"Nyal Williams" wrote in message
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At 19:42 26 April 2004, Goneill wrote:
Isn't the HP24 being designed for 300lb cockpit weight,
the prototype
is under construction at the moment.

@#$%$#@$#!!! I already have to carry 40lbs of ballast.
Take a lesson from predatory birds; they don't fly
till they have burnt off the calories from the last
eating binge!


Either that or they have roosts high on mountain sides so the can soar away
after mealtimes. Vultures are supposedly incapable of flapping more than
about 20 times before becoming exhausted and having to rest before trying
again, that having been said they can thermal away from 20' AGL or so.

:-)
Ian