wrote on 11/21/2019 4:24 AM:
However, on the other hand, My ag flying buddies think I am already “mental” for flying xc in a glider, and my soaring buddies think the same thing when they see me doing it in one with the glide ratio of a rock.

I would be much more comfortable flying your "rock" at altitude for hours, than
flying an airplane at a few hundred feet for half the time. I would feel like I
was on short final all the time, without a runway in sight.

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Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA (change ".netto" to ".us" to email me)
- "A Guide to Self-Launching Sailplane Operation"
https://sites.google.com/site/motorg...ad-the-guide-1