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New Steve Fossett Book - and other new stuff
Hi,
I just read the new book "Chasing the Wind: The Autobiography of Steve Fossett". Below is my review. I am a big fan of Steve Fossett. I have closely followed many of his record breaking endeavors over the years. I met him briefly at the Soaring Society of America convention in February of 2005 just a few weeks before he made the first nonstop around the world flight in the Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer. He impressed me as a very friendly and down-to-earth person. I've also been pleased to sell a few soaring instruments to his team over the years - shipped to New Zealand and Argentina. I thoroughly enjoyed reading about his early life as an Eagle Scout and his business career and especially liked reading about his adventures related to endurance swimming, sled-dog racing, mountain climbing, yachting, ballooning, and flying airplanes and gliders. He has an extremely adventurous spirit and a "can do" attitude that I admire. While I have no desire to climb mountains or go around the world in a balloon, I enjoyed reading the entire book. Upon first opening the book I was a bit disappointed to find that there are no chapters dedicated to soaring and no photographs of gliders. In recent years he has obtained many world soaring records. Thankfully, there are about 7 pages in the beginning of the last chapter dedicated to his soaring adventures. The section gives a good overview of his adventures setting world soaring records in gliders with Terry Delore and flying with Einar Enevoldson going for high altitude flights with the Perlan Project. After the book was published he and Einar Enevoldson set a new world altitude record in gliders of 50,671 feet (15,447 m). I feel that all cross-country glider pilots have a bit of adventurous spirit in us. I certainly felt like an "adventurer" while doing my first long distance cross-country soaring flights and while going after state soaring records. I found the book to be very motivational. It has rekindled my desire to do long, memorable and record setting soaring flights. The book is available he http://www.cumulus-soaring.com/books...ingTheWind.htm You can also buy the book for a little less money at amazon.com, but please buy from your favorite soaring book supplier. Other new items at www.cumulus-soaring.com Glider Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge by Russell Holtz http://www.cumulus-soaring.com/books...tsHandbook.htm Flight Training Manual For Gliders by Russell Holtz http://www.cumulus-soaring.com/books...ForGliders.htm Sailplane Design, by Vittorio Pajno Discount - Slightly Damaged Copies Available The first shipment of these books was unfortunately damaged on the way to me from Italy. 11 of the 20 books were perfect, but 9 were damaged slightly. Being a perfectionist and not feeling comfortable selling the slightly damaged books as perfect books, I received a discount from the vendor so I could sell the books at a discount. The damage consists of "bruises" to the spines of the books and one or 2 with dents in the side of the spine (see photo below). I will be selling them for $59.95 which is $25 off the standard price. None of the books are badly damaged. I think the discount is an extremely good value. You can select a discounted (slightly damaged) book when you order. I will ship the least damaged books first. You can see a photo of the damage on the web site. http://www.cumulus-soaring.com/books...laneDesign.htm TomTom Navigator 6 Street Navigation Software The only complaint I had about version 5 was that you couldn't enter GPS coordinates and then navigate to that location - as would be necessary to navigate to the GPS coordinates of an off-airport glider landing. Version 6 can do that - which is nice. It's a great value at $149.95 for anyone that already owns a Pocket PC and GPS. I also have a few copies of Navigator 5 left in stock that I'm selling for $75. http://www.cumulus-soaring.com/tomtom.htm Good Soaring, Paul Remde Cumulus Soaring, Inc. http://www.cumulus-soaring.com |
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New Steve Fossett Book - and other new stuff
steve has definitely done some great things. has had some amazing
glider flights flying with amazing glider pilots. has he ever pulled off any fantastic flight solo though? SSA doesnt show him having any badges issued in the USA. For the record, I dont have any either. Paul Remde wrote: Hi, I just read the new book "Chasing the Wind: The Autobiography of Steve Fossett". Below is my review. I am a big fan of Steve Fossett. I have closely followed many of his record breaking endeavors over the years. I met him briefly at the Soaring Society of America convention in February of 2005 just a few weeks before he made the first nonstop around the world flight in the Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer. He impressed me as a very friendly and down-to-earth person. I've also been pleased to sell a few soaring instruments to his team over the years - shipped to New Zealand and Argentina. I thoroughly enjoyed reading about his early life as an Eagle Scout and his business career and especially liked reading about his