Personal bests and records climbing in Calif

In article ,
(Mark Grubb) wrote:

A few weeks ago I pair-flew with KB from Ely to Teh (me) and Cal City
(KB). KB was new to the area (and doing an excellent job, I might
add!) and was being poorly vectored by me (brain dead, 7+ hrs in
cockpit) and ultimatley expertly by Cindy into Cal City. Barry rolled
up on the ramp to Cindy holding a Wet Towel, a Bottled Water, a Soda,
and an Adult Beverage. He had never received such a welcome at an FBO
and was pleasantly stunned.

As a visiting pilot I too had a good reception from Cindy at Cal City.
I turned up unannounced one day in June and said I'd like to go fly over
Mojave (half an hour's drive away) and she was quick to oblige me in the
ASK21. Especially remarkable was the contrast with nearby Tehachapi an
hour earlier where they had a Blanik and Grob but didn't have any
instructor rated for them (2-33 only), and in any case they "didn't fly
cross country on rides".

-- Bruce

I think I can top this. Cindy retrieved me from land-outs on two
consecutive days a few weeks ago, once in her own vehicle because I
had the keys to mine in my pocket. It doesn't get any better than
that.

Ray Warshaw
1LK

Bruce Hoult wrote in message ...
In article ,
(Mark Grubb) wrote:

On Fri, 13 Aug 2004 09:57:08 +1200, Bruce Hoult
wrote:

Especially remarkable was the contrast with nearby Tehachapi an
hour earlier where they had a Blanik and Grob but didn't have any
instructor rated for them (2-33 only), and in any case they "didn't fly
cross country on rides".

Pretty interesting - how can someone be instructor rated in a 2-33 and
not in a Blanik or Grob? Are the latter being regarded as that hard to
fly?


Bye
Andreas

Andreas Maurer wrote in message . ..

Pretty interesting - how can someone be instructor rated in a 2-33 and
not in a Blanik or Grob? Are the latter being regarded as that hard to
fly?


Bye
Andreas

Not surprising in the US; and probably the result of so many years of
the 2-33 being used almost exclusively for training - It's not ususual
to find glider pilots (including instructors) over here who have never
flown anything else! And of course, they are often rabid supporters
of the horrible beast.

Part of the 2-33 cult is to badmouth any other 2-seat glider as being
too hard to handle by students, and to insist on the need for an
extensive checkout in "high-performance" 2-seaters, such as the
Blanik, Grob 103, and ASK-21. Of course, if all your experience is in
a 2-33, that might be a good thing, judging by the lack of skill
demonstrated by most 2-33 drivers (in either seat).

And we wonder why soaring is declining in the US. Until every last
one of those dreadful POSs are turned into hubcaps, we will remain
firmly stuck in twirlybirdland.

This should be fun...

Kirk

Kirk Stant wrote:

Until every last one of those dreadful POSs are turned into hubcaps,
we will remain firmly stuck in twirlybirdland.

Yo Mama!


Jack

(Kirk Stant) wrote in message om...

And we wonder why soaring is declining in the US. Until every last
one of those dreadful POSs are turned into hubcaps, we will remain
firmly stuck in twirlybirdland.

The check for your opinion is on it's way.

Leon Bibb did a song called "Little Boxes", describes kraut plastic perfectly.

"Yes they all made out of ticky tacky
and they all look just the same."

(Lennie the Lurker) wrote in message . com...

The check for your opinion is on it's way.

I wonder how high it will bounce...

Leon Bibb did a song called "Little Boxes", describes kraut plastic perfectly.

"Yes they all made out of ticky tacky
and they all look just the same."

Funny, with the exception of the 2-32, most Schweitzer 2 seaters (and
most of their early single-seaters) look like peas in a pod. And the
quality of the workmanship and engineering in them is pretty
agricultural. Strong, no doubt, but not very refined. If that
satisfies you, that's your problem.

Lennie, when you have 2000 hours in metal, fabric, wood, glass, and
carbon fiber gliders made in the US, Czechoslovakia, Romania,
Lithuania, Germany, or Poland, then you may have an opinion I might
consider listening to. Until then, try learning something for a
change. Like not being such a stupid racist, for a start.

Kirk

On 16 Aug 2004 12:24:14 -0700, (Kirk Stant)
wrote:

(Lennie the Lurker) wrote in message . com...

The check for your opinion is on it's way.

I wonder how high it will bounce...

I sent it postage due, so I know I can expect it back.

Lennie, when you have 2000 hours in metal, fabric, wood, glass, and
carbon fiber gliders made in the US, Czechoslovakia, Romania,
Lithuania, Germany, or Poland, then you may have an opinion I might
consider listening to. Until then, try learning something for a
change. Like not being such a stupid racist, for a start.

Care to brag a little more, oh elittist schmuk? The 2-33 may be
"agricultural", but it's not where the grop 103SL spends most of it's
time, in the hangar being worked on because something else is wrong
with the damn thing. I've made six trips to the airport this year,
and have seen it fly on one occasion. I'm not impressed. groundhog
is a good description. Hangar queen also comes to mind easily.


Lennie the Lurker

wrote in message . ..

(Lennie the Lurker) wrote in message . com...

Care to brag a little more, oh elittist schmuk? The 2-33 may be
"agricultural", but it's not where the grop 103SL spends most of it's
time, in the hangar being worked on because something else is wrong
with the damn thing. I've made six trips to the airport this year,
and have seen it fly on one occasion. I'm not impressed. groundhog
is a good description. Hangar queen also comes to mind easily.


Lennie the Lurker


Lennie,

No brag, just fact.

Kirk
Elitist and proud of it