Nobel prize winner is a glider pilot

Tom Gardner wrote:

On Oct 12, 11:40 pm, Lew Hartswick wrote:

Eric Greenwell wrote:

Oliver Smithies, along with Mario Capecchi and Martin Evans, was awarded
the *2007 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine* on Monday.

Oliver Smithies flies a Grob 109B motorglider out of Chapel Hill, North
Carolina, USA, and is an SSA member. Apparently, glider pilots CAN be a
credit to their community if they put their minds to it!

Congratulations, Oliver!

Nobel prizes just lost a lot of respect with the award of the
Peace prize.
...lew...


This is nothing new. Henry Kissinger also got the Nobel Peace Prize.

If you want to start making political points, then there are plenty of
people who will argue the toss with you. Personally I suggest we just
drop the subject.

I agree. The point was what did winning the Nobel prize have to do
with Mr. Smithies soaring? What records has he made or other
measures of his soaring ability?
...lew...