At 12:54 29 August 2018, Tango Eight wrote:
On Tuesday, August 28, 2018 at 10:39:52 PM UTC-4,
wrote:
On Tuesday, August 28, 2018 at 10:26:19 PM UTC-4,
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ote:
I just can=E2=80=99t get excited about this. Until a guy climbs into
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s sailplane without big money sponsorship or pressure suits =E2=80=9Con
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n=E2=80=9D from NASA and surpasses 49,009 feet, Bob Harris is still the
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g in my book.
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I understand where you are coming from, I love it when people go big
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no money. Perlan is also awesome. Sponsorship is just the lever
adventur=
ers use to fund the fun. Behind the 'serious scientific research funded
by=
Airbus' cover story is a bunch of soaring junkies doing cool flights.

Reinhold Messner's "Fair Means" vs "Siege Tactics". =20

The sticky bit is: we all have our own definitions of "Fair Means".

Evan Ludeman / T8



I thought the tricky bit was above "coffin corner" where VNE is lower than
the stall speed,which was why a standard sailplane could not be used.