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Old April 29th 13, 04:25 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Tony[_5_]
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Default Motorgliders on OLC?

On Monday, April 29, 2013 10:13:48 AM UTC-5, 4Z wrote:
On Apr 29, 8:30*am, Waveguru wrote: I would like to see how many points the motorglider guys would end up scoring if their motor was rendered unavailable after launch. * A friend of mine couldn't get his motor started one day, so he took an aero tow, and his flying was much different that day. *It's just not the same when you know you can crank up that iron thermal an motor home any time you want. It's definitely not a level playing field. Boggs Boy, there's a troll if I ever heard one. I disagree. That's as much of a nibble as you're going to get out of me.. You should know better Gary.


probably no more of an advantage than a pilot who has a crew ready and willing to come get them if they land out.

perhaps OLC needs a "crewless" category