adventures related to endurance swimming, sled-dog racing, mountain climbing, yachting, ballooning, and flying airplanes and gliders. He has an extremely adventurous spirit and a "can do" attitude that I admire. While I have no desire to climb mountains or go around the world in a balloon, I enjoyed reading the entire book. Upon first opening the book I was a bit disappointed to find that there are no chapters dedicated to soaring and no photographs of gliders. In recent years he has obtained many world soaring records. Thankfully, there are about 7 pages in the beginning of the last chapter dedicated to his soaring adventures. The section gives a good overview of his adventures setting world soaring records in gliders with Terry Delore and flying with Einar Enevoldson going for high altitude flights with the Perlan Project. After the book was published he and Einar Enevoldson set a new world altitude record in gliders of 50,671 feet (15,447 m). I feel that all cross-country glider pilots have a bit of adventurous spirit in us. I certainly felt like an "adventurer" while doing my first long distance cross-country soaring flights and while going after state soaring records. I found the book to be very motivational. It has rekindled my desire to do long, memorable and record setting soaring flights. The book is available he http://www.cumulus-soaring.com/books...ingTheWind.htm You can also buy the book for a little less money at amazon.com, but please buy from your favorite soaring book supplier. Other new items at www.cumulus-soaring.com Glider Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge by Russell Holtz http://www.cumulus-soaring.com/books...tsHandbook.htm Flight Training Manual For Gliders by Russell Holtz http://www.cumulus-soaring.com/books...ForGliders.htm Sailplane Design, by Vittorio Pajno Discount - Slightly Damaged Copies Available The first shipment of these books was unfortunately damaged on the way to me from Italy. 11 of the 20 books were perfect, but 9 were damaged slightly. Being a perfectionist and not feeling comfortable selling the slightly damaged books as perfect books, I received a discount from the vendor so I could sell the books at a discount. The damage consists of "bruises" to the spines of the books and one or 2 with dents in the side of the spine (see photo below). I will be selling them for $59.95 which is $25 off the standard price. None of the books are badly damaged. I think the discount is an extremely good value. You can select a discounted (slightly damaged) book when you order. I will ship the least damaged books first. You can see a photo of the damage on the web site. http://www.cumulus-soaring.com/books...laneDesign.htm TomTom Navigator 6 Street Navigation Software The only complaint I had about version 5 was that you couldn't enter GPS coordinates and then navigate to that location - as would be necessary to navigate to the GPS coordinates of an off-airport glider landing. Version 6 can do that - which is nice. It's a great value at $149.95 for anyone that already owns a Pocket PC and GPS. I also have a few copies of Navigator 5 left in stock that I'm selling for $75. http://www.cumulus-soaring.com/tomtom.htm Good Soaring, Paul Remde Cumulus Soaring, Inc. http://www.cumulus-soaring.com |
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New Steve Fossett Book - and other new stuff
Hi Tony,
All his soaring records were done in 2-seat gliders. Some of the records were credited with him as the pilot in command and some gave credit to the other pilot (Terry Delore or Einar Enevoldson), but both pilots are listed on the records. So yes, it is correct that he has no solo soaring records. However, that is not the case in his other endeavors. Many of his records in balloons and sailboats were done solo, as was his around the world nonstop flight in the Virgin Atlantic GlobalExplorer jet. It is my guess that he enjoys being able to share the workload in gliders and likes the added safety of a backup pilot. He'd be dead now if Terry Delore didn't get him down from 30,000 feet fast on one of their Argentina flights - as documented in both his book and Terry's book. Who knows, after he gets most of the open class records maybe he'll go after the Standard and 15m class records... I would imagine that the experience he's been racking-up over the years has made him an extremely capable sailplane pilot. .... I can just hear the conversation now... Terry, I'd like to go set another world record with you tomorrow, but I should probably get my Bronze badge first.... Little known facts about Steve Fossett: - He has swam across the English Channel - He has climbed the highest mountains on 6 of the 7 continents - He won the Baron Hilton Cup and spent his week at the Hilton Ranch. - He raced in the Iditarod dog sled race in Alaska - One of his next big goals is the land speed record - going for 800 mph. - He's an Eagle Scout - He is not from a wealthy family, he earned his fortune Good Soaring, Paul Remde "Tony" wrote in message ups.com... steve has definitely done some great things. has had some amazing glider flights flying with amazing glider pilots. has he ever pulled off any fantastic flight solo though? SSA doesnt show him having any badges issued in