wrote:
Bruce Greef wrote:


Temperature is right (25C) - but there is 8/8 low cloud in Johannesburg (South
Africa) right now. No flying, gloves or no gloves.

Funny - I tried to fly with gloves to protect my hands from the sun - and found

i my flying deteriorated significantly. Maybe on a glider that has
higher stick

forces than my Cirrus it is not an issue, but even soft pigskin leather was too
much for me to retain feedback.


Bruce

I think your glove problem whilst flying stems from you flying skills!
If you were all over the place normally (like me) then the gloves
wouldn't bother you and you could save a bundle by flying locally in
the cold. So all you gotta do is loosen-up and fly right (wrong)!

Bob

Many a true word spoken in jest. If I want to guarantee a display of "all over
the sky" I just have to allow myself to tense up.

My friends mutter something along the lines of "what technique" when I complain
about having to improve my thermalling technique, so maybe you have a point.

On the other hand - the one with no glove on it - I can out climb just about
anything with the Std Cirrus. (I know it's the aeroplane, not the nut behind the
stick)

Thanks for the laugh.