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Nyal,
I think you need to do the 50k flight again, but this time, do it in something that will make you REALLY work for those 50k's. Flying that distance in a TG-3A seems to be defeating the ideals of the FAI and/or the other 'originators' of the Badges as we know them today. :-) You might has well have been in an LS8-18. Or, a 2-22. Ray Lovinggood Carrboro, North Carolina, USA At 13:36 12 June 2004, Nyal Williams wrote: TG-3A, Ser. No. 88, N60434, from Advance, NC (Strawberry Hill) to Salisbury, NC. 64 miles. 19 No trailer - had to be careful. Aero-retrieve non-event. Anyone know why Glider Pilot Net can't retrieve latest 50 or so messages? stephanevdv wrote in message news:... In a Ka-8, in Belgium. No electronics (variometer, radio, gps) at all. Flew to a goal 59 km away. Intended to take a photograph and fly back, but landed on the goal airfield. It was a |
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On 9 Jun 2004 13:26:28 GMT, Graham Hodgson
wrote: What aircraft did you do your silver distance qualifying 50k flight in? SZD Junior, Gransden Lodge to Rattlesden (68 km) in blue conditions off a winch launch. Took 3.5 hours to do it. I used an EW model D logger driven off a GPS II+ to record the flight. I navigated by map, not the GPS. -- martin@ : Martin Gregorie gregorie : Harlow, UK demon : co : Zappa fan & glider pilot uk : |
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Ray,
You're just jealous! The muscles I developed working those ailerons are long gone. At 12:12 13 June 2004, Ray Lovinggood wrote: Nyal, I think you need to do the 50k flight again, but this time, do it in something that will make you REALLY work for those 50k's. Flying that distance in a TG-3A seems to be defeating the ideals of the FAI and/or the other 'originators' of the Badges as we know them today. :-) You might has well have been in an LS8-18. Or, a 2-22. Ray Lovinggood Carrboro, North Carolina, USA At 13:36 12 June 2004, Nyal Williams wrote: TG-3A, Ser. No. 88, N60434, from Advance, NC (Strawberry Hill) to Salisbury, NC. 64 miles. 19 No trailer - had to be careful. Aero-retrieve non-event. Anyone know why Glider Pilot Net can't retrieve latest 50 or so messages? stephanevdv wrote in message news:... In a Ka-8, in Belgium. No electronics (variometer, radio, gps) at all. Flew to a goal 59 km away. Intended to take a photograph and fly back, but landed on the goal airfield. It was a |
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In article ,
Graham Hodgson wrote: What aircraft did you do your silver distance qualifying 50k flight in? Don't have any badges. I have, however, been to 18,000 ft in a Club Libelle, and won a 200+ km contest task in thermals in a PW-5. I did intend to claim a 50k once, but despite my making it VERY clear to the pharmacist that I wished my negatives to remain uncut, and receiving their assurance that would be no problem, they proceeded to cut my negatives. I haven't bothered again ... I just go flying instead. -- Bruce |
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Mark James Boyd wrote:
1-26 (alt) PW-5 (dur and dist) I must say the 5 hour duration part of the Silver seems like a MUCH harder task than the alt or dist. No matter what glider you fly, five hours is still five hours. At the point I did it, it was the longest I had ever continuously piloted any aircraft, despite over 1500 flight hours before that (also with no bathroom). I agree, who can fly 5 hours probably can do 300k or even 500k in a "hot" ship. /Janos |
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1-26 (alt)
PW-5 (dur and dist) I must say the 5 hour duration part of the Silver seems like a MUCH harder task than the alt or dist. No matter what glider you fly, five hours is still five hours. At the point I did it, it was the longest I had ever continuously piloted any aircraft, despite over 1500 flight hours before that (also with no bathroom). Getting all that "official" is another matter. It took me six tries to get credit for the 50km distance, and it was ultimately for a 150KM+ flight... silly rules... -- ------------+ Mark Boyd Avenal, California, USA |
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I agree, who can fly 5 hours probably can do 300k or even 500k in a
"hot" ship. I differ with you there. Each places a different demand on the skills of the pilot. A five hour flight can be done "flag poling" around the home field with no fear of landing out. The only challenge is finding the next thermal, which are probably all house thermals, relieving your bladder, and staying comfortable. A cross country flight requires all these elements, plus navigation, strategy, and technique. Jim Vincent CFIG N483SZ illspam |
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In article , Janos Bauer
writes Mark James Boyd wrote: 1-26 (alt) PW-5 (dur and dist) I must say the 5 hour duration part of the Silver seems like a MUCH harder task than the alt or dist. No matter what glider you fly, five hours is still five hours. At the point I did it, it was the longest I had ever continuously piloted any aircraft, despite over 1500 flight hours before that (also with no bathroom). I agree, who can fly 5 hours probably can do 300k or even 500k in a "hot" ship. /Janos OTOH it is possible to do 5 hours on a ridge. Even a low one, 200ft high. Like at Dunstable. Even in a Tutor. Not that I did that you understand. Mine was Tibenham to Swanton Morley, 24 miles in all. As someone said at the time, it's quicker by bus. What? Oh yes. Distance was Tibenham to Duxford, 82Km. In the only Skylark 4 that has its own web-site. http://members.aol.com/williamsmf/index.htm -- Mike Lindsay |
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Jim Vincent wrote:
I agree, who can fly 5 hours probably can do 300k or even 500k in a "hot" ship. I differ with you there. Each places a different demand on the skills of the pilot. A five hour flight can be done "flag poling" around the home field with no fear of landing out. The only challenge is finding the next thermal, which are probably all house thermals, relieving your bladder, and staying comfortable. A cross country flight requires all these elements, plus navigation, strategy, and technique. What about GPS and glide computers? All you have to do is to believe what they tell you. So navigation and strategy more or less sorted out. If we manage to remove the fear of outlanding we are at the same task. Keep the glider in the air more than 5 hours but choose your next thermal at a certain direction. Let's tell the truth: it's not as complicated as most pilots tend to state it /Janos |
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