Re: [aus-soaring] Many thanks to everyone

2002-07-29 Thread Dav
AIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, July 29, 2002 5:27 PM Subject: Re: [aus-soaring] Many thanks to everyone > Its interesting just how much your head can 'rise' through some form > of in-flight turbulence. If you think about how (relatively) flexib

Re: [aus-soaring] Many thanks to everyone

2002-07-29 Thread Simon Hackett
Its interesting just how much your head can 'rise' through some form of in-flight turbulence. If you think about how (relatively) flexible your neck can be in that axis, and how (relatively) heavy an object your head is, it isn't hard to see the issue :) I've cracked the canopy on a Libelle so

Re: [aus-soaring] Many thanks to everyone

2002-07-29 Thread Dav
Hi everyone this incident reminds me of my first cross country on returning to the field with 4000' to spare I sped up to 90 knots and hit strong sink causing me to hit my head on the canopy of the Hornet, (and nearly knock myself out- I was groggy for some 30 sec afterwards)after which I decided

[aus-soaring] Many thanks to everyone

2002-07-28 Thread hartr
Hi Alice and I just want to say a big thank you to everyone at DDSC on Saturday. Our experience could well have been a great deal more serious were it not for the advice, assistance and encouragement we received. A particular thanks to my 'escorts' - having other people relatively close by and k