I have been working very hard to raise awareness of what it's really like to fly.
Exctly, and you're doing a great job.
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- Fri Mar 13, 2009 3:09 pm
- Forum: Flight Discussion
- Topic: Video of Flying from Towers to Lukens & More
- Replies: 25
- Views: 8994
- Thu Mar 12, 2009 1:04 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: XC data needed for John Wayne Airport exhibit
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2041
- Fri Nov 28, 2008 12:09 pm
- Forum: For Sale
- Topic: Looking for a fun glider.
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1785
If you're a Hang 3 you might check out my Saturn 167, listed here lower in the want ads. I will drop the price considerably for a good home.
http://shga.com/forum/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=826
Christian
http://shga.com/forum/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=826
Christian
- Sat Nov 01, 2008 4:32 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: LZ fire cleanup - Thanks to all
- Replies: 52
- Views: 14717
Regarding white lines: Soccer fields, which often are a combination of grass and dirt, use simple spray-can gear as below. The lines have to be redone frequently but it's very easy to do and takes only the time to walk the line. You'd probably have to repaint the lines every weekend to look good. Bu...
- Thu Oct 16, 2008 8:35 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: life insurance
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5308
motorcycles. A very large majority of the deaths there are the legal fault of someone other than the MC rider. As a former long-time rider I was interested in this statement. (George wisely tempers it with legal ) I doubt the statement is supportable and there doesn't seem to be research -- not sur...
- Fri Oct 03, 2008 12:24 pm
- Forum: Flight Discussion
- Topic: An Epic Day @ Kagel
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4294
Well, Jonathan, since you have the means and the skills and the interest, maybe you are doomed to make the SHGA introductory video. There's lots of great video, from dockweiler to epic flights. What's missing is a narrated club video that starts with assembly of a glider, learning at the beach, the ...
- Wed Oct 01, 2008 12:49 pm
- Forum: Flight Discussion
- Topic: An Epic Day @ Kagel
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4294
Hey, that's a very natural and realistic video--really gives the bouncy fun of things, be great for new candidates to enjoy. (Not that Im against the current poetic standard of HG vids, in which one floats to mellow jazz) Are you using Windows Movie Maker? You could easily tone down the wind noise. ...
- Mon Sep 29, 2008 9:07 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: deleting your own post
- Replies: 0
- Views: 683
deleting your own post
You can delete your own message as long as no one has replied to it. An "x" appears next to the edit button on the message. (Only the original poster can see the "x") After someone replies to your post it cannot be deleted, because that would leave subsequent messages in limbo. A...
- Fri Sep 12, 2008 9:11 am
- Forum: Safety and Incidents in flight
- Topic: WHACK!!!
- Replies: 38
- Views: 12846
What you say is my understanding of it, too. Regarding sink, there's a limit to sink as you near ground level--that doesnt worry me. It is getting the final approach set up right so when conditions surprise you, you can recover. That means speed and a good pattern. We want to shorten the duration of...
- Wed Sep 10, 2008 2:36 pm
- Forum: Safety and Incidents in flight
- Topic: WHACK!!!
- Replies: 38
- Views: 12846
If you avoid P.I.O. is there really any reason to not dive as fast as possible on approach? The question has many related issues and definitions and so you ought to ask your instructor for a full discussion. The immediate reasons not to dive as fast as possible on final approach are that a. You hav...
- Sat Aug 30, 2008 8:38 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Jeff Craig Was Killed On Landing Today
- Replies: 36
- Views: 26911
- Fri Aug 29, 2008 11:13 am
- Forum: Safety and Incidents in flight
- Topic: All zipped up and ready to land...
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3303
When I had a stuck zipper I ripped the red Velcro release handle right off the harness trying (unsuccessfully) to get it open. (The handle had been improperly stitched back on after a previous Wills Wing zipper replacement job) Joe said later that you should use both hands to break out of the Velcro...
- Fri Aug 22, 2008 8:54 pm
- Forum: Safety and Incidents in flight
- Topic: A thought about landings
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5428
Joe Greblo gave me the same do-over advice once, when I was at the opposit pole of Ken's high experience and fast glider. On a Falcon, I had run a downwind leg in thermals, failed to descend, continued on, and landed very long. Never mind that I had 20 hours and a forgiving glider--it was a very dis...
- Fri Aug 22, 2008 7:40 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: My resignation as President of the SHGA
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3356
Election to the presidency of SHGA should come with the power to appoint sufficient board members to guarantee a presidential majority. A two-thirds vote should be required to overturn any whim of the president, no matter how eccentric. In other words, the president gets his way. The BOD is his. Dis...
- Mon Aug 11, 2008 1:50 pm
- Forum: Safety and Incidents in flight
- Topic: Paraglider killed in Malibu crash
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2383
Greblo Video Paraglider Fatality Malibu
Joe Greblo comments in LA Times video of Paraglider Fatality in Malibu.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me ... 6386.story
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me ... 6386.story
- Tue Jul 08, 2008 4:48 pm
- Forum: Safety and Incidents in flight
- Topic: Deployment in Utah
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2089
Thanks for a complete and candid report-- and good reading too. This is not necessarily related to your experience, but it may be worth kicking around: Power pilots in a spin are taught not to pull back on the stick (the equivalent of pushing out in a HG). It only deepens the spin and stresses the a...
- Sun Jun 29, 2008 1:02 pm
- Forum: Safety and Incidents in flight
- Topic: 6/28/08 crash in Sylmar wash
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3168
- Sun Jun 15, 2008 1:51 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Wills Wing featured on Discovery Channel
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2359
- Tue Jun 03, 2008 2:01 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Greblo's Washington Lottery TV Ad
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3746
- Thu May 15, 2008 1:48 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Hang Gliders and B737's near Sylmar
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3314
Well, the thing is, they want you to maintain 5,000 over Oat Mountain. And then they want you to maintain 3,000 until you turn to line up with the runway. So you are flying through our area at hang gliding altitudes. A private pilot would always like to make a gradual approach--set up a 500fpm desce...