Meh. My Grandpa claimed that he and his friends once tried this stunt:
They would transfer a water skier being towed on a boat to a tow rope dangling from a small plane. This was attempted on the Bourbeuse river in Missouri which is one of that state's most twisted and meandering rivers - it winds for nearly 100 miles with an air distance of only 27 miles, all of it within Franklin County. They also built a ski jump that was only used once - it was too steep and the first attempt resulted in someone getting slammed into the ramp. They cut it free from it's anchors and let it drift over the dam at Noser Mill.
Paul
Paul
"hey, that's not soaring related but interesting and I mentioned an aircraft"
On 3/29/06, S Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Very awesome. Interesting to see the TRUE level flight perspective. :-)
Thank Rudy.
At 07:27 AM 3/29/2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Here's an idea spawned by the water skiing Harvards; water-ski
>aerotow! Imagine skimming across the water then pulling up into
>vertical opposing rolls! Johnny Berlin, are you ready?
>
>http://www.flightzone.co.za/media/harvards.wmv
>
>--
>Rudy Siegel, AMA 131126 CD
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