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Old June 11th 07, 06:08 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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Maxwell writes:

6/8/2007 at 12:05 am, in this thread you wrote.

"Mxsmanic" wrote in message
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The active posters here who matter also show at least a modicum of
respect,
since both civility and competence have a common root in intelligence.


Your own words just two days ago dip****.


Civility, not respect. I deliberately wrote it that way.
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Old June 11th 07, 06:16 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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"Mxsmanic" wrote in message
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Maxwell writes:

6/8/2007 at 12:05 am, in this thread you wrote.

"Mxsmanic" wrote in message
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The active posters here who matter also show at least a modicum of
respect,
since both civility and competence have a common root in intelligence.


Your own words just two days ago dip****.


Civility, not respect. I deliberately wrote it that way.


Play your word games with someone else moron. You're a liar.



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Old June 11th 07, 08:25 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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As a cross-country soaring enthusiast, the notion of soaring below the
rim and out again (assuming the legalities of course) is exciting --
and foolish.

A fundamental rule of safe soaring is that you always have a safe
place to land, iow never assume there is a thermal between you and the
closest place on the ground that will not break your glider. I've seen
the Big Ditch a number of times from the air (and twice from my
sailplane) and have never seen a safe place to land.

-ted
Ventus 2C "2NO"

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Old June 11th 07, 08:57 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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Maxwell writes:

Play your word games with someone else moron.


There aren't that many morons around.
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Old June 11th 07, 08:59 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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Tuno writes:

As a cross-country soaring enthusiast, the notion of soaring below the
rim and out again (assuming the legalities of course) is exciting --
and foolish.

A fundamental rule of safe soaring is that you always have a safe
place to land, iow never assume there is a thermal between you and the
closest place on the ground that will not break your glider. I've seen
the Big Ditch a number of times from the air (and twice from my
sailplane) and have never seen a safe place to land.


Understood.

If you _did_ have a safe place to land, somewhere, would there be enough
rising air in the canyon to safely lift you out after gliding some distance
below the rim? If so, how low could you go? I don't know much about sources
of rising air for gliding, so the question may be naïve.
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Old June 11th 07, 09:15 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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Mxsmanic wrote:
Maxwell writes:


Play your word games with someone else moron.


There aren't that many morons around.


Yep, mostly you.

Though in fairness you're mostly malicious.

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Old June 11th 07, 10:28 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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If you _did_ have a safe place to land, somewhere, would there be enough
rising air in the canyon to safely lift you out after gliding some distance
below the rim? If so, how low could you go? I don't know much about sources
of rising air for gliding, so the question may be naïve.


The answer to your first question is Yes. I have thermalled over the
canyon once, I have friends who have thermalled over the canyon a
number of times, and those thermals had to have originated on the
canyon floor, where daytime heating would be good.

Next time you're there in warm weather and you see cumulus clouds
forming over the canyon, visualize lines from their bottoms down to
the ground, adjusted for winds. You'll see that many of the CUs
originated from thermals by the river bank.

Good thermals, too. Making it to the Canyon is a real treat for
Arizona x/c pilots. I hope to do it again in a few weeks en route to
Parowan, UT.

-ted


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Old June 11th 07, 10:43 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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Tuno writes:

Good thermals, too. Making it to the Canyon is a real treat for
Arizona x/c pilots. I hope to do it again in a few weeks en route to
Parowan, UT.


Don't the current rules pretty much exclude glider flights over the canyon,
even above the rim? It doesn't look like you can get below 11,500 MSL or so,
and not at all through the no-fly areas. Unless gliders are special (which
they could be, since I think the main motivation for the SFRA is noise).
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Old June 11th 07, 11:36 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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Don't the current rules pretty much exclude glider flights over the canyon,
even above the rim? It doesn't look like you can get below 11,500 MSL or so,
and not at all through the no-fly areas. Unless gliders are special (which
they could be, since I think the main motivation for the SFRA is noise).


No. The special air traffic rules specify 14500 MSL as the lowest you
can go. That gives a VFR window up to 17999, or higher with clearance
from Center.

-ted

 




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