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  #41  
Old September 2nd 05, 12:23 AM
Brian
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Yeah I forgot the mention The Blanik is sort of the VW Bus of Gliders.

When you start flying the 35:1 Fiberglass gliders you find out what
Smooth and quiet really with nice light controls.

Brian

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Old September 2nd 05, 12:37 AM
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It isn't the steep banks the make parachutes the norm. It is the 1 or 2
other gliders in the same thermal less then 200 feet away not being
that uncommon that makes the parachute the norm.

Also if you ever fly a contests, then parachutes are required by the
contest (usually) and if you have a $1000 parachute it seems kind of
silly to leave it home in the closet. Especially when most gliders are
designed to accomodate the parachutes.

Brian

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Old September 2nd 05, 01:01 AM
W P Dixon
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Gliders seem like they would be alot of fun, may just have to try one out
for myself. After I get done with the sport pilot thing of course.

Patrick
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aircraft structural mech

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It isn't the steep banks the make parachutes the norm. It is the 1 or 2
other gliders in the same thermal less then 200 feet away not being
that uncommon that makes the parachute the norm.

Also if you ever fly a contests, then parachutes are required by the
contest (usually) and if you have a $1000 parachute it seems kind of
silly to leave it home in the closet. Especially when most gliders are
designed to accomodate the parachutes.

Brian


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Old September 2nd 05, 03:21 PM
Larry Dighera
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On Fri, 02 Sep 2005 10:06:59 -0400, T o d d P a t t i s t
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Oh boy, sailplane XC story time. Let's see - shall I
describe my first outlanding


Tell me more. This sounds like a doozy.
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Old September 2nd 05, 04:45 PM
Larry Dighera
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On Fri, 02 Sep 2005 10:53:32 -0400, T o d d P a t t i s t
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The adjacent road was quiet, there was no one
there, no houses nearby, just a couple of fields, so we
drove a quarter mile away to his house.


Wow! What a bizarre set of circumstances. Thanks for sharing.

Did you ever find out who alerted all the circus performers? Perhaps
a Good Samaritan called the police in one county, and they alerted the
other county police/fire departments, and the media was listening on
the scanner?

So what happened at the loony ranch? Did the inmates start eating the
fabric off the airframe? :-)

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Old September 2nd 05, 06:42 PM
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T o d d P a t t i s t wrote:

I called my crew, and told them where I was. As I sat there
talking to the man, we heard the first siren. I thought
nothing of it. Then the second, and he said something like
"I wonder if there's a fire?" Doh! says my brain.

....

A German glider club created a form sheet to be placed in the abandoned
cockpit after an outlanding:
http://www.segelflug.de/vereine/hotz...senlandung.htm

It cannot really be translated, because it contains are a couple of
hidden insider jokes. Anyway, it roughly (and very freely) translates to
somethiing like this (and yes, it *is* a joke):


For your information

This isn't an airplane crash, it's a legal outlanding as described in
the FAR xxx.

The pilot is healthy as documented in his medical [in Germany glider
pilots need a medical] and he is on his way to inform the owner of the
field about the possible damage done to the plants.

So it is neither nessessairy to alarm the SAR nor to inform the
governor, the FAA or the FBI.

I'll be back soon!
The pilot

Formsheet No XXXXX
Issued and confirmed (stamp of the club)
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Old September 2nd 05, 08:10 PM
Larry Dighera
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On Fri, 02 Sep 2005 14:54:23 -0400, T o d d P a t t i s t
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So what happened at the loony ranch? Did the inmates start eating the
fabric off the airframe? :-)


No.

I came in the back door of this gothic hospital-like
building to see some beefy guys in white coats and a nurse
at a nurses station. "Hi, I just landed a glider in your
back yard. Can I use the phone and call my friends to come
get me out of here, and oh, by the way, would you unlock the
gate out there?"


You're lucky they didn't hit you with the Chlorpromazine right there.

Thanks for the chuckles.

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Old September 2nd 05, 09:02 PM
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("T o d d P a t t i s t" wrote)
Or should it be the time I landed on the county insane asylum
property - just out of sight behind the trees, but inside
the fenced area ....



I've always enjoyed the 'story' Dad tells of the guy released from the funny
farm who, one day, gets called crazy by the office manager - where he's
working as a janitor. The former 'guest of the county' frantically pulls a
piece of paper out from his wallet, waves it at his boss and says, "I got a
piece of paper saying I ain't crazy. What do you got?"


Montblack

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Old September 2nd 05, 09:07 PM
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You're scaring me. A glider pilot knows *always* where he will safely
land should the lift disappear. (And safely means with the glider
intact.) This is basic cross country tactics and essential for a long
life. Easy in some areas, some planning required in others.

Stefan


Didn't mean to imply that. In the years of glider flying I've done
there has never been a time I couldn't find a safe landing spot from
where I was, cross country or otherwise. I can't say that if the prop
stops in the light aircraft I fly I would be able say the same.

Look at it this way - In a Cessna, on a standard 3 degree glide slope
or VASI, you won't make the airport from the outer marker without the
engine. Try it some time. When I'm in a light aircraft I'm always
tooking for a landing spot under me.

When flying a high performance glider, at any reasonable altitude,
your glide will take you to places you can't see, but yes you plan,
but you don't have to be obsessive about it. Can you get in a place
where you can't land? Sure. I once was on a flight test of an ASH-25.
We towed to 10K AGL on a cold day with little or no lift. We flew
over 50 miles from the airport and returned. Total flight time was 1
hour 55 min. With zero lift from 10K we had over a 100 mile circle to
find a safe spot to land. In my area, I'm sure that includes at least
a hundred airports or strips and at least 10 times as many farmer's
fields. Did I spend any mental time worring about finding a landing
spot? I think not, but I sure as hell enjoyed myself.
 




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