On Aug 18, 6:53*pm, Dave Nadler wrote:
You might find this entertaining:http://money.cnn.com/video/fortune/2...ctric_airplane...
See ya, Dave "YO electric"

PS: Not sure of the schedule for airing on CNN...

Nicely done video.

Flown on landing at a GA airport (Did you see all the GA planes at
this place!) is standard practice, god forbid you are not able to roll
off onto the taxiway
to get out of every ones way and have to get out and push.

We reserve our full stall low energy landings for farmers fields,
football fields (either kind), dirt and sod runways, but don't worry,
we sure know how to do it
as we don't have hedgerows as an overrun but rather barbed wire,
canyons and buildings for our overshoots.



I would think that the EAA and SSA would be close buddies and can't
imagine why they do not collaborate if that statement was true about
them not doing so..

Interestingly, when I bring either of my Motor Gliders to the local
EAA Chapter 1279 or Chapter 1, the larger portion of the members are
typically
over 40 and not flying as much as Medical Issues intrude on their fun.

They typically drool over the Grob 109 and are amazed by the Fournier
RF4D and I typically sit the heavy droolers in the cockpit and answer
dozens of questions, each one bringing bigger and bigger smiles as I
talk about Pilot requirements, Fuel consumption, Aerobatics, Range,
Affordability
and the enjoyment of the challenges, goals and people in the sport.

I also have problems getting the heavy droolers OUT of the plane as
their minds are running a mile a minute trying to figure out how they
can make it theirs
and send me home with their car in trade. ;-)

Its time for the SSA to get more friendly with EAA and AOPA to give us
the most political clout possible, to protect our sport from the out
of control regulators
and ultra conservatives that want to protect society from every
remotely plausible danger to placate their own phobias.

Our dedicated Glider Operations are dwindling significantly and being
pushed hundreds of inconvenient miles to go fly is a serious detriment
to our sport in my opinion.

It would make good sense to protect our glider operations much more
vigorously by getting more help.

Ray