OLC

(Steve Bralla) wrote in message ...
(Dave Piotrowski) writes:

You're right Liam, none of those guys made it back to where they started ;-)

More accurate would be: the glider in which "you can go somewhere, you
just can't get back to where you started."


Anyone making a statement like this hasn't looked at the OLC traces for Doug's
flights.

Steve


I have flown with Doug and heard him out in areas encouraging pilots
with over twice the performance to venture out. Then he makes it home,
quite a bit later, but he regularly returns. Doug has skill,
knowledge, patience, and a willingess to land out (which he doesn't
often have to exercise). One postitive aspect of the 1-26 is that you
can land it almost anywhere with little chance for damage.

John

Yes the 1-26 is a glider you can land almost anywhere, and if you fly
XC enough, eventually you will. I have landed one in a coal mine, on a
road under construction with a string-line down one side, and in a
nursery. One field was only 480 feet long, but I only needed the first
120 feet.

If the wind is blowing, however, you have to work just stay in one
place, much less make it back to where you started.

(JohnD) wrote in message . com...
(Steve Bralla) wrote in message ...
(Dave Piotrowski) writes:

You're right Liam, none of those guys made it back to where they started ;-)

More accurate would be: the glider in which "you can go somewhere, you
just can't get back to where you started."


Anyone making a statement like this hasn't looked at the OLC traces for Doug's
flights.

Steve


I have flown with Doug and heard him out in areas encouraging pilots
with over twice the performance to venture out. Then he makes it home,
quite a bit later, but he regularly returns. Doug has skill,
knowledge, patience, and a willingess to land out (which he doesn't
often have to exercise). One postitive aspect of the 1-26 is that you
can land it almost anywhere with little chance for damage.

John