- Mon Dec 17, 2018 3:04 am
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Here is a launch and a short aerial view from each of the sites I flew in 2018. I managed around 30 hrs airtime which is about average for me these days. Although a poor year for local soaring, the 7 flying days during the Canungra comp, ( my year highlight) just over the Qld border, boosted my airtime . I may still "get one in" between Xmas and new year but whoever reckons you get more free time as you get older wasn't talking about my life! That's the main reason I now fly my sports glider...it's no big deal if I am not so current and besides at our sites it's more FUN. That is the key word, so good luck with all your joys, whatever you do and may the new year bring all you wish for. Merry Xmas from down under, Col.....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJy-55Trvx8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJy-55Trvx8
1975 : Lightning Bolt ( 18x16), Cobra ( cambered keel , roach tips ), Skydart ( 2 piece crossbar , fin ), Ibis ( keel pocket , > a/r , wider nose angle ) , Pelican , Pelican2 , Orion ( 40% d/s , metal battens , tip supports , lufflines?, folding a frame & kingpost , stronger ), Mega3 ( 70% d/s , floating crossbar? ), Meteor ( nose nappy , streamline kingpost , mylar inserts ), Foil ( streamline downtubes , thinner wires ), GT ( glass tips ), XS ( vg , speedbar ), Climax ( topless , 90% d/s , keelpost hangpoint , pip pins ), Climax4 ( >a/r , cam l/e's ), Sting3 ( < a/r , lighter/easier , poorer glide/speed range, fun..), Gecko ( moderate a/r, powerful vg, side wire/luff wire compensation), Fun190 (stress free basic user friendly).
Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness . MT.
We are all in the gutter...but some of us are looking at the stars. MT.
Youtube videos- Col Rushton
Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness . MT.
We are all in the gutter...but some of us are looking at the stars. MT.
Youtube videos- Col Rushton