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Old July 11th 03, 04:45 PM
Nyal Williams
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Default Silver Badge Fun (?) - real challenges?

Location, location, location! A well-known US pilot
had the gold altitude and distance certified when he
had a total of 19hrs gliding time and had not yet
done the 5-hr flight. He is a person for whom I have
enormous respect, a natural, but he still had to have
the location at that stage of the game.

At 06:54 11 July 2003, Bruce Greeff wrote:
We have a member who's pride demands that he obtain
at least two
diamonds in his Zugfogel III (1964 wood and fabric
17m) before he moves
up to carbon.

In our weaker winter conditions he has the equivalent
of an open calss
ship for small change. doing 300km flights when the
rest of us are on

the ground...

It is cheap, comfortable and climbs like a homesick
angel. Speeds up to
120km/h even result in acceptable L/D (best is 37)
Even starting to
appreciate in value as her rarity increases.






 




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