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Mark Hansen wrote:

On 11/28/2009 7:59 PM, Mike Ash wrote:
Forgive the crosspost, but as both groups are low on relevant content at
the moment I thought it might be good to give both of them a boost.


Thank you, Mike. Relevant content is sorely needed here.

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All it all it was a wonderful confluence of events to have my brother in
town, to have such a great wave day, and to have a club two-seater
available for our use for over three hours (club limit is 1 hour if
anyone else is waiting to use it). I got to show my brother something
he'd never experienced before and give him new motivation to finish his
glider training, and I got to enjoy a wonderful day in wave for myself
as well.

What a great day indeed!

I remember the first flight I provided to a friend who was very afraid
of flying (and was trying to get over it). The conditions combined to
make an extremely smooth flying day (weather-wise) and he enjoyed the
flight a great deal - which made it a terrific flight for me as well.

Being able to share the joy does add so much to the experience. I will
confess that I was mildly annoyed that I wasn't able to take my own
glider (single-seater) instead and have fun on my own, but this was well
outweighed by the joy of sharing the experience.

For those interested, pictures can be had he

http://pix.mikeash.com/v/wave1109/

Commentary and constructive criticism are most welcome. Non-constructive
criticism of the type seen recently shall be met with great vengeance
and furious anger.

Well, or just ignore them :-) I think of them as unruly children who
don't get enough attention from their parents.

Ignoring them is probably what I'd do, but I can't resist the
opportunity to drop in a fun Pulp Fiction reference.

--
Mike Ash
Radio Free Earth
Broadcasting from our climate-controlled studios deep inside the Moon