Sailors of the Sky

Here is "Sailors of the Sky" from the January 1967 issue of National
Geographic:

http://home.comcast.net/~johan.larso...softhesky.html

(Warning: the page contains more than a megabyte of images.)

Johan Larson

Hi Johan,

Awesome! I've been wanting to read that article for years. Well done!

Paul Remde

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Here is "Sailors of the Sky" from the January 1967 issue of National
Geographic:

http://home.comcast.net/~johan.larso...softhesky.html

(Warning: the page contains more than a megabyte of images.)

Johan Larson

Paul Remde wrote:
Hi Johan,

Awesome! I've been wanting to read that article for years. Well done!

Paul Remde

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Here is "Sailors of the Sky" from the January 1967 issue of National
Geographic:

http://home.comcast.net/~johan.larso...softhesky.html

(Warning: the page contains more than a megabyte of images.)


I found a copy of that National Geographic, and the one with the article
about ridge running the Appalachians, in a thrift store. Lots of NGs
have been hoarded out there for years (by parents of baby boomers I
think). Almost any issue is easy to find if you look in the right
places (ARC thrift stores in the Denver area). Oh yeah, good & cheap
clothes too. :-)


Shawn

Shawn wrote:
I found a copy of that National Geographic, and the one with the article
about ridge running the Appalachians, in a thrift store.

Would you mind checking the year and month of the issue that contains
the ridge running article?

Johan Larson

wrote:
Shawn wrote:
I found a copy of that National Geographic, and the one with the article
about ridge running the Appalachians, in a thrift store.

Would you mind checking the year and month of the issue that contains
the ridge running article?

March 1978 Here's a link to an auction for that issue on eBay
http://tinyurl.com/yca3wu



Shawn

Shawn wrote:
wrote:
Shawn wrote:
I found a copy of that National Geographic, and the one with the article
about ridge running the Appalachians, in a thrift store.

Would you mind checking the year and month of the issue that contains
the ridge running article?

March 1978 Here's a link to an auction for that issue on eBay
http://tinyurl.com/yca3wu

Thank you.

Johan Larson

I read that article when I was a kid... and then remembered it when I got
into soaring a few years ago, hoping to find it again someday. What a
well-written article! I'm going to bookmark it and point interested people
to it as an introduction. Though it's 40 years old, not so much has changed,
has it?

Thank you!!

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Here is "Sailors of the Sky" from the January 1967 issue of National
Geographic:

http://home.comcast.net/~johan.larso...softhesky.html

(Warning: the page contains more than a megabyte of images.)

Johan Larson

Roger Worden wrote:
I read that article when I was a kid... and then remembered it when I got
into soaring a few years ago, hoping to find it again someday. What a
well-written article!

I'm convinced it is the best introduction to soaring I have read. Even
with some experience behind me, it had something to teach me: I had not
known that the variometer was what made cross-country soaring possible.

I'm going to bookmark it and point interested people
to it as an introduction.

By all means do. You might also consider using your browser's Save
function to make a private copy. I plan to leave the page up
indefinitely, but things happen.

Though it's 40 years old, not so much has changed,
has it?

I am of two minds about that, actually. On the one hand, a certain
nostalgia is nice. But on the other, it feels like we have spent a
generation of time, and haven't accomplished very much. We are still
flying basic gliders not very much like the 2-22s and 2-32s that they
flew forty years ago. What change there has been has come at the high
end, almost exclusively.

Johan Larson

http://home.comcast.net/~johan.larso...softhesky.html

A great article. Great photos. It was what got me interested in
soaring when I was a kid. I wonder how many other present-day pilots
got their introduction to soaring through this article.

Looking forward to also seeing the Striedieck article on Johan's website.


Roger Worden wrote:
I read that article when I was a kid... and then remembered it when I got
into soaring a few years ago, hoping to find it again someday. What a
well-written article! I'm going to bookmark it and point interested people
to it as an introduction. Though it's 40 years old, not so much has changed,
has it?

Thank you!!

wrote in message
ups.com...
Here is "Sailors of the Sky" from the January 1967 issue of National
Geographic:

http://home.comcast.net/~johan.larso...softhesky.html

(Warning: the page contains more than a megabyte of images.)

Johan Larson

wrote:

...it feels like we have spent a
generation of time, and haven't accomplished very much.

[....]

What change there has been has come at the high
end, almost exclusively.

Sure, for the same reason people rob banks: "That's where the money is."

The problem may be that nobody in the US is building metal gliders that
commercial operations and clubs can leave tied down on the flight line
and run through a full season's schedule without babying. And by
"building" I mean "producing" for the market, not just showing at
conventions and on websites.

How many investors in new US production are here on r.a.s.? One? None?

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Thanks for posting this, Johan. It's a winner.

http://home.comcast.net/~johan.larson/soaring/sailorsofthesky.html



Jack