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Old March 25th 11, 12:38 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Nyal Williams[_2_]
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Default US Air Force buys 19 DG-1000 trainiers



Hear, Hear!

At 21:48 24 March 2011, Jim Beckman wrote:
At 17:22 24 March 2011, kirk.stant wrote:

I'm glad to see the Academy acquire a fleet of modern gliders, and
support an active XC, contest, and acro program (something it couldn't
do when it was stuck with those nasty Schweizers!).


When they had their 1-26s, they always competed. I thought it was

amusing
how they noted their off-field landings in the 26s. Each one had a

little
row of Holstein cow stickers below the cockpit rail, one for each
outlanding. And acro in gliders as a sport makes about as much sense as
up-hill skiing.

Jim Beckman