth about Flarm Stealth and Competition definition... by
smfidler
OK, the peanut gallergy is driving me crazy. So I did a quick internet search and found this very relevant document from FLARM:
How to Use FLARM(R) in Gliding Competitions?
http://www.segelflugbedarf24.de/flarm/download/Flarm_Competitions.pdf
The document includes some pretty interesting...
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Nice article by
smithcorp
I don't think I'm alone here in monitoring press articles about
gliding - I like to identify the elements that make the story
'work' (in particular the ones that capture the things i enjoy about
gliding). This one's a good one I reckon. Low on the fear/challenge
factor and high on the accurate...
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Anyone used FlywithCE? by
smithcorp
On Jun 6, 2:54*am, Rob Shepherd wrote:
Evening all,
Has anyone used one of the FlywithCE devices, comments on ease of use,
accuracy, battery duration would be much appreciated.
Cheers
Rob
I use one. Simply turn it on, check it's got a green light (the "on"
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Death of Peter Lanyon in 1964 by
smithcorp
Saw an article on the British artist Peter Lanyon, who was a glider
pilot from 1959 to 1964 and who died from the effects of a glider
crash in Devon on 27 August 1964 (he died three days later). His art
was strongly influenced by gliding.
I'd like to get more details on the circumstances of his...
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Surviving free fall - worth considering? by
smithcorp
Interesting Popular Mechanics article here about surviving a 35,000
feet free-fall without a chute...
http://www.origin.popularmechanics.com/science/air_space/4344036.html?page=1
smith
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January 28th 09 05:55 PM
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Cloud type pictures by
smithcorp
G'day all,
With this group's previous advice, I bought some books on weather for
soaring (my copy of Wallington sadly went astray in the post),
including Pagen. This last is a good book and I found it very useful,
but in my copy, the black and white photos of cloud examples had such
poor contrast...
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Interesting article on wave - linked to Air Canada incident by
smithcorp
This newspaper article has an interesting discussion of the role of
mountain wave in the recent Air Canada turbulence incident, including
information on some previous airline tragedies linking to wave.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20080111.WAVE11/TPStory/National
smith
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Book recommendations on weather please by
smithcorp
G'day
I'm a student glider pilot, just post-solo, looking for a good book on
meteorology for gliding that my wife can give me for my birthday.
Since Wallington's Meteorology for Glider Pilots is out of print and
available copies are prohibitively expensive, I'd appreciate
recommendations for other...
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IS-28 Fuselage Construction by
smjmitchell
Hi All,
Can onyone tell me if the skins on the forward fuselage of an IS-28
are flat wrapped or compound curved (i.e. stretch formed).
In other words would it be easy to rebuild the forward fuselage using
sheet stock or would it be necessary to buy the preformed skins.
Thanks,
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Smokin Vid 2004 Re-Released by
Smokin Vid
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Due to overwhelming interest, the Smokin Vid 2004 has
been re-released.
Please see http://www.smokinvid.co.uk to place your
order online. Orders will be despatched from Tuesday
31st August onwards.
This awesome DVD contains all new footage including
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SMOKIN VID 2004 by
Smokin Vid
Ladies and Gentlemen,
The moment you have all been waiting for has finally
arrived:
The Smokin Vid 2004 is now on sale!!
This awesome DVD contains all new footage including
over 30mins of Smokin, Competitions, Ridge Running,
Cloud Chasing and Interviews with 3 World Champions.
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