Crazies At The Gliderport

I recently thought that I had seen it all until someone informed me that a guy was taking his dog for a glider ride. Now please understand I love dogs, have a wonderful Yellow Lab and treat her like our kid. Really never thought dogs and planes went well together, but what in the world would any responsible glider pilot think by taking his dog along for a ride in the single seat glider???
Can you imagine what the dog was going through as the owner pilot did about 1 hour of thermal turns and the dog got so sick that it puked all over the cockpit!!! Another rocket scientist member brings his dog to the hangar and ties it to a picnic table where an individual trips over the lanyard and almost does a belly flop on the concrete floor. What in the world will the next person bring? I am taking bets on an African Grey Parrot, maybe a Python from the Everglades, or could it be a pet Armadillo. I certainly hope the rest of you get smaller pets that require no flight training. Bob

We had a CFIG, that took his Dachson(sp?) along at least once every weekend. The dog, speedy, loved it and was very well airport trained. And then there was the tow pilot at Turf that flew with his terrier in the back window of the pawnee on every flight!

This might be actual real life implementation of the theory that all modern airliners only require a pilot and a dog in the cockpit. The pilot's job is to feed the dog. The dog's job is to bite the pilot if he touches anything.

On Monday, February 24, 2020 at 7:12:21 PM UTC-5, wrote:
This might be actual real life implementation of the theory that all modern airliners only require a pilot and a dog in the cockpit. The pilot's job is to feed the dog. The dog's job is to bite the pilot if he touches anything.

Great humor!!! I forgot, the Iguanas are the favorite pet of Florida. Bob

I'm a beekeeper but my bees seem to fly just fine without my help.

At 01:33 25 February 2020, Shaun Wheeler wrote:
I'm a beekeeper but my bees seem to fly just fine without my help.

If you took you bees flying with you in your glider, would they add to
the mass of the glider if they remained airborne all the while you were
airborne?

According to my calculations they do not add to it. That's only an issue with fully laden European swallows.

At 22:24 24 February 2020, Bob Youngblood wrote:
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Art Scholl and Aileron
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At 05:08 25 February 2020, Jock Proudfoot wrote:
At 22:24 24 February 2020, Bob Youngblood wrote:


This chap has precedence on his side - back just post-war, Prince Bira of
Siam used to always fly his gliders with his pet dog, Titch, in the plane
with him.

Look him up - was an interesting chap!!

Flight training for chickens

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8DBNig3yx0