She's a typical non-sailor who relies on an engine for her existence.

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"Didereaux" wrote in message
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"Lady Pilot" wrote in
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"~^ beancounter ~^" wrote:
nope...not Adam...I am richard from colorado..
new to the list (getting my sig name sorted out)..

If Oz hasn't welcomed you to the Crackerbox Palace, let me fill in for
him through the holidays.

i fly SEL cessnas (charter) mostly c182's turbo
rg's...near boulder...

Boulder, Colorado? You wouldn't happen to know the auspicious
Gilligan, would you?

i also did a bit of soaring...
a must (imho) for any salior...aka "wind sailing"

I admire any man or women that dares to soar in an aircraft without
any engines.

Merry Christmas!

LP




Nope LP, you have that one bassackwards. Motorized airplanes are simply
rocks waiting for the engine to die, before plummeting to earth. On the
other hand the sailplane has no such wishes and the pilot almost has to
force it to ground once aloft.

...and no small airplanes do not have a long glide path, not even the
volkswagon of the sky, cessna 150(2), the old piper cubs could glide a
bit, but the road or open spot better be handy, with no excessive
manuevering necessary: good thing with them though was that there stall
speed was so slow you almost could wait till it hit, then step out and
avoid the crash altogethergrin

Anywho, my point is, don't go gliding in a motorized aircraft, nor
navigating through reefs in a boat with a tiny rudder

Happy Holidays!
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Didereaux
"Let bygones be bygones...send a concilliatory PRETZEL to the
Whitehouse!"
"Against stupidity, the very gods themselves contend in vain." -
Friedrich von Schiller
"Ignorant voracity -- a wingless vulture -- can soar only into the depths
of ignominy." Patrick O'Brian