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by Tom Cornelius
Sat Apr 07, 2012 9:22 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Try this HG exercise
Replies: 3
Views: 1379

Up wind or down does not apply to how a glider handles.
by Tom Cornelius
Mon Apr 02, 2012 1:24 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: This video would be cooler if it were hang gliders...oh well
Replies: 25
Views: 6509

W.T.F. op ? Your scaring away prospective PG,ers !! You must spend a lot of time viewing PG videos , I haven,t seen that one,you sure your not resisting your true nature? I think jc is ready, Three seconds later the above wing was probably back to normal , I can recall a lot of broken hg falling vid...
by Tom Cornelius
Sat Mar 31, 2012 9:35 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: This video would be cooler if it were hang gliders...oh well
Replies: 25
Views: 6509

Comparing hang gliding to paragliding is like apple to oranges, you can have a preference but its dumb to claim ones better if you haven,t tried the other. I don,t think we have to excel over over visiting pilots as a group , is jc trying to promote some kind of tribalism ? You don,t have to be good...
by Tom Cornelius
Tue Mar 27, 2012 3:37 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: This video would be cooler if it were hang gliders...oh well
Replies: 25
Views: 6509

What ? 900 even not 899 or 901 an even number leaves me skeptical of OPs statement of facts.


What ?? 900 an even number makes me doubt your facts . I did notice an omission of hang gliding numbers . Lets take up the safety debate at the lz .
by Tom Cornelius
Tue Mar 27, 2012 12:47 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: This video would be cooler if it were hang gliders...oh well
Replies: 25
Views: 6509

Are we so insecure with our choice of flying modes that you must deride others ? Watch other pilots fall to there doom ,satisfying ??? QUIT TROLLING .
by Tom Cornelius
Tue Mar 27, 2012 12:45 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: This video would be cooler if it were hang gliders...oh well
Replies: 25
Views: 6509

Are we so insecure with our choice of flying modes that you must deride others ? Watch other pilots fall to there doom ,satisfying ??? OUIT TROLLING .
by Tom Cornelius
Sun Mar 18, 2012 2:28 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Jump from 71581 feet...
Replies: 3
Views: 1945

What am I `missing here? Claims to have reached a speed of 364 mph. and hopes to exceed the sound barrier ? Doesn,t terminal velosity for a human body still exist?? approx 12o mph . I didn,t see a rocket strapped on his back .
by Tom Cornelius
Sun Mar 18, 2012 8:12 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: camp 9 and wind sock ???
Replies: 1
Views: 1059

camp 9 and wind sock ???

Ninety,s ????
by Tom Cornelius
Sun Mar 18, 2012 8:01 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: An Unlikely Pair
Replies: 1
Views: 1183

Common Barn Owl . By it,s size and the jessels , young and someones pet .
by Tom Cornelius
Wed Mar 14, 2012 3:24 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Looking for a site intro
Replies: 5
Views: 2213

welcome to sylmar . Victor air way is 7000 ft I think ! I,ve seen them much lower coming into burbank , carry a lot of change in your pockets , might show up on radar .
by Tom Cornelius
Fri Mar 09, 2012 7:42 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: World Capital of Hang Gliding? WTF?
Replies: 62
Views: 19321

Tried that and learned air speed is air speed does not help to fly down wind!!!!
by Tom Cornelius
Thu Mar 08, 2012 8:32 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Fast Hikes Up to Kagel
Replies: 11
Views: 3341

With the money spent on the gazebo we could have a cable car with glider racks going up the face Maybe a zip line going down for the bad days.
by Tom Cornelius
Tue Mar 06, 2012 12:55 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: LZ Internet discusion
Replies: 21
Views: 7142

What no big screen T V?? We are getting like our government maybe we can borrow from China .
by Tom Cornelius
Sun Mar 04, 2012 9:09 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: the real start of SHGA
Replies: 3
Views: 1370

Just add OUNCE WAS!! to the title. Should worry about the claim of 350 flyable days, possible false advertizing .
by Tom Cornelius
Tue Feb 28, 2012 10:37 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Sperm whales sleep while swift birds don't
Replies: 13
Views: 5893

check your facts they roost at night like most birds
by Tom Cornelius
Mon Dec 19, 2011 6:50 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: SAFTY HAZARD ELIMINATED
Replies: 1
Views: 870

safty hazard eliminated

Good work, how did you do it?? DO it again on the paraglider launch . I will help pay for the poison ,gun powder ,acid etc. Maybe we can rent a ant eater from the way station.I hear there hard up for cash. Keep the E.P.A.off us.Thanks for the road engineering ,without your doing we would all be hiki...
by Tom Cornelius
Sun Dec 18, 2011 8:49 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Gate vandal problem solved
Replies: 35
Views: 12055

gate lock solved

Why worry about the lock on top when there is a cheap master lock on the bottom??? Tom Cornelius