the USA. For the record, I dont have any either. Paul Remde wrote: Hi, I just read the new book "Chasing the Wind: The Autobiography of Steve Fossett". Below is my review. I am a big fan of Steve Fossett. I have closely followed many of his record breaking endeavors over the years. I met him briefly at the Soaring Society of America convention in February of 2005 just a few weeks before he made the first nonstop around the world flight in the Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer. He impressed me as a very friendly and down-to-earth person. I've also been pleased to sell a few soaring instruments to his team over the years - shipped to New Zealand and Argentina. I thoroughly enjoyed reading about his early life as an Eagle Scout and his business career and especially liked reading about his adventures related to endurance swimming, sled-dog racing, mountain climbing, yachting, ballooning, and flying airplanes and gliders. He has an extremely adventurous spirit and a "can do" attitude that I admire. While I have no desire to climb mountains or go around the world in a balloon, I enjoyed reading the entire book. Upon first opening the book I was a bit disappointed to find that there are no chapters dedicated to soaring and no photographs of gliders. In recent years he has obtained many world soaring records. Thankfully, there are about 7 pages in the beginning of the last chapter dedicated to his soaring adventures. The section gives a good overview of his adventures setting world soaring records in gliders with Terry Delore and flying with Einar Enevoldson going for high altitude flights with the Perlan Project. After the book was published he and Einar Enevoldson set a new world altitude record in gliders of 50,671 feet (15,447 m). I feel that all cross-country glider pilots have a bit of adventurous spirit in us. I certainly felt like an "adventurer" while doing my first long distance cross-country soaring flights and while going after state soaring records. I found the book to be very motivational. It has rekindled my desire to do long, memorable and record setting soaring flights. The book is available he http://www.cumulus-soaring.com/books...ingTheWind.htm You can also buy the book for a little less money at amazon.com, but please buy from your favorite soaring book supplier. Other new items at www.cumulus-soaring.com Glider Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge by Russell Holtz http://www.cumulus-soaring.com/books...tsHandbook.htm Flight Training Manual For Gliders by Russell Holtz http://www.cumulus-soaring.com/books...ForGliders.htm Sailplane Design, by Vittorio Pajno Discount - Slightly Damaged Copies Available The first shipment of these books was unfortunately damaged on the way to me from Italy. 11 of the 20 books were perfect, but 9 were damaged slightly. Being a perfectionist and not feeling comfortable selling the slightly damaged books as perfect books, I received a discount from the vendor so I could sell the books at a discount. The damage consists of "bruises" to the spines of the books and one or 2 with dents in the side of the spine (see photo below). I will be selling them for $59.95 which is $25 off the standard price. None of the books are badly damaged. I think the discount is an extremely good value. You can select a discounted (slightly damaged) book when you order. I will ship the least damaged books first. You can see a photo of the damage on the web site. http://www.cumulus-soaring.com/books...laneDesign.htm TomTom Navigator 6 Street Navigation Software The only complaint I had about version 5 was that you couldn't enter GPS coordinates and then navigate to that location - as would be necessary to navigate to the GPS coordinates of an off-airport glider landing. Version 6 can do that - which is nice. It's a great value at $149.95 for anyone that already owns a Pocket PC and GPS. I also have a few copies of Navigator 5 left in stock that I'm selling for $75. http://www.cumulus-soaring.com/tomtom.htm Good Soaring, Paul Remde Cumulus Soaring, Inc. http://www.cumulus-soaring.com |
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New Steve Fossett Book - and other new stuff
Oh yea, i knew of his other solo accomplishments. It is amazing, im
not trying to knock him any, was just curious. Hes very lucky to have been able to do all that he has. I should email him and offer the use of my cherokee so he can get his silver badge. He should jump at that! Paul Remde wrote: Hi Tony, All his soaring records were done in 2-seat gliders. Some of the records were credited with him as the pilot in command and some gave credit to the other pilot (Terry Delore or Einar Enevoldson), but both pilots are listed on the records. So yes, it is correct that he has no solo soaring records. However, that is not the case in his other endeavors. Many of his records in balloons and sailboats were done solo, as was his around the world nonstop flight in the Virgin Atlantic GlobalExplorer jet. It is my guess that he enjoys being able to share the workload in gliders and likes the added safety of a backup pilot. He'd be dead now if Terry Delore didn't get him down from 30,000 feet fast on one of their Argentina flights - as documented in both his book and