shropshire 0 #1 March 5, 2008 SFW clicky (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vpozzoli 0 #2 March 5, 2008 Nice rotor burst! Winds have been really acting up in most of Europe this past week, but at least I got to soar in wave to 18,000 feet last Sunday so who's complaining? Ciao, Vale Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #3 March 5, 2008 Quote Nice rotor burst! Winds have been really acting up in most of Europe this past week, but at least I got to soar in wave to 18,000 feet last Sunday so who's complaining? Ciao, Vale I'm guessing in a Glider (Sailplane)? (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vpozzoli 0 #4 March 5, 2008 Quote Quote Nice rotor burst! Winds have been really acting up in most of Europe this past week, but at least I got to soar in wave to 18,000 feet last Sunday so who's complaining? Ciao, Vale I'm guessing in a Glider (Sailplane)? Yep, 18,000 feet right in front of Mt. Blanc. My knees are still shaking (and not just from the sub-arctic temperatures ). I'm still cursing myself for not having taken my compact camera with me. The wind at that altitude was just brutal, close to 100 MPH. I couldn't figure out why pulling further on the stick caused the GPS to show an increase in ground speed. It took me a while to figure out that I was fricking flying backwards!! Ciao, Vale Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #5 March 5, 2008 I'm in the Chamonix area next week... hope the wind has dropped by then ... .oh and that some snow has fallen!! (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
