Mountain wave

Wow ! I Just found me a new background image !

Thanks,

Antonio

Stefan wrote:
Michael 182 wrote:

Must have been pretty cold up there in a glider.


There's no such thing as cold weather, there's only insufficient
clothing. Here's how it looks up there in a glider:

http://www.glidingbasel.ch/fotos_ber.../images/05.jpg

http://www.glidingbasel.ch/fotos_ber.../images/06.jpg


Stefan

Stefan wrote in message ...




There's no such thing as cold weather, there's only insufficient
clothing. Here's how it looks up there in a glider:

http://www.glidingbasel.ch/fotos_ber.../images/05.jpg

What is the black object that appears to be pasted to the outside of
the canopy in this image? Some kind of relative wind indicator?

"Adam Aulick" wrote in message
om...
What is the black object that appears to be pasted to the outside of
the canopy in this image? Some kind of relative wind indicator?

Yes. "Yaw string".

Adam Aulick wrote:

What is the black object that appears to be pasted to the outside of
the canopy in this image? Some kind of relative wind indicator?

Yes. A simple woolen string. It's the main instrument of a glider pilot.
You may ask why a string and not the ball? First, the string is *way*
more exact than the ball and second, it's a HUD (head up display).

Stefan

Sun helps.

"Stefan" wrote in message
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Michael 182 wrote:

Must have been pretty cold up there in a glider.

There's no such thing as cold weather, there's only insufficient
clothing. Here's how it looks up there in a glider:


http://www.glidingbasel.ch/fotos_ber...s/images/05.jp
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http://www.glidingbasel.ch/fotos_ber...s/images/06.jp
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Stefan

Michael,

st have been pretty cold up there in a glider.


You bet! If you want, I'll e-mail a photo of the panel showing minus 40
degrees centigrade - and of me in a thermo suit with moon boots. It's
not that bad where the sun shines on you through that big canopy, but
my feet were nearly frozen after two hours of flying. Some people who
do this regularly have electric thermopads in their boots.

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

About 30 years ago, when I was too young to know better, I went skiing in
temps of about 30 below. Now, at 51, there is nothing in the world that
could get me to go out in that weather - even gliding at FL300, as wonderful
as that seems.

Michael


"Thomas Borchert" wrote in message
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Michael,

st have been pretty cold up there in a glider.


You bet! If you want, I'll e-mail a photo of the panel showing minus 40
degrees centigrade - and of me in a thermo suit with moon boots. It's
not that bad where the sun shines on you through that big canopy, but
my feet were nearly frozen after two hours of flying. Some people who
do this regularly have electric thermopads in their boots.

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

In article Bwq0d.166098$Fg5.68105@attbi_s53, Michael 182 wrote:
Hit a mountain wave today near Pikes Peak at FL190 in my TR-182. First I
couldn't maintain FL190 (I only have 300-400 fpm climb at that altitude
anyway) as my indicated airspeed descended to 80 K.

Speed up in sink, slow down in lift is the general rule (OK, you
probably don't want to slow down in lift if you're on an ifr flight plan
- but if you speed up in the sink, or at least maintain your cruise
speed rather than slowing to 80 kts you'll lose less altitude.

Used this sort of thing to good effect in my C140 which was decidedly
lacking in power when crossing the mounains in the western US.

--
Dylan Smith, Castletown, Isle of Man
Flying: http://www.dylansmith.net
Frontier Elite Universe: http://www.alioth.net
"Maintain thine airspeed, lest the ground come up and smite thee"