Re: [MBZ] OT: For Aviation Buffs
On Sat, 11 Mar 2023 20:06:16 -0500 mitch--- via Mercedes wrote: > Ground Control to Major Tom: ya got yer parachute on? > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hz2F_S3Tl0Y An older video which shows the prep for the jump: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOoHArAzdug Craig ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT: For Aviation Buffs
On Sat, 11 Mar 2023 20:06:16 -0500 mitch--- via Mercedes wrote: > Ground Control to Major Tom: ya got yer parachute on? > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hz2F_S3Tl0Y I remember someone else did something like this years ago. Craig ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT: For Aviation Buffs
Ground Control to Major Tom: ya got yer parachute on? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hz2F_S3Tl0Y ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT: For Aviation Buffs
On Thu, 9 Mar 2023 13:44:24 -0600 Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote: > Holy crap that was crazy. I’m just imagining a jet liner coming by and > squashing him like a bug. >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1Z8YT6w7Rc >> Flying To 17,500 Feet on my Paramotor! He does say, "and for everyone wondering this was all done in completely legal airspace!", quite unlike the guy in the Los Angeles area who attached a number of helium-filled balloons to a lawn chair. Craig ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT: For Aviation Buffs
Holy crap that was crazy. I’m just imagining a jet liner coming by and squashing him like a bug. Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 9, 2023, at 11:08 AM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes > wrote: > > But the really interesting thing was the tow plane. > > Randy > > >> On 08/03/2023 8:17 PM, mitch--- via Mercedes wrote: >>> On 2023-03-05 18:55, OK Don via Mercedes wrote: >>> Yes, indeed! However, it needs a tow to VERY high altitude to do its magic. >>> >> >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1Z8YT6w7Rc >> >> ___ > > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT: For Aviation Buffs
But the really interesting thing was the tow plane. Randy On 08/03/2023 8:17 PM, mitch--- via Mercedes wrote: On 2023-03-05 18:55, OK Don via Mercedes wrote: Yes, indeed! However, it needs a tow to VERY high altitude to do its magic. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1Z8YT6w7Rc ___ ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT: For Aviation Buffs
Crazy, just crazy. On Wed, Mar 8, 2023 at 8:18 PM mitch--- via Mercedes wrote: > On 2023-03-05 18:55, OK Don via Mercedes wrote: > > Yes, indeed! However, it needs a tow to VERY high altitude to do its > > magic. > > > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1Z8YT6w7Rc > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > -- OK Don "Quality of life is inversely proportional to the amount of clothing you are wearing." "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect." Mark Twain “Basic research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I am doing.” Wernher Von Braun "In science if you know what you are doing you should not be doing it. In engineering if you do not know what you are doing you should not be doing it." -- Richard W. Hamming, The Art of Doing Science and Engineering 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT: For Aviation Buffs
On 2023-03-05 18:55, OK Don via Mercedes wrote: Yes, indeed! However, it needs a tow to VERY high altitude to do its magic. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1Z8YT6w7Rc ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT: For Aviation Buffs
It is a turboprop --- had to be to fly that slow that high. The gliders I used to tow had a never exceed speed of 70, so we towed at 65, not that far above the stall speed of the Citabria. The student glider pilots could give you quite a ride. On Sun, Mar 5, 2023 at 7:30 PM Rick Knoble via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I was amazed at the tow plane too! > Documented tow to over 47000 feet? > At 80 knots? > With a prop plane? > 53k feet ceiling? > > > Rick > > From: mercedes@okiebenz.com > Sent: March 5, 2023 5:56 PM > To: mercedes@okiebenz.com > Reply-to: mercedes@okiebenz.com > Cc: okd...@gmail.com > Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: For Aviation Buffs > > Yes, indeed! However, it needs a tow to VERY high altitude to do its magic. > > On Sun, Mar 5, 2023 at 5:18 PM Rick Knoble via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > Now that's a glider. > > > > https://youtu.be/FSy3GhdtZ68 > > > > > > Rick > > ___ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > -- > OK Don > > "Quality of life is inversely proportional to the amount of clothing you > are wearing." > > "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to > pause and reflect." Mark Twain > > “Basic research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I am doing.” > Wernher > Von Braun > > "In science if you know what you are doing you should not be doing it. > In engineering if you do not know what you are doing you should not be > doing it." > -- Richard W. Hamming, The Art of Doing Science and Engineering > 2013 F150, 18 mpg > 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg > 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > -- OK Don "Quality of life is inversely proportional to the amount of clothing you are wearing." "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect." Mark Twain “Basic research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I am doing.” Wernher Von Braun "In science if you know what you are doing you should not be doing it. In engineering if you do not know what you are doing you should not be doing it." -- Richard W. Hamming, The Art of Doing Science and Engineering 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT: For Aviation Buffs
I was amazed at the tow plane too! Documented tow to over 47000 feet? At 80 knots? With a prop plane? 53k feet ceiling? Rick From: mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: March 5, 2023 5:56 PM To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Reply-to: mercedes@okiebenz.com Cc: okd...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: For Aviation Buffs Yes, indeed! However, it needs a tow to VERY high altitude to do its magic. On Sun, Mar 5, 2023 at 5:18 PM Rick Knoble via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Now that's a glider. > > https://youtu.be/FSy3GhdtZ68 > > > Rick > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > -- OK Don "Quality of life is inversely proportional to the amount of clothing you are wearing." "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect." Mark Twain “Basic research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I am doing.” Wernher Von Braun "In science if you know what you are doing you should not be doing it. In engineering if you do not know what you are doing you should not be doing it." -- Richard W. Hamming, The Art of Doing Science and Engineering 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT: For Aviation Buffs
Yes, indeed! However, it needs a tow to VERY high altitude to do its magic. On Sun, Mar 5, 2023 at 5:18 PM Rick Knoble via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Now that's a glider. > > https://youtu.be/FSy3GhdtZ68 > > > Rick > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > -- OK Don "Quality of life is inversely proportional to the amount of clothing you are wearing." "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect." Mark Twain “Basic research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I am doing.” Wernher Von Braun "In science if you know what you are doing you should not be doing it. In engineering if you do not know what you are doing you should not be doing it." -- Richard W. Hamming, The Art of Doing Science and Engineering 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
