On Friday, May 1, 2020 at 11:16:58 AM UTC-5, Jonathan St. Cloud wrote:
On Thursday, April 30, 2020 at 5:48:27 PM UTC-7, Bob Youngblood wrote:
On Sunday, April 5, 2020 at 6:07:17 PM UTC-4, Bob Youngblood wrote:
Interesting situation that we are all faced with the last few weeks, things are more serious than we ever expected. I was having a great discussion last evening with my family member who is an Infectious Disease MD, the discussion was eye opening! This is a game changer, and China has much to blame for not informing the world about what was happening with this virus.
The doctors in China that alerted the gov about what was happening have disappeared, probably shot in some kind of firing line. Infection was spread globally during this time of silence from the Chinese.
The good to come out of this is that Trump understands how vulnerable us as Americans are due to our lack of manufacturing that has been shipped abroad. We as a country will be in a much better position after this pandemic declines. Medications will once again be made in America, our dependency will be less on the global work force and our country will be better equipped to deal with the next medical crisis that exist. I have for some time been following the work of Dr. Jacob Glanville, who is funded by the Gates foundation. It was interesting to listen to his understanding of this situation and how it will be defeated.
Flaming liberals are still blaming Trump for this species threatening virus, just tune into the twisted media and listen to what these so called educated idiots are saying, tell me that Jim Acosta is playing with a full deck. Does he really think that this country has a respirator for every person!
What goes??? Bob

Well, what have we really learned, just to make a few observations one can conclude that things will probably take longer to get back to normal as we understand normality.Food supplies are in danger of being limited as farmers cannot get food and cattle to markets. Gasoline prices are cheap, I paid 1.67 per gallon today, last time we saw that was the day GW Bush left office. Airlines are in turmoil, no passengers and fewer routes. Restrictions are taking a toll, you cannot even get a haircut in Florida. Georgia governor thinks tattoos are so important that the shops must reopen. The governor of NY thinks that New Yorker's keep the economy of Florida rolling. Trying to find a roll of toilet paper in a store is nearly impossible, thank goodness for the USA Today, a bit rough but it works.
Glider activity has been curtailed, not many dual flights and lessons, no baseball, cannot even go to Outback and get the special. Drove by Walmart today and say a 300 lb lady wearing a two piece tank top, WOW, that was ugly! I have seen a few good OLC flights lately and it looks like Moriarty is looking active and posting a few good flights. Take care and I hope everyone stays safe and enjoy their gliders.

I think what I have learned is I should have kept my ASH-26e all those years ago. I am starting to understand the benefits of a self launcher.

Couple months ago I dragged Gary Davis along on a pre-inspect. It was a couple hours drive to get there and we had a chance to chat and he made the observation that in 5-10 years everything is likely going to be self launching. I was skeptical, but he's been doing this **** for years so I asked more questions about his idea. He's a pretty smart guy and I definitely value his opinion enough to pay for it.

Now?

If they made a self-launch for my L33 I would have ordered it by now.

The closest club is almost an hour and a half away. Right now it's functioning as a members only club with no new members welcome. I have a sailplane in my driveway that I can't move to the most logical place it ought to be and by the look of things the primary reason I bought it, so I could fly THIS SEASON, is on it's way to being a moot point.

Add self-launch? I don't need that club at all. For anything. I can do my BFR in a Cherokee 140 and I don't even need a medical for that.

I'm not knocking clubs (generally), but I think that self-launch could be the death of at least some of them. For the record, I understand people scared ****less of Covid. Or flu. Or whatever. It's okay to be scared. Go be scared.

But seriously this crap is getting old. Three of my classmates were dead before I got out of Fort Rucker. If people want certainty they either need self-launch, a job in taxes or a one as an embalmer.