You know you are addicted to soaring when....

On a sort of "related" note......have you ever noticed that at the movies
(especially Westerns) you are studying the sky and the clouds? Many a
scene are obviously shot over a period of several days as there is often
an "illogical" appearing sky...... (ie, small budding cumulus suddenly give
way to high cirrus clouds....etc.) Only a glider pilot would notice the
discontinuity. (Well, maybe a meteorologist).

J4

"Steve Leonard" wrote in message
...
On May 1, 9:10 pm, wrote:

I clearly need professional help ;-)

Frank (TA)

Buy another sailplane. That is what I do. Cheaper than therapy.

Steve Leonard

Yes I have seen that. I like the time lapse photography that accompanies
some programs. Problem is you lose track of the program anyway but then
the clouds are more interesting.
(OK I also need help)


At 03:32 02 May 2012, John wrote:
On a sort of "related" note......have you ever noticed that at the movies

(especially Westerns) you are studying the sky and the clouds? Many a
scene are obviously shot over a period of several days as there is often
an "illogical" appearing sky...... (ie, small budding cumulus suddenly
give

way to high cirrus clouds....etc.) Only a glider pilot would notice
the

discontinuity. (Well, maybe a meteorologist).

J4

"Steve Leonard" wrote in message
...
On May 1, 9:10 pm, wrote:

I clearly need professional help ;-)

Frank (TA)

Buy another sailplane. That is what I do. Cheaper than therapy.

Steve Leonard

Check out the following link...what's wrong with this picture?!?

http://www.daretomove.com/flight-level-460.html

I've been troubled ever since first seeing this painting in "Soaring" mag 'way
back when.' Even went so far as to ask a number of fellow soaring pilots
"What's wrong with this picture?" at a glider club having the (otherwise very
nice) painting hanging on the wall. No one ever knew.

Any help from RAS?

Please, I either need help...company...or a darker closet...

Ha Ha Ha, Obvious... Any other old (hint) sextant navigator jockeys out there?

Originally Posted by BobW

Check out the following link...what's wrong with this picture?!?

http://www.daretomove.com/flight-level-460.html

I've been troubled ever since first seeing this painting in "Soaring" mag 'way
back when.' Even went so far as to ask a number of fellow soaring pilots
"What's wrong with this picture?" at a glider club having the (otherwise very
nice) painting hanging on the wall. No one ever knew.

Any help from RAS?

Please, I either need help...company...or a darker closet...

On Wednesday, May 2, 2012 11:17:55 AM UTC-7, POPS wrote:
Ha Ha Ha, Obvious... Any other old (hint) sextant navigator jockeys
out there?


I used a sextant for sailboat navigation in the '70s but mostly noon sights, I'm going with the moon is in the south and illuminated from the wrong side in relation to the Sun. What time of day did Bickle do the flight? He must have done it early in the AM as he flys into a low sun, he would have told the artist this. then the artist illuminated the Moon on the wrong side.

see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lu...se-Diagram.png
for Moon phases in relation to Sun direction.

OK Pops, your turn!

FF

OK, did some more reasearch, sratch the above.


According to the FAI site, Paul Bikle flew a 1-23E and according to the caption of the painting it was in the afternoon.

As he was going West with the spoilers out, the Moon is all wrong, and shouldn't even be in the picture.

But Bickle may have taken a picture of the Moon while headed West and shown it to the artist who put it in forgetting Bickle was looking South when he shot it.

Do I get a Cigar?

FF

That's a roger 10-4

Good to know that Mr BobW has finally been cured of that splinter in his mind from therapy online..

Originally Posted by FreeFlight107

On Wednesday, May 2, 2012 11:17:55 AM UTC-7, POPS wrote:
Ha Ha Ha, Obvious... Any other old (hint) sextant navigator jockeys
out there?


I used a sextant for sailboat navigation in the '70s but mostly noon sights, I'm going with the moon is in the south and illuminated from the wrong side in relation to the Sun. What time of day did Bickle do the flight? He must have done it early in the AM as he flys into a low sun, he would have told the artist this. then the artist illuminated the Moon on the wrong side.

see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lu...se-Diagram.png
for Moon phases in relation to Sun direction.

OK Pops, your turn!

FF

On Wednesday, May 2, 2012 1:17:55 PM UTC-5, POPS wrote:
Ha Ha Ha, Obvious... Any other old (hint) sextant navigator jockeys
out there?

Is there any other kind of sextant navigator?

On Wednesday, May 2, 2012 1:38:20 PM UTC-7, Tony wrote:
On Wednesday, May 2, 2012 1:17:55 PM UTC-5, POPS wrote:
Ha Ha Ha, Obvious... Any other old (hint) sextant navigator jockeys
out there?

Is there any other kind of sextant navigator?

Nope, Lot's of old ones on eBay, but not the books to reduce the observations.

POPS, there are a few of us still hanging around. I did a bit of celestial
navigation back in the day when I was a Bombardier/Navigator flying A-3B
Skywarriors. In fact I spent one tour as a celestial navigation instructor.

"POPS" wrote in message ...


Ha Ha Ha, Obvious... Any other old (hint) sextant navigator jockeys
out there?





BobW;814159 Wrote:
Check out the following link...what's wrong with this picture?!?

http://www.daretomove.com/flight-level-460.html

I've been troubled ever since first seeing this painting in "Soaring"
mag 'way
back when.' Even went so far as to ask a number of fellow soaring pilots

"What's wrong with this picture?" at a glider club having the (otherwise
very
nice) painting hanging on the wall. No one ever knew.

Any help from RAS?

Please, I either need help...company...or a darker closet...




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POPS