C'mon Wreg, do something about this....please.
Patch.
----- Original Message -----
From: DMcD
To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.
Sent: Saturday, October 10, 2009 3:15 PM
Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Shrinking Willy
On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 11:38 AM, simon holding <[email protected]> wrote:
Would it be appropriate that the next edition of Basic Gliding knowledge
addresses some of these issues?
That's an excellent idea. I always thought that it should have been part of
an advanced hang gliding rating to overfly people at it in the sand dunes. This
is easier in WA since the sun is lower in the west in the afternoon. Most of
this activity appears to happen in the PM. In hang gliding the skill is to cast
your shadow over the participants hiding in the sand hills. Mostly, they will
think it is a cloud and ignore it for a while. Then the pilot has to just do
shallow figure 8s to get their attention and enjoy the scramble.
Outlanding in a lion patch is more problematic because you would have to
carry the right survival equipment in your glider. An elephant gun may have
been OK in the old days (when BGK was written) but something else is required
now.
BTW, apologies to the late Jack Lambie. I underestimated willy size. I looked
it up in a reference book and apparently the thing was 8 1/2". That's about
320mm.
BR
DMcD
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