Monthly Archives: May 2017

You spent more money then you care to admit to your spouse on upgrading the panel of your sailplane. It's functional and sexy, it's no longer using wire and twist-on cap splices purchased at Home Depot. You even prepared for different failures. But can you actually fly on it?

In my nimbus 3, I had a 302/303 and a 302a for my backup. I also flew with an iPAQ running SeeYou mobile. In case of

It was described to me that sometimes waiting for a thermal is like waiting at a bus stop. You have to go to a reliable spot and just wait. However no schedule is posted, sometimes you time it right and hop-on, sometimes you have to wait and wait and wait. Maybe the sun is beginning to reveal itself around the clouds on a small ridge with a light breeze... There is no better place around you can make

I tried this pickup line on this pretty girl at the bar, It didn't work. So a few minutes later I decided to give it a go again. Same line, same girl, same outcome. I then tried it again... The outcome was just as successful as my student who kept circling over the beginning of the ridge when we found a small little bump barely large enough for a bird. After the first turn I was pretty certain we were

This is a do as I say not as I do article. Because those that know me will know that at times I am not that organized (I showed up missing wing tape and catheters) and sometimes I show up with enough stuff to rewire and repair sailplanes. Not including times, I show up with Wings and Wheels