RE: close encounters of the aircraft kind: was Re: [RCSE] High Altitude Glider

2005-01-18 Thread Winch
To: soaring@airage.com Subject: close encounters of the aircraft kind: was Re: [RCSE] High Altitude Glider I fly in rolling hill country. Last season I was out by myself with a 2M. I had the plane wy up but not too far out and was puttering about when I heard a serious sound come up very quickly

Re: close encounters of the aircraft kind: was Re: [RCSE] High Altitude Glider

2005-01-18 Thread Stuart A. Hall
I occasionally fly at a farm that is about 20 miles from a local Air National Guard facility. They fly their A-10 Warthog training missions all around the local area, plus the farm is within the approach pattern for Westover AFB (they are very high on approach, no danger). Actually lots of my

Re: close encounters of the aircraft kind: was Re: [RCSE] High Altitude Glider

2005-01-18 Thread junk1
Location is the key. I fly a beach slope which is close to two training airports. This means it has a steady flow of new, full scale pilots showing off their new skills but poor judgement. The local slope in Bellingham, Wa. is literally about 1/4 Mile from the end of the runway of the

Re: close encounters of the aircraft kind: was Re: [RCSE] High Altitude Glider

2005-01-18 Thread Erich Merkel
-680-1141 - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: soaring@airage.com Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 9:44 PM Subject: Re: close encounters of the aircraft kind: was Re: [RCSE] High Altitude Glider | | Location is the key. I fly a beach slope which is close to two training