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Best place to get gliding lessons?
try a leg bag to start.
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On Jul 17, 12:30*am, Mark Jardini wrote:
try a leg bag to start. But not with tight-fitting jeans. Chris N. |
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Best place to get gliding lessons?
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Jack Hamilton wrote: On Fri, 16 Jul 2010 22:24:30 +0000 (UTC), Martin Gregorie wrote: - What about the peeing arrangements? As a student pilot with a small bladder, I'm interested in the answer to that question. I'm learning in an ASK-21, and it seems to me that the combination of a bucket seat and a 5 point seat belt makes a solution difficult. In my limited experience, nothing beats a dedicated tube with associated medical-type fittings. Of course it's not always an option, but the freedom to go as often as you need and drink as much as you can carry is great. For when that's not possible, I've had good experience with Travel John products. They're plastic bags with funky gel stuff that absorbs the liquid so it doesn't go all over the place. No idea how practical they would be to use in an ASK-21 seat, but you can always experiment.... As an added bonus, the TravelJohn bags also work great for when your (or your passenger's) stomach contents attempt to leave the way they came in. A few months ago, after a new passenger had taken an unexpectedly turbulent flight, it was mentioned by one of the pilots that an ASK-21 takes about half an hour to clean out. I guess the glider was designed for that kind of thing - my car, for example, would take much longer than half an hour to clean out - so the solution doesn't have to be completely spillproof. We had a similar incident in my club a week or two ago, and it took considerably more effort. Screwdrivers and wrenches were involved. However, this was in the back seat, which may be worse for it. -- Mike Ash Radio Free Earth Broadcasting from our climate-controlled studios deep inside the Moon |
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And I have to go abroad to get lessons. And even after that, I would only be able to glide once a year, sadly... But in ways that I'm obsessed with the beauty of gliders, I want to glide many times a year. In ways, gliding may help with my maniac depression and if I only can really cure maniac depression and enjoy the clouds for once a year only, it might be tough to move on in life.... |
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Best place to get gliding lessons?
On Fri, 16 Jul 2010 16:13:16 -0700, Jack Hamilton wrote:
On Fri, 16 Jul 2010 22:24:30 +0000 (UTC), Martin Gregorie wrote: - What about the peeing arrangements? This was aimed at used rather than new gliders - AFAIK there are no relief tubes in new gliders but my Libelle has a fitting, installed by an unknown previous owner, that lets me unplug a port behind the stick and shove an exit tube down it and clear of the glider's underside. That sort of system aside, the provision may simply be a pouch for storing freezer bags. As a student pilot with a small bladder, I'm interested in the answer to that question. I'm learning in an ASK-21, and it seems to me that the combination of a bucket seat and a 5 point seat belt makes a solution difficult. Indeed, hence the interest in external catheters and relief tubes. Learning to match your drinking rate to your sweating and vapour exhalation rate helps a lot too. -- martin@ | Martin Gregorie gregorie. | Essex, UK org | |
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