At 03:06 20 May 2007, Bagmaker wrote:

Dont gliders float anyway?

Not leaky metal pigs like the 2-33, but most glass
ships with foam or balsa cores do, just like a surfboard.


What I find scary though, is how close they were to
shore with the nose pointing at it. I hope they landed
parallel and turned at the last controllable moment,
because if they landed towards it that was a big gamble,
there being no way to know how long the 'rollout' would
be after spashdown, unless they practice that type
of thing regularly...
Glad no one was hurt though, and it is good to know
that our tax dollars can be used for something positive.
I'd say it seems like the Fire Dept did a great job
at coordinating and executing the retrieve. I wonder
how many dinners and beers a retrieve like that would
cost me ;-)

Paul Hanson
"Do the usual, unusually well"--Len Niemi