Silver Distance

Silver Distance, Altitude and Duration.. SGS 1-26C #446
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"Graham Hodgson" wrote in
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What aircraft did you do your silver distance qualifying
50k flight in?

Graham Hodgson wrote:
What aircraft did you do your silver distance qualifying
50k flight in?



SZD 51-1 Junior VH-XOC, yes I know I'm a wimp, a glass glider and an IGC logger.

You can see the log of my Silver Distance flight he

http://ariel.ucs.unimelb.edu.au/~gjo...e_flights.html

and laugh at my inefficiency.

Greg O'Sullivan

Graham Hodgson wrote:

What aircraft did you do your silver distance qualifying
50k flight in?



Ahem

Mine was in a Standard Cirrus. Took along my just arrived, second hand LX20 Data
logger (I know - glass and a logger) in the side pouch of the glider. I had
worked out how to declare a flight but nothing more in the couple of hours I had
had it.

You can see the log (record of my sins) here
http://www.whisperingwings.org.za/logs/34RF6VQ1.igc

I started late, with inadequate weather briefing. Overconfident after a nice
100Km+ flight the previous weekend. Failed to consider that on that occasion the
entire sky was going up, whereas on this day it was already getting patchy and
late.

This time I ambled inefficiently over to the neighbouring town and rather
embarassingly fell down. By then the sun was low, and I had determinedly flown
into a big patch of sink over the target airfield. I then had difficulty getting
high again, and lost confidence. It was only my fifth flight in the Cirrus and I
elected to land at their airfield rather than scratch home. In retrospect, the
return flight should have been no problem, but better safe than sorry.

The only redeeming factor was that the LX20 had recorded the flight, with my
experimental declaration. Total distance was 51Km so I claimed the silver distance.

LP-49, N39LP.

"Graham Hodgson" wrote in
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What aircraft did you do your silver distance qualifying
50k flight in?

".SGS 1-26 #340 (9933J)
Windermere gliderport to Lampassas, Texas.
Took about an hour and a half and arrived over Lampassas at 8500 feet at the
bottom of a cloud.
Shoulda kept going for gold but didn't see the opportunity. Too focused on
the task at hand. Used barograph and landing card (no GPS in those days).
Cheers!, Pete

".SGS 1-26


Does anyone notice a trend here? In the United States the impact of the,
little respected, 1-26 has been huge. I think if one goes back through all
the US badges it can be found that it is the dominant US glider.

High performance sure does have its place but I have nothing but the best of
feelings for the 1-26. Fifty years and still going very strong.

Larry Pardue ex owner of 441
Carlsbad, NM

if you do Silver.. in the southwest US.... in anything but a 1-26.. it's
cheating..
check out the number of 1-26 pilots that have all three diamonds in a 1-26
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"Larry Pardue" wrote in message
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".SGS 1-26


Does anyone notice a trend here? In the United States the impact of the,
little respected, 1-26 has been huge. I think if one goes back through
all
the US badges it can be found that it is the dominant US glider.

High performance sure does have its place but I have nothing but the best
of
feelings for the 1-26. Fifty years and still going very strong.

Larry Pardue ex owner of 441
Carlsbad, NM

"Larry Pardue" wrote in message ...

".SGS 1-26


Does anyone notice a trend here? In the United States the impact of the,
little respected, 1-26 has been huge. I think if one goes back through all
the US badges it can be found that it is the dominant US glider.

High performance sure does have its place but I have nothing but the best of
feelings for the 1-26. Fifty years and still going very strong.

Larry Pardue ex owner of 441
Carlsbad, NM

Larry,

I and obviously many of the people posting here feel the same way
about the Ka-8. Ours was an early production number with a steel-tube
built up canopy that only had flat plates of plexi to look through.
My 6'2" made it damned tight inside and I was barely able to turn my
head. Flew in '81 from Bisperode near the Pied Piper town of Hamelin
to the Harz mountains for Silver Distance. I understand the Ka-8 is
flying in Iceland now.

Herb, J7

"Graham Hodgson" wrote in
message ...
What aircraft did you do your silver distance qualifying
50k flight in?


A "flat topped" L-K in Georgia.

Duane

1-26D - Estrella to Eloy milk run - 7/5/75. I was
16. I distinctly remember the aerotow home nearly broke
my arm with the inadequate Schweizer trim system.

9B

At 21:00 09 June 2004, Paul M. Cordell wrote:
1-26 in Washington State @ 15 years old.