Hi DMcD Have you really never shared a thermal with a wedgie? A shame if that's the case, but please don't be so arrogant as to to accuse the rest of us of spouting 'nonsense' or 'false advertising' - I for one find it quite offensive & wonder what the point of using such aggressive & negative language is. That & the fact that you're just plain wrong of course!
Richard McLean Wedgie lover --- DMcD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > HA. > I'm not sure about all this "Soar with Eagles" > nonsense when talking about > sailplanes. It is false advertising and people who > believe it will get a big > let down when they find out just how noisy most > gliders actually are. Maybe > we'll get sued. > > And sure, while there are eagles up there, and > sometimes you can soar past > them, but you can't soar with them in a sailplane. > > If you want to soar with Eagles, then try an > paraglider or a hang glider. A > bit more damage when they attack the glider, but you > can fly right up their > freckle. > > The other nonsense about gliding is this silent > flight biz. Maybe "not as > noisy as powered flight" would be closer to the > bone. > > In a really quiet aircraft (see above) you can get > so close you can touch a > bird or look it right in the eye as it flies an > arm's reach from you... just > before you get pecked. > > HTH > > DMcD > > > > > On Nov 28, 2007 10:16 PM, Ben Jones > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > A contestants mum was in the group of case > holders and mentioned that she > > wants to learn how to fly a glider , a brief > discussion happened about > > wanting to fly gliders for a long time (mum) > ....... I'd like to soar with > > eagles stuff... > > > > Then Andrew got the geeks up stairs to research > how much gliding is > > ....... 5 mins later ... > > > > Andrew announced gliding was cheep 200 bucks for a > 45 min flight to 4500' > > with a gob smacking "5 mins at the controls" > > > > then they worked out how much flying mum could do > if the daughter won 4500 > > bucks... > > > > Needles to say her daughter is poor at picking > numbers and got stuff all. > > > > > > > > But don't ask me how I got home in time to watch > this mind numbing TV. > > > > regards > > > > Ben > > West Oz > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > *From:* D S Baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > *To:* Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in > Australia.<aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net> > > *Sent:* Wednesday, November 28, 2007 7:08 PM > > *Subject:* Re: [Aus-soaring] Deal or No Deal, TV > Advertising > > > > Define a "Free rap"? Do you mean that someone > who's a glider pilot was on > > there and mentioned it, or what? > > > > Dion Baker > > > > On 27/11/2007, Adam Woolley > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Hey, > > > > > > Watching 'Deal or No Deal' at the moment, and > they just gave gliding a > > > FREE rap. So I'm guessing there might be a few > more AEF's at gliding clubs > > > the coming few weekends... > > > > > > > > > Regards > > > Adam > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Aus-soaring mailing list > > Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net > > To check or change subscription details, visit: > > > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring > > > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net > To check or change subscription details, visit: > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring Make the switch to the world's best email. Get the new Yahoo!7 Mail now. www.yahoo7.com.au/worldsbestemail _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
