At 23:45 14 November 2008, Z Goudie wrote:
They looked switched on enough to have rehearsed this a few times and
taken the safety aspects into consideration.
Given most of the previous comments in the thread I'm
not surprised that soaring is turning into an old farts hobby.
Live a little before you die.


Yes, one could look at this as a very carefully planned demonstration,
where you can notice that the brain of the
operation is a blond Finnish, carefully supervising and
certainly ready to stop the op if the need arise.

It is also amazing to notice that particular sailplane holding itself
together with one bolt and one pin only.

IS NOT THIS SOME KIND OF MAGIC!!!!
(a wonder of German engineering)

and....they did not seal the gaps...................
but........what a great show...........................

PCC was maybe skipped,
but could certainly be performed without loosing a single sec