cold weather flying

Good point! And that's a scenario that gives me the willies. At my
age, I might not be able to get out under those circumstances.


On 5/4/2016 7:51 AM, wrote:
Yes Dan I understand the aspects of the hike out. Most of my xc flying was out of minden and Ive had my share of hikes. As for getting out of the ship, boots may be important for another reason. My bro once had to bail out of a ventus after a midair. After a guy hit him my bro found himself in a high G loop (guy clipped my bros elevator it jammed in full up postion). My bro had to use his legs to kick out the canopy cause it wouldnt eject with the high poss G's. In this case his boots definitely saved his ass.

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Dan, 5J

Yep me too Dan. My bro was really low, toward the bottom of a gaggle filled thermal at the start of a race. The midair occurred at about 2k agl and folks that saw it say he got out around 1300 ft, lucky to be here. The ventus ended up landingvitself, it bottomed out of the last loop right at ground level, didnt hardly scratch a wing but the fuselage was a mess lol

On Wednesday, May 4, 2016 at 9:06:56 AM UTC-4, wrote:
ND are in north dakota? I fly up in the Minot area. We are getting set up to start a club up here.
Dan

ND flies out of Harris Hill in NY.
UH

Might I ask you to explain this statement? I don't doubt you, just wanted to know reason. I fly with light boots in the summer that are laced and have a side zipper. For wave flying if you are already a sailor these boots are great for cold weather flying and for cold weather sailing http://www.apsltd.com/ultima-stretch...oot-brown.html I have put my feet in these boots soaking wet (3 hour watch) and they have come out dry.

On Tuesday, May 3, 2016 at 7:14:05 PM UTC-7, wrote:
Do your hiking boots have lace hooks? If so, they are not safe for going parachuting.

He's right Dan,

my name is andy. that's where ND came from... enn-dee. a lady in our club thought of that back when we were teenagers dreaming of what our contest ID's would be when we had gliders someday, and it stuck.

On Wednesday, May 4, 2016 at 11:19:06 AM UTC-4, wrote:
On Wednesday, May 4, 2016 at 9:06:56 AM UTC-4, wrote:
ND are in north dakota? I fly up in the Minot area. We are getting set up to start a club up here.
Dan

ND flies out of Harris Hill in NY.
UH

They have a neoprene sole. As I said, not for hiking but should work dandy with heated insoles. I put my shoes in the back when I use these. If I had to bail out, it could be problimatic, but for flying high, they have been great. There is a small problem that they compress on your heels, and that spot can get cold. But I have been meaning to glue a mouse pad like layer of neoprene on the "floor" of the cockpit to have a nice soft and warm spot for my heels.

It is interesting that my "wave ware" has become less and less over the years. Just a few layers of micro fleece on top as dark micro fleece will soak up the sun, but again, in the shadows under the panel, it can be nasty cold, these have worked well for me.

They breathe well enough that I have used the air-activated hand warmers. A pair of socks, then one above my toes and one below, taped in place and under a large pair of fleece socks. Then the down booties.

Happy Feet...

RR




On Wednesday, May 4, 2016 at 8:58:23 AM UTC-4, ND wrote:
do these have some kind of sole? do you wear them over your shoes? i like this option, but i want to understand what kind of sole or insole it already might have, since i'd like to incorporate my heated insoles if possible.




Knee High down booties. When it is 40 below, everything from my knees down gets cold (out of the sun), so these are great. NG for bailing out, but are so breathable I can wear them in all but the warmest weather. I am tall, and the relitively thin soles "make me shorter"...

RR

ND is North Dakota; NM is New Mexico. I should have spelled them out to
avoid confusion.


On 5/4/2016 9:19 AM, wrote:
On Wednesday, May 4, 2016 at 9:06:56 AM UTC-4, wrote:
ND are in north dakota? I fly up in the Minot area. We are getting set up to start a club up here.
Dan
ND flies out of Harris Hill in NY.
UH

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Dan, 5J

On Wednesday, May 4, 2016 at 9:04:25 AM UTC-7, Jonathan St. Cloud wrote:
Might I ask you to explain this statement?

On Tuesday, May 3, 2016 at 7:14:05 PM UTC-7, wrote:
Do your hiking boots have lace hooks? If so, they are not safe for going parachuting.

Lace hooks are also parachute suspension line hooks.
If you open the chute head down or tumbling and get a line stuck in your shoe, you may be wishing the lace hook would cut the suspension line.
Jim