Cats wrote:

On Dec 17, 2:57 am, J a c k wrote:

Ian wrote:

How would you define "best glider pilots" there?

They were better than the other glider pilots I've flown with.

Defining 'best' as 'better' is not very helpful IMHO. What exactly
made you feel he is better than the other people you've flown with? I
mean without using terms like 'best', 'better' and so on...


Oh no you don't, my friend. If you really want to know what it's
supposed to look like, then go out and spend fifty years figuring it out
for yourself. You may be willing to take the time to read and absorb a
distillation of all that, but I haven't the time to write it, nor can
you afford my rates.

Besides, it's already been done so much better by Bach, Berent, Buck,
Boyne, Collins, Fowler, Gann, Imelson, Kern, Kershner, Langewiesche,
Plourde, Saint-Exupery, Shilling, Taylor, Webb, Yeager, and a hundred
more. It doesn't come easy, cheap, or fast, but those fellows can point
you in the right direction, and you'll often be entertained enough along
the way to want to stick with it.


Jack