On Feb 18, 11:15Â*pm, wrote:
On Feb 18, 9:10�pm, brtlmj wrote:

Someone recently posted a link to a video that showed
a glider simply rolling downhill until it picked up
flying speed. I can't seem to find that video. �Help?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klkFm...eature=related

And here is the original thread:

http://tinyurl.com/2addot

Bartek

I heard rumors of this being done in the mountains east of San Diego
in the 60's or 70's but haven't been able to track down the culprits.
Story I heard involved a 1-26 and a stretch of highway...
Bill

A really good movie by Irene Van Der Zwan shows this very technique at
Long Mynd Gliding Club in the UK. This movie along with a selection of
others on a range of gliding subjects can be found on her site at
http://irene.vanderzwan.org/Site_Ire...s/Welcome.html.

The 'Bungey' film is he http://irene.vanderzwan.org/Site_IreneFilms/Bungey.html