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by Mike M
Sat Sep 21, 2013 9:11 am
Forum: Safety and Incidents in flight
Topic: Broken ankle
Replies: 8
Views: 5789

Actually it's a little more malicious than that. This can go several ways. Other spambots will register and start a "conversation". After that links will be posted, websites recommended, etc etc. The links may be malicious or simply link to "cheap viagra", "cheap Nike Shoes&...
by Mike M
Fri Sep 20, 2013 8:00 am
Forum: Safety and Incidents in flight
Topic: Broken ankle
Replies: 8
Views: 5789

No ... actually there are a lot of people from Pakistan who are very interested in the SHGA, hang gliding, and safety ....

Post deleted, IP banned .... till the next one.
by Mike M
Sun Sep 01, 2013 10:02 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Putin's Hang-Glider Helper Set for Senator Role
Replies: 1
Views: 1281

Moved topic from "Safety" forum to General Discussion.
by Mike M
Mon Aug 26, 2013 12:42 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Spammer Reporting?
Replies: 2
Views: 1963

There are lots of bots spamming us. Sometimes 4-6 posts in a day. Sometimes days go by without a post, but still a lot. Ken Andrews has done a good job with a fairly tight captcha for creating new logins and that slows the rate of new identity formation. I get up every morning and list new logins in...
by Mike M
Fri May 24, 2013 7:49 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: spring air
Replies: 5
Views: 2542

The GTR should be fun to fly -- I flew one for about 5 years. 2-3 months of weight training and you should be able to pick it up and launch it.
by Mike M
Mon Feb 25, 2013 2:06 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Interesting Flightpark
Replies: 1
Views: 1436

Interesting Flightpark

Check out the owner/manager of this flightpark listed on AirNav

http://www.airnav.com/airport/NV54
by Mike M
Wed Feb 20, 2013 7:01 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Grebloville 2013
Replies: 50
Views: 20172

Dr Ray Stantz: Everything was fine with our system until the power grid was shut off by dickless here.

Walter Peck: They caused an explosion!

Mayor: Is this true?

Dr. Peter Venkman: Yes it's true.

[pause]

Dr. Peter Venkman: This man has no dick.
by Mike M
Sat Feb 09, 2013 9:03 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: It's a dirty Job but...
Replies: 5
Views: 1985

If we had been thinking while we were filling the foundation with dirt -- That's exactly what we should have done -- buried cases of excellent beer at the end of each space.

The spaces would have been dug out a long time ago!
by Mike M
Thu Jan 03, 2013 9:44 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Wings of Kilimanjaro
Replies: 5
Views: 3030

Wishing you the best on your adventure. Having climbed Kili a few years back, don't underestimate it. It's not a climb as much as a hike, but it's a long trek and the altitude is significant. You're spending a lot of time at altitude versus a thermal climb to altitude plus descent. Acclimatization, ...
by Mike M
Thu Oct 11, 2012 11:11 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: SHGA website
Replies: 3
Views: 1777

If you google "hang glide Sylmar" then SHGA is first up with Windsports second. This is followed by several other reference to the SHGA and hang gliding in Sylmar in general. I don't think any fancy stuff needs to be done. Just need to add a meta tag "Los Angeles" and perhaps &qu...
by Mike M
Tue Sep 11, 2012 8:11 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Radio in the Gazebo?
Replies: 43
Views: 12408

It needs to be pointed out that I don't aspire to be a wet blanket on this process. A fully vetted radio, with power + a good antenna would be a great asset. On almost any occasion there will be licensed pilots around who could operate the radio. We don't need to generate a program to license every ...
by Mike M
Sun Sep 09, 2012 8:37 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Radio in the Gazebo?
Replies: 43
Views: 12408

Amateur radio is a controlled substance. That's why it's LICENSED. To imply otherwise is just ignores basic fact. As a club we need to ensure that we behave in a manner that reflects some level of integrity. Starting a conversation that basically says that unlicensed use is OK because it serves the ...
by Mike M
Tue Sep 04, 2012 7:02 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Radio in the Gazebo?
Replies: 43
Views: 12408

The only problem is availability to and use of the radio by unlicensed users.
There is no way to ensure that the use is licensed if the radio in unmonitored.

Some may think that's not a big deal, but "Uncle Sugar" (FCC) thinks so.

Mike
by Mike M
Thu Aug 30, 2012 9:56 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Balanced Nutritious diet
Replies: 1
Views: 961

Post deleted, IP address banned. Only purpose was to post the link to the spam website.
by Mike M
Tue Jul 31, 2012 6:52 am
Forum: Events
Topic: Yosemite 2012
Replies: 12
Views: 6959

Let's not forget Dave Froschauer who got up at 3 in the morning so he could be at the Bridal-veil campground in time to reserve the first two sites that gave us a foothold in the campground. Thanks Dave! Thank you Will for making my first time at Yosemite both safe and memorable flights (35 years of...
by Mike M
Mon Jul 16, 2012 6:55 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Yosemite Trip July 27-29
Replies: 2
Views: 1356

Kathy and I are planning on going up on Thursday.

I note that the Yosemite hang gliding site is defunct as of 7/8/12 and so no reservations can be taken.

Does anyone know the status of this or am I looking in the wrong place.

The website I have is www.yhga.org

Mike
by Mike M
Mon Jun 18, 2012 7:27 pm
Forum: Lost and Found
Topic: Stuff Left Behind Sunday
Replies: 1
Views: 1889

I also left behind a black pitot tube (6030 style). It was on when I picked up my glider and off as soon as I launched. It probably fell off during hang check behind launch. If you find it lying around the launch area I'd appreciate it.

Thanks

Mike
by Mike M
Wed May 16, 2012 6:55 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: supplies needed for science unit on aeronautics
Replies: 6
Views: 1964

PM me and let me know what you need.

Kathy and I are more than willing to help out.

Mike
by Mike M
Tue May 08, 2012 7:06 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Spambot amusement
Replies: 2
Views: 1192

they'll be gone shortly.

Mike
by Mike M
Tue Apr 10, 2012 11:04 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Heart n Soul of the SHGA
Replies: 11
Views: 4133

Third post in a row from a hot address. This time from Germany and no content in the post. Just a cut and paste from a 20 year old article.

I'll be disabling this account with one more occurrence.

As they say in other forums ... "Don't feed the trolls"