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Old August 28th 07, 03:58 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Lew Hartswick
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Default No wing runner?


At 21:43 27 August 2007, Lew Hartswick wrote:
wrote:
On Aug 27, 5:36 am, Steve Leonard
wrote:
Nah, you guys have all got it wrong! Fly a 1-26!
You will land out far more often, get lots more practice
at no wing runner takeoffs, and you have those big
a$$ tip wheels built in! :-)
Steve Leonard
(Never flown a 1-26, but I learned in a TG-3A)
I often wondered about those tip wheels!!
I mean where basic understandings of drag and wing
tip airflow even a
consideration in the 1-26.
Regards
Al

Of course not.There were this pair of barn doors and
an orange
crate around and ......... :-)
...lew...


Nyal Williams wrote:
Aw, c'mon, guys! You're acting like your ancestors
didn't climb down out of the trees; well, maybe your's
are still up there. What's wrong with heritage gliders?


I'm sure you drive a Model T car also. :-)
...lew...