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Old February 20th 10, 01:42 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Nick[_2_]
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Default (USA) Nice newspaper article

On Feb 17, 1:12*pm, Andy wrote:
On Feb 17, 6:27*am, Tuno wrote:

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/...n/6870546.html


“If you just lean a little, you can alter your course,” she explained..
“It's like using your knees to guide a horse.”

I'll have to remember to add this to my instructor patter.

Andy


Works even better with light helicopters. You can fly a trimmed up
Schweizer in forward flight pretty much hands off by leaning.

-Nick