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Old August 14th 18, 04:35 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Default Perlan High Altitude Tow Plane

On Tuesday, August 14, 2018 at 11:28:13 AM UTC-4, Eric Greenwell wrote:
Bruce Hoult wrote on 8/14/2018 12:17 AM:
On Monday, August 13, 2018 at 9:59:35 PM UTC-7, wrote:
On Monday, August 13, 2018 at 9:18:01 PM UTC-6, Frank Whiteley wrote:
http://www.reporterherald.com/lifest...s-stratosphere Arne is an SSA member and member of Colorado Soaring Association.

The article mentions "weight turbulence" I think that should read "wake turbulence. Shouldn't be an issue unless Perlan plans on boxing the wake.


Journalists never know what they're writing about. They mishear and don't understand anyway. They also never show their article to anyone with any knowledge of the subject matter before publishing. You see the very common result.


Too broad and too harsh, in part because the article may have been edited, or fell
victim to spell-checking. Most journalists do have areas of significant
competence, It is a bit ironic one would complain about a misspelling in a forum
where people complain about the errors in the forum ...

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I found the article interesting and had no trouble with one glitch.
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