This should make most power pilots have kittens...

On Wed, 16 Nov 2005 02:47:13 +0100, G Farris wrote in
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For my part, I can appreciate the sensual thrill of being high
and riding the wind without the nuisance of a noisy motor, but it just
doesn't do it for me unless you're going somewhere. Gliders just fly and go
nowhere.

Soaring is more of a sport than a means of transportation. However,
you might find a motorglider the best of both worlds:

http://www.stemmewest.com/

The Stemme S10-VT is the World's Best Motorglider

No other powered sailplane design has combined the high
performance of a sailplane with the practicality and convenience
of a power plane. As a result, soaring was finally freed from
local airfields and the requirement for ground handling support,
creating a new class of gliders. Starting from convenient local
airfields in the morning, owners fly under power to optimal
soaring conditions anywhere within several hundred miles, soar all
day, and still have time to return home the same day. The STEMME
propulsion design makes high performance cross country soaring a
convenient form of recreational, competition, record-setting
flights, and just plane fun.


Stemme manufacturer's web site:
http://www.stemme.de/daten/e/index.html

The flights depicted in this video will provide evidence that a Stemme
motorglider is certainly capable of going somewhe
http://www.stemme.de/daten/e/produkte/s10/video.htm