Terry's book. Who knows, after he gets most of the open class records maybe he'll go after the Standard and 15m class records... I would imagine that the experience he's been racking-up over the years has made him an extremely capable sailplane pilot. ... I can just hear the conversation now... Terry, I'd like to go set another world record with you tomorrow, but I should probably get my Bronze badge first.... Little known facts about Steve Fossett: - He has swam across the English Channel - He has climbed the highest mountains on 6 of the 7 continents - He won the Baron Hilton Cup and spent his week at the Hilton Ranch. - He raced in the Iditarod dog sled race in Alaska - One of his next big goals is the land speed record - going for 800 mph. - He's an Eagle Scout - He is not from a wealthy family, he earned his fortune Good Soaring, Paul Remde "Tony" wrote in message ups.com... steve has definitely done some great things. has had some amazing glider flights flying with amazing glider pilots. has he ever pulled off any fantastic flight solo though? SSA doesnt show him having any badges issued in the USA. For the record, I dont have any either. Paul Remde wrote: Hi, I just read the new book "Chasing the Wind: The Autobiography of Steve Fossett". Below is my review. I am a big fan of Steve Fossett. I have closely followed many of his record breaking endeavors over the years. I met him briefly at the Soaring Society of America convention in February of 2005 just a few weeks before he made the first nonstop around the world flight in the Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer. He impressed me as a very friendly and down-to-earth person. I've also been pleased to sell a few soaring instruments to his team over the years - shipped to New Zealand and Argentina. I thoroughly enjoyed reading about his early life as an Eagle Scout and his business career and especially liked reading about his adventures related to endurance swimming, sled-dog racing, mountain climbing, yachting, ballooning, and flying airplanes and gliders. He has an extremely adventurous spirit and a "can do" attitude that I admire. While I have no desire to climb mountains or go around the world in a balloon, I enjoyed reading the entire book. Upon first opening the book I was a bit disappointed to find that there are no chapters dedicated to soaring and no photographs of gliders. In recent years he has obtained many world soaring records. Thankfully, there are about 7 pages in the beginning of the last chapter dedicated to his soaring adventures. The section gives a good overview of his adventures setting world soaring records in gliders with Terry Delore and flying with Einar Enevoldson going for high altitude flights with the Perlan Project. After the book was published he and Einar Enevoldson set a new world altitude record in gliders of 50,671 feet (15,447 m). I feel that all cross-country glider pilots have a bit of adventurous spirit in us. I certainly felt like an "adventurer" while doing my first long distance cross-country soaring flights and while going after state soaring records. I found the book to be very motivational. It has rekindled my desire to do long, memorable and record setting soaring flights. The book is available he http://www.cumulus-soaring.com/books...ingTheWind.htm You can also buy the book for a little less money at amazon.com, but please buy from your favorite soaring book supplier. Other new items at www.cumulus-soaring.com Glider Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge by Russell Holtz http://www.cumulus-soaring.com/books...tsHandbook.htm Flight Training Manual For Gliders by Russell Holtz http://www.cumulus-soaring.com/books...ForGliders.htm Sailplane Design, by Vittorio Pajno Discount - Slightly Damaged Copies Available The first shipment of these books was unfortunately damaged on the way to me from Italy. 11 of the 20 books were perfect, but 9 were damaged slightly. Being a perfectionist and not feeling comfortable selling the slightly damaged books as perfect books, I received a discount from the vendor so I could sell the books at a discount. The damage consists of "bruises" to the spines of the books and one or 2 with dents in the side of the spine (see photo below). I will be selling them for $59.95 which is $25 off the standard price. None of the books are badly damaged. I think the discount is an extremely good value. You can select a discounted (slightly damaged) book when you order. I will ship the least damaged books first. You can see a photo of the damage on the web site. http://www.cumulus-soaring.com/books...laneDesign.htm TomTom Navigator 6 Street Navigation Software The only complaint I had about version 5 was that you couldn't enter GPS coordinates and then navigate to that location - as would be necessary to navigate to the GPS coordinates of an off-airport glider landing. Version 6 can do that - which is nice. It's a great value at $149.95 for anyone that already owns a Pocket PC and GPS. I also have a few copies of Navigator 5 left in stock that I'm selling for $75. http://www.cumulus-soaring.com/tomtom.htm Good Soaring, Paul Remde Cumulus Soaring, Inc. http://www.cumulus-soaring.com |
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