Review: New book on the U2 super motorglider

Bob Whelan wrote:
Kemp wrote:
But what about the ORIGINAL super motorglider, the Messerschmitt Me
163 Komet! The brochure might read:
- Super climb rate (3.5 kilometers per minute) gets you to 40,000 feet
in 3 minutes.
- High Vne (700 mph (1,100 km/h)), great for those Andes or Sierra
wave days
Snip
With wood-n-fabric wings, no less!

Bob - winter must be real - W.
Apologies for the double post. Both said my connection to the server
had timed out...

RFW

At 17:22 13 November 2008, bumper wrote:

Fixed? During the next four years at least, I'm afraid we're about to
find

out what "tough" really is.

No doubt. At least the new guy won't spend so much of
his time fighting with the English language.

We can all look to soaring as solace, I hope.

Jim Beckman

On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 12:15:09 -0800, rlovinggood wrote:

"...400 knot per hour..."

Is that 400 nautical miles per hour squared?

Reading that is as painful as hearing fingernails on a blackboard...

For me "nose dive" is a real irritant. The blasted plane is just diving
fer chrissakes. They seldom if ever "tail dive".


--
martin@ | Martin Gregorie
gregorie. | Essex, UK
org |

On Thu, 13 Nov 2008 09:49:14 -0800 (PST), sisu1a
wrote:

Or the measure of elevation known as "heigth". *How on earth can
height be pronounced heigth?

Andy

Since by definition half of everybody IS dumber than average, heigth
easily fits in alongside breadth and width. Never misunderestimate the
power of stupidity!

Ummm, no, half of everybody is dumber than median.

rj

On Nov 13, 2:24*pm, Martin Gregorie
wrote:
On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 12:15:09 -0800, rlovinggood wrote:
"...400 knot per hour..."

Is that 400 nautical miles per hour squared?

Reading that is as painful as hearing fingernails on a blackboard...

For me "nose dive" is a real irritant. The blasted plane is just diving
fer chrissakes. They seldom if ever "tail dive".

--
martin@ * | Martin Gregorie
gregorie. | Essex, UK
org * * * |

No, they "tail spin"!!!! After "looping the loop", of course.

Kirk
66

On Thu, 13 Nov 2008 14:50:54 -0800, kirk.stant wrote:

On Nov 13, 2:24Â*pm, Martin Gregorie
wrote:
On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 12:15:09 -0800, rlovinggood wrote:
"...400 knot per hour..."

Is that 400 nautical miles per hour squared?

Reading that is as painful as hearing fingernails on a blackboard...

For me "nose dive" is a real irritant. The blasted plane is just diving
fer chrissakes. They seldom if ever "tail dive".

--
martin@ Â* | Martin Gregorie
gregorie. | Essex, UK
org Â* Â* Â* |

No, they "tail spin"!!!! After "looping the loop", of course.

...and then there's this mysterious and deadly "pancake turbulence" that
jetliners seem to find over mountains. Is it really something separate
from common or garden wave?


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martin@ | Martin Gregorie
gregorie. | Essex, UK
org |

Yeah, but it makes it harder to warsh up...
... which is the one that sends me up the wall: Why do George Wash-ington
and Wash-ington DC acquire an "r" in so many people's mouths?

For me "nose dive" is a real irritant. The blasted plane is
just diving fer chrissakes. They seldom if ever "tail dive".

--
martin@ =A0 | Martin Gregorie
gregorie. | Essex, UK
org =A0 =A0 =A0 |

No, they "tail spin"!!!! After "looping the loop", of course.

Kirk
66


Rutan planes are capable of "Tail Diving". And my favorite, Kirk, is
the dreaded "Cork-screw death spiral"

OK, enough of this silliness. :-) Let's all buy some books, profile our
wings, and watch the OLC postings of those that are getting to soar!

Steve

sisu1a wrote:

Since by definition half of everybody IS dumber than average, ......


We went through this already :-). No! That is the definition of median -
not average.

Given the (contrived) sample of 1,3,5,7,99, the average is
(1+3+5+7+99)/5 = 23. The median is 5 with half of the sample less, and
half of the sample more. Yeah, off topic, I know.

Tony V.

Could we perhaps be precise. Average could = mean, median or mode. It
does not always mean "mean". If it's not clear from context, say which.

By definition half of everybody is indeed dumber than average (sense,
median.

Also, by definition, it is likely that more than/less than everybody is
dumber than average (sense: median or mode).

Admittedly, mean is the commonest usage, but not the only one.

TonyV wrote:
sisu1a wrote:

Since by definition half of everybody IS dumber than average, ......


We went through this already :-). No! That is the definition of median -
not average.

Given the (contrived) sample of 1,3,5,7,99, the average is
(1+3+5+7+99)/5 = 23. The median is 5 with half of the sample less, and
half of the sample more. Yeah, off topic, I know.

Tony V.