Monday, December 29, 2008

1968 Wave Flight

In the previous post's comments, a discussion developed about an article from Soaring Magazine. Now, thanks to Tim's Wayback Machine, you can read it again (or for the first time if you missed it 40 years ago).
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4 comments:

Anonymous said...

The effective wing loading on the gliders was higher back then due to the enlarged kuhunas of the pilots.

tim

December 31, 2008 at 12:37 PM
Gregg Ballou said...

Good example of the life of a professional helicopter pilot- I really shouldn't move that. Where do you want it?

December 31, 2008 at 10:30 PM
Anonymous said...

All that for $90 per hour. What would that be in 2009 dollars?

January 1, 2009 at 7:45 AM
Anonymous said...

Consider that a gallon of car gas was $0.34...

What sort of rational human goes flying when the wind exceeds your rough air redline?

-T8

January 3, 2009 at 3:03 PM

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