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Old June 13th 04, 12:56 PM
Ray Lovinggood
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Nyal,

I think you need to do the 50k flight again, but this
time, do it in something that will make you REALLY
work for those 50k's. Flying that distance in a TG-3A
seems to be defeating the ideals of the FAI and/or
the other 'originators' of the Badges as we know them
today. :-)

You might has well have been in an LS8-18. Or, a 2-22.

Ray Lovinggood
Carrboro, North Carolina, USA

At 13:36 12 June 2004, Nyal Williams wrote:
TG-3A, Ser. No. 88, N60434, from Advance, NC (Strawberry
Hill) to
Salisbury, NC. 64 miles. 19 No trailer - had to be
careful.
Aero-retrieve non-event.

Anyone know why Glider Pilot Net can't retrieve latest
50 or so
messages?



stephanevdv wrote in message news:...
In a Ka-8, in Belgium. No electronics (variometer,
radio, gps) at all.
Flew to a goal 59 km away. Intended to take a photograph
and fly back,
but landed on the goal airfield. It was a





 




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