Tuesday, June 12, 2012

First something

You can't call it a first solo, because it wasn't his first solo. You can't call it a first solo in a glider, because a hang glider is a glider. But it was definitely an accomplishment. Congratulations to Greg Hanlon on his first flight as sole occupant of a heavy metal unpowered aircraft with an FAA registration! Or something like that.

We didn't dump a bucket of water on him, because technically, it wasn't his first solo. But that decision may be reversed upon appeal. I'm thinking it would be fun to do that at Franconia.

3 comments:

Tim said...

The Blanik is NOT HEAVY - Here is a "heavy metal unpowered aircraft with an FAA registration":

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimli_Glider

Way to go Greg!

Anonymous said...

Congratulations, Greg! The 1-23 is next!

S2 said...

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