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BGA Concession AUW
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BGA Concession AUW (well, not really any more)
You have to remember that a lot of Australians come from ancestors who were too stupid and got caught. Evolution does kick in! :-)
The corollary is that Brits are descended from a load of crooks. N. |
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BGA Concession AUW (well, not really any more)
At 09:01 04 May 2015, Nick wrote:
You have to remember that a lot of Australians come from ancestors who were too stupid and got caught. Evolution does kick in! :-) The corollary is that Brits are descended from a load of crooks. N. I think you are confusing us Brits with the residents in our former penal colony in the southern ocean. If you had not been so rebellious and disobedient we would have taught you geography and other useful stuff. You do however make some half decent television programmes :-) |
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BGA Concession AUW and its sometimes American Contemporary
Back to the original thoughts on AUW. I love the USA because I have a Glasflugel 604 that I can legally (and safely, too) fly at 1800 lbs AUW (about 816 KG) and a Nimbus 3 that I can load up to 1930 lbs AUW (about 875 KG). No matter what the manufacturer might say about such things. :-)
I have only gotten the 604 up to about 1750 (need bigger bags for the outer panels) and only flown the Nimbus as high as about 1850 (outers full, inners were full, but I did about a one minute dump. It has the early, 80 gallon tanks). But, oh, they are nice when heavy! Mine are both approved to the higher gross weights by the FAA. I know. Anything I do that is not approved by the manufacturer makes me a test pilot. And I am OK with that. In both cases, it was done lots before me on the subject sailplanes. Steve Leonard |
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