[Fot] Ridge riding (no Triumph content, but kool)

[Richard Taylor]

Wow!

That's as far removed to glider flying in the South as it gets! Soaring,
down here, is a miserly endeavor. Every moment is spent salvaging altitude
and caging airspeeds....kind like driving an over-weight, underpowered TR-4
where momentum is everything.
  
Richard


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Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2010 10:27 AM
To: tony at tonydrews.com; fot at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Fot] Ridge riding (no Triumph content, but kool)

The high banks and bluffs of the Missippi River between Lansing and Prairie
Du
Chien provide some entertainment for low level flying.



Landing at Meigs (former) Field while looking up at the Sears (former)
Building provides a little of the same sensation for small town Iowa Boys.

Especially when the tower control frequency dropped out and there was a
scramble to get clearance on ground control.

'WHAT'S YOUR POSITION 32 ALPHA?"

"DOWNWIND TO 18"

"CLEARED TO LAND!!!!"


1960s radios were not all that reliable.

>From a Louisiana Bayou......


-----Original Message-----
From: Tony Drews <tony at tonydrews.com>
To: fot at autox.team.net
Sent: Sat, Mar 20, 2010 2:22 am
Subject: [Fot] Ridge riding (no Triumph content, but kool)


I was just going to send this to Joe (A) since he's got the pilot background
but thought y'all might enjoy this too. It's a 4 min video that seemed like
only a minute or two to me. What a thrill this must be.
http://www.flixxy.com/glider-airplane-ridge-soaring.htm

- Tony Drews

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