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At 19:19 02 February 2011, Walt Connelly wrote:
Apparently you did not see the humor in my post? However I must admit that my experience in France was not quite as was yours. I met a few nice people but for the most part I was amazed at the snobbery. Well, I at least got a chuckle out of your original effort. OTOH, I visited friends in Europe in October of 2011, while the pile of rubble in downtown NYC was still smoking. The airport in Paris (or maybe it was the train station) was the only place where someone went out of their way to mock me for being an American, and laughed because the WTC was no more. Jim Beckman |
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I second the advice to go to France and fly at St. Auban. Very good
instructors. A fleet of sailplanes that can't be beat. Ridge soaring for just about any wind. Most people speak pretty good english. The costs are very reasonable. I have been to St. Auban five times. Most days begin with thermals on the ridges. As the surrounding mountains heat up and the local winds pick up you fly the bulk of the day in mixed thermals and ridge soaring. At the end of most days it is was primarily ridge soaring. Actually, many of the ridges are limestone cliffs. It is great fun at many locations to cruise the length of the ridge gaining altitude until you top out at one end of the ridge. Then you do a 180, pull the airbrakes and blow off all of your altitude as you run to the other end of the ridge. Then you close the airbrakes, turn back into the face of the ridge and scream back along the face gaining altitude at 100kts. Then do it again. One day you do it in a Janus, the next in a Discus 2, then an LS-8, then a Nimbus, then an LS-4, then an ASW-24, and so on. How can you get bored? That's my vote. Guy |
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