Glider Pilot Dress Code

What did he call that photo........the first semi-nude picture in soaring
magazine I think. He will forever be Admiral Henry "Hank" Nixon for that one


"Ken Kochanski (KK)" wrote in message
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So, how should you dress for a XC flight, where you might land out.

Should you dress up in cool stuff to impress the locals - or dress in
rags to get some sympathy ... or dress like a pilot (quasi military)
to get some repect.

Also, this may apply to underclothes as well ... you never know when
you may wind up in someone's photo op ... I seem to remember a photo
of Hank Nixon in his tighty-whities pulling his 27 out of a lake.

KK

At 11:12 02 May 2007, Ken Kochanski Kk wrote:
So, how should you dress for a XC flight, where you
might land out.

Should you dress up in cool stuff to impress the locals
- or dress in
rags to get some sympathy ... or dress like a pilot
(quasi military)
to get some repect.

I guess most of us hope to land out less often than
we make it back to base, so the answer to this one
is surely 'whatever takes your fancy'. Cycling lycra
for example (including padded buns tee hee) would be
just as acceptable as the more usual garb of worn old
clothes, strange hats, and layers and layers of fleece
for winter wave flights. Aside from our own prejudices
of course.

However...

Also, this may apply to underclothes as well...

*always* clean, at least to start with...