Eric

If you knew about some of the fields we have in the
UK you might not be so keen to haul something as heavy
as a 17 out of it. Lifting a Ventus across a ditch
is one thing but doing that with a 17 is sure to strain
your farting clapper.

A 17 with a motor, I wish.

I wish you all the ability to keep it up (PW5 drivers
excepted)

:-)

At 18:00 23 December 2004, Eric Greenwell wrote:
Don Johnstone wrote:

I would suggest it is a factor in field selection
by
those pilots that fly big wings, I certainly think
about it.
Bit of a mute point really because big wings get you
home. Landouts are only for those with inadequate
span,
which is where we came in :-)

If the pilots with 'adequate' span were using their
gliders to the
fullest, they'd be landing out, too. There's never
enough span if you
are trying hard.

(Insert derisive comments here about pilots that fly
around with
adequate span AND a motor in the back [21 restarts
this year and counting]!)


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Eric Greenwell
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