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Old September 18th 03, 02:21 PM
Michael McNulty
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"JJ Sinclair" wrote in message
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There are several questions concerning motorgliders on this years SSA /

SRA
pilot poll. Some of the questions may have been spurred by my letter dated

7/11
03 which follows

sniip
attempt a final glide home. Two landed at the turn point, but the two
motorgliders started a final glide for home over mostly unlandable

terrain.
They were hoping for a bump to get them home. Not getting the bump, they

both
started their engines a few miles from home and got distance points to the
location where they started their engines. A few years back, I tried a

similar
final glide without sufficient altitude in my non-motorized Nimbus 3. I

ended
up a mile short with a broken ship.

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Would you have still "ended up a mile short with a broken ship" if you had
been flying with a 500 ft minimum finish altitute to get speed points?

Mike McNulty


 




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