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Old November 12th 09, 03:47 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
sisu1a
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Default Longest X/C Using Gravity Launch?

Anyone know? All this 'ultimate soaring adventure' talk got me
thinking how cool it would be to do X/C- without the benefit of
aerotow/winch/noisy thing... Also called 'slope launch' or 'rolling
launch'.

For those unfamiliar with this launch technique:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwVRLw7TD5I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucKd8...eature=channel (start of a
100k flight BTW)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klkFm...eature=related (3:32)

-Paul