Lessons from Another Sport about the Elite

Same in Australia,
Only gliders which fly World Comps have a Kangaroo on the tail,
I owned one for some years. my new glider has no Roo even though I flew
last 2 WGCs. We leave roos on the tails after the comps, some of the owners

treasure them.
Tom



23:33 18 March 2013, Dan Marotta wrote:
Yes, that particular glider had won the World Championships in 1985. I
was

not the pilot, however, but I didn't see the need to peel off the flag.


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Well, there was this asshole in Boulder who approached my partner and
I
just

to tell us that there shouldn't be a flag on the tail of our glider
unless

we'd flown in the nationals.

Dan - I always thought the US flag on the tail was to indicate the pilot

or the glider had represented the US internationally (WGC, etc.)???

In rowing, only current or former national team members shoudl row with

oars painted with the US "flag" oars.

Tim EY

Great article. I've been lucky enough to spend just a little time with some really good pilots and have always enjoyed the experience. I attended a week at Uvalde with a friend/student of mine who at that time had just gotten his private-glider cert. We were able to get involved with helping out many of the US Team pilots and they were all really friendly back to us. I don't think they realized how much fun it was for us to help them. To us it woudl be the equivalent of showing up at a NASCAR race and during the driver meet & greet having Jimmie Johnson ask you to be on his pit crew.