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Oct 24 is our Dec 17
I'm still very much a newbie here, having only been at this since 2003.
I don't think I'll ever take this flying thing for granted, but every so often a thought or a phrase catches me right between the eyes and reminds me of exactly what it is we actually do. "...to remain aloft without power..." Quite incredible when you stop to think about it for a second or two. John H. Campbell writes as the air is never absolutely calm... it is possible to use the power of the upward trend of the air ...A better knowledge of these air currents, so that one could keep his machine constantly in the rising trends, would enable one to remain aloft without power much longer than has yet been done. -- Bill Gribble http://www.harlequin.uk.net http://www.scapegoatsanon.demon.co.uk "Consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds" - Emerson |
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Oct 24 is our Dec 17
Bill Gribble wrote:
I'm still very much a newbie here, having only been at this since 2003. I don't think I'll ever take this flying thing for granted, but every so often a thought or a phrase catches me right between the eyes and reminds me of exactly what it is we actually do. "...to remain aloft without power..." Quite incredible when you stop to think about it for a second or two. John H. Campbell writes as the air is never absolutely calm... it is possible to use the power of the upward trend of the air ...A better knowledge of these air currents, so that one could keep his machine constantly in the rising trends, would enable one to remain aloft without power much longer than has yet been done. I like to say we remain aloft because of gravity. The gravity of the situation we find ourself in when we fail to remain aloft... -- Bruce Greeff Std Cirrus #57 I'm no-T at the address above. |
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Oct 24 is our Dec 17
Eric:
Amazing what can be found on the web: Anorak, a term of abuse A.no.rak noun. [Esk. (Greenland) anoraq] a heavy jacket with a hood. In the UK this form of coat was worn by all children in the 1970s, but worn now only by socially dysfunctional adults who still wear the trousers they wore to school (despite the fact they never covered their ankles even back when they were 14 years old). also Train.spo.tting verb. [UK] the activity of recording with pen and paper, the serial numbers from the side of railway locomotives. Trainspotting was a common childhood pursuit of British children in the post-war period, it comes under that category of hobbies that involve collecting. It is possible to buy books listing the serial numbers of all the railway rolling stock in the country and then check off each one as it is seen. Adults who practice this activity are naturally seen as dull, and immature, because the majority of people find other pursuits more attractive once they have passed the legal age for sex and alcohol. These two phenomena in British society have given rise to a new use for the term 'anorak' (an article of clothing often worn by 'trainspotters') to mean any dull individual, or someone with a boring hobby. Raphael Warshaw "Eric Greenwell" wrote in message ... Chris Rollings wrote: John, if I didn't know you were an excellent pilot and instructor, I'd swear you were an Anorak. |
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