Glider Ride

Brian.. welcome to soaring, you can also track soaring events on
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BT


"Brian Sponcil" wrote in message
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As a favor to our local A&P (he was also paying me) I drove down to
Florida to pick up a glider tail section from Barry Aviation
(http://www.barryaviation.com/). The nice folks there decided that
after a 20+ hour drive I definitely needed to go soaring.

In ten years of flying planes I've gotten into the habit of only going
up when I have a destination in mind. Maybe I was just tired of driving
but flying that glider brought back all of the thrill and satisfaction
of floating in the air for its own sake.

If you haven't done it, I'd put it on your list of things to try, if for
no other reason than to experience how quiet flying can actually be.

I think I might try an ultralight next....


-Brian
Iowa City, IA
N33431

On Wed, 16 Jul 2003 11:40:50 -0500, Brian Sponcil wrote:
If you haven't done it, I'd put it on your list of things to try, if for
no other reason than to experience how quiet flying can actually be.

I had my first winch-launch solo last Saturday (I already have a glider
rating, but aero tow only until I joined the Andreas Glider Club).

I stayed up for half an hour from a launch which only got me to 1200 feet.
The winch gives you only about 2 minutes to find something that's working.
I only had to come down as the glider was needed for the next person.

I still felt satisfied from that flight the next day. In fact, I still
have a feeling of satisfaction about it now! There's not much that beats
soaring for pure joy of flying.

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Dylan Smith, Castletown, Isle of Man
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