And a merry Christmas from Namibia

Congratulations to Rafi Luski and Avron Tal, and happy holidays to all! Skywriting done in a powered plane seems trivial compared to what these pilots are demonstrating in a glider. Maybe the dearth of reactions here so far expresses a collective surprise that it could be done. No doubt, some of us repeatedly thought about drawing something interesting via the flight trace but always ended up doing the usual things in the air. Looking at the Christmas tree, why not a 21-point (or whatever) task? Completing such a task could be more satisfying than most usual soaring profiles. Properly planned and scaled, a figure-drawing soaring flight could motivate some who might otherwise be timid or jaded about flying a "task". Draw something small and precise near the home field and steadily expand the artwork and skillset as desired. This could be a new thing - sailplane skywriting.

On Sunday, December 13, 2020 at 1:45:03 PM UTC-6, wrote:
Congratulations to Rafi Luski and Avron Tal, and happy holidays to all! Skywriting done in a powered plane seems trivial compared to what these pilots are demonstrating in a glider. Maybe the dearth of reactions here so far expresses a collective surprise that it could be done. No doubt, some of us repeatedly thought about drawing something interesting via the flight trace but always ended up doing the usual things in the air. Looking at the Christmas tree, why not a 21-point (or whatever) task? Completing such a task could be more satisfying than most usual soaring profiles. Properly planned and scaled, a figure-drawing soaring flight could motivate some who might otherwise be timid or jaded about flying a "task". Draw something small and precise near the home field and steadily expand the artwork and skillset as desired. This could be a new thing - sailplane skywriting.

Rafi got some practice in precision soaring when he circled in one thermal with thousands of storks traveling from Europe to Africa in September 1997. Rafi, remember the first World Air Games in İnönü, Turkey?

mandag den 14. december 2020 kl. 01.47.03 UTC+1 skrev Tom BravoMike:
On Sunday, December 13, 2020 at 1:45:03 PM UTC-6, wrote:
Congratulations to Rafi Luski and Avron Tal, and happy holidays to all! Skywriting done in a powered plane seems trivial compared to what these pilots are demonstrating in a glider. Maybe the dearth of reactions here so far expresses a collective surprise that it could be done. No doubt, some of us repeatedly thought about drawing something interesting via the flight trace but always ended up doing the usual things in the air. Looking at the Christmas tree, why not a 21-point (or whatever) task? Completing such a task could be more satisfying than most usual soaring profiles. Properly planned and scaled, a figure-drawing soaring flight could motivate some who might otherwise be timid or jaded about flying a "task". Draw something small and precise near the home field and steadily expand the artwork and skillset as desired. This could be a new thing - sailplane skywriting.
Rafi got some practice in precision soaring when he circled in one thermal with thousands of storks traveling from Europe to Africa in September 1997. Rafi, remember the first World Air Games in İnönü, Turkey?
I remember that day. I was also participating in that contest. Good times :-)
Best regards Mads Lykke, Denmark