Forum: Soaring
Today, 07:02 PM Posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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soaring on Mars?
All you fixed wing weenies seemed to have glossed over the the fact that the first (heavier that "air") aircraft to fly on another planet will be the helicopter. On this planet it was the Wright 1902...
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Forum: Soaring
January 15th 21, 01:13 AM Posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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soaring on Mars?
As any true aviator (helicopter pilot) knows the first flight on another world will be by the premier of all aircraft, the helicopter.
Mankind's magic...
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Forum: Soaring
January 12th 21, 08:54 PM Posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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How Have Our Soaring Vendors Fared?
On Monday, January 11, 2021 at 2:05:45 PM UTC-8, Dan Marotta wrote:
On 1/11/21 1:33 PM, Gregg Ballou wrote:
How could you guys not have seen these claims? If you want other sources search, it...
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Forum: Soaring
November 20th 20, 05:55 PM Posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Views: 2,567
Best Overall Motorglider available today?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8lBpVfIGX0
On Tuesday, September 15, 2020 at 10:48:13 AM UTC-7, wrote:
Didn't want to hijack the current FES tread so I thought I'd start...
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Forum: Soaring
November 19th 20, 02:46 PM Posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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What have we learned from all this?
That is about 19% of the total world wide deaths!
On Wednesday, November 18, 2020 at 9:00:06 PM UTC-8, Bob Kuykendall wrote:
At 23:55 05 April 2020, Gregg Ballou wrote:
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Forum: Soaring
November 4th 20, 02:36 AM Posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Views: 561
Old Folks Poll
I have a prayer wheel in my cocpit. Tuesday, November 3, 2020 at 11:32:30 AM UTC-8, Roy B. wrote:
Anybody remember what a "prayer wheel" was?
When did you last see one?
ROY
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Forum: Soaring
October 31st 20, 06:29 PM Posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Views: 612
Truck vs Car as a tow vehicle
On Friday, October 30, 2020 at 5:57:17 AM UTC-7, wrote:
On Sunday, October 25, 2020 at 2:23:41 PM UTC-4, Chris Behm wrote:
I am wondering how often a truck for towing a...
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Forum: Soaring
October 28th 20, 01:20 AM Posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Views: 2,781
Js3 jet catastrophic failure.
On Thursday, August 30, 2018 at 12:32:03 PM UTC-7, Tango Whisky wrote:
My name is Bert Willing, and your post was nonsense. I know quite a couple of jet owners, and they never had a problem of...
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Forum: Soaring
October 25th 20, 07:15 PM Posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Views: 144
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Forum: Soaring
September 29th 20, 10:10 PM Posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Views: 217
Rope Breaks (Grilling sacred cows)
On Monday, September 28, 2020 at 8:51:15 PM UTC-7, wrote:
Does anybody have a first hand account of a rope break in which a canopy was factually damaged because the pilot did...
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Forum: Soaring
September 4th 20, 04:43 PM Posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Views: 346
COBRA Anti-Sway Coupler
On Thursday, September 3, 2020 at 9:45:25 PM UTC-7, 2G wrote:
On Thursday, September 3, 2020 at 6:19:20 PM UTC-7, AS wrote:
On Thursday, September 3, 2020 at 8:43:52 PM UTC-4, 2G wrote:
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Forum: Soaring
August 31st 20, 09:50 PM Posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Forum: Soaring
August 28th 20, 08:50 PM Posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Views: 1,151
Paraglider pilot missing in eastern Nevada
On Friday, August 28, 2020 at 10:37:15 AM UTC-7, wrote:
On Friday, August 28, 2020 at 10:33:29 AM UTC-7, Chris Behm wrote:
On Friday, August 28, 2020 at 6:37:52 AM UTC-7,...
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Forum: Soaring
August 16th 20, 06:33 PM Posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Views: 1,246
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Forum: Soaring
August 13th 20, 03:16 AM Posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Views: 115
Flight Analysis
On Tuesday, August 11, 2020 at 7:32:30 PM UTC-7, Dave Springford wrote:
Check out video #13 from my SeeYou training videos playlist.
Maybe the optimized task in SeeYou will match the OLC...
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Forum: Soaring
August 6th 20, 03:47 PM Posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Views: 867
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Forum: Soaring
July 31st 20, 08:08 PM Posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Views: 867
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Forum: Soaring
July 29th 20, 08:21 PM Posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Views: 867
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Forum: Soaring
July 27th 20, 06:10 AM Posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Views: 867
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Forum: Soaring
July 27th 20, 06:05 AM Posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Forum: Soaring
July 27th 20, 05:03 AM Posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Forum: Soaring
July 26th 20, 04:33 AM Posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Views: 199
Starting SeeYou
On Saturday, July 25, 2020 at 7:52:21 PM UTC-7, Tony wrote:
Yea it was XP that I had on my old laptop.
There is also https://www.soaringlab.eu. Not for planning, but good for viewing a single...
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Forum: Soaring
July 25th 20, 04:27 AM Posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Views: 664
Parachute Service Life Limits and the FAA
On Friday, July 24, 2020 at 6:41:27 PM UTC-7, Stephen Szikora wrote:
When needed, none of us is going to worry about the legality of pulling the pin.
No you should worry about it before! Keep...
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Forum: Soaring
July 24th 20, 07:57 PM Posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Views: 754
27 crash at Ely?
On Friday, July 24, 2020 at 7:11:40 AM UTC-7, Nick Kennedy wrote:
Ramy, When you fly from Nephi Ut to Rifle Co and back and all the way across Utah both ways, its obvious the thermals are working...
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Forum: Soaring
July 23rd 20, 04:15 PM Posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Replies: 34
Views: 344
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