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Old November 16th 08, 10:30 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
P Ilatus[_1_]
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gee, sorry to take the **** out of your darwin award idea - a bunch of
grumpy old ******s doing things bass ackwards over there if you think
that's what soaring's about..
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Old November 17th 08, 06:45 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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I believe that the 1 minute 40 seconds included the winch launch to 400
metres (1300ft), which would take about 40 seconds in itself. As the
Discus has self connecting controls, a positive control check is probably
not totally necessary, although desirable.

Del Copeland


At 15:54 16 November 2008, Uncle Fuzzy wrote:
They claim 1 minute, 40 seconds. In the video, it is 37 seconds from
the time the lady says 'go', to the time the winch starts spinning.
It's pretty reasonable to expect a PCC was done sometime during the
missing minute, but this 'stunt' was edited and narrated with 'Joe
Average', not 'Joe Glider Pilot' in mind. A PCC would look like so
much wasted motion to people who don't fly. It would be a different
video if it were edtited and narrated by Mr. Knauff. You and I might
like it better, but the general public? Not so much.


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Old November 17th 08, 11:48 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Interesting trivia about this video: the pilot is two times world
champion (guess who!) and one member of the rigging team is well known
aviation insurance agent. I bet their insurance coverage was more than
ok during this attempt...

rk
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Old November 20th 08, 06:00 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Dan Silent[_2_]
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At 23:45 14 November 2008, Z Goudie wrote:
They looked switched on enough to have rehearsed this a few times and

taken the safety aspects into consideration.
Given most of the previous comments in the thread I'm
not surprised that soaring is turning into an old farts hobby.
Live a little before you die.



Yes, one could look at this as a very carefully planned demonstration,
where you can notice that the brain of the
operation is a blond Finnish, carefully supervising and
certainly ready to stop the op if the need arise.

It is also amazing to notice that particular sailplane holding itself
together with one bolt and one pin only.

IS NOT THIS SOME KIND OF MAGIC!!!!
(a wonder of German engineering)

and....they did not seal the gaps...................
but........what a great show...........................

PCC was maybe skipped,
but could certainly be performed without loosing a single sec
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Old November 20th 08, 06:00 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Dan Silent[_2_]
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At 23:45 14 November 2008, Z Goudie wrote:
They looked switched on enough to have rehearsed this a few times and

taken the safety aspects into consideration.
Given most of the previous comments in the thread I'm
not surprised that soaring is turning into an old farts hobby.
Live a little before you die.



Yes, one could look at this as a very carefully planned demonstration,
where you can notice that the brain of the
operation is a blond Finnish, carefully supervising and
certainly ready to stop the op if the need arise.

It is also amazing to notice that particular sailplane holding itself
together with one bolt and one pin only.

IS NOT THIS SOME KIND OF MAGIC!!!!
(a wonder of German engineering)

and....they did not seal the gaps...................
but........what a great show...........................

PCC was maybe skipped,
but could certainly be performed without loosing a single sec
 




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