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Glider Flying Handbook

Posted 03-24-2008 at 05:02 PM by Crumb (Cream of The Crap)

I have received book number two. :D



This is the FAA handbook. This one is much more textbook like than Glider Basics. But it is a bit better quality with many color diagrams and better organization. There is a lot of information packed into its pages. :yup: I'm torn as to whether to spend more time reading this one or stick with the other book.

Since the other book follows...
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Fish posters

Posted 03-17-2008 at 09:39 AM by fragment (Fragmentation)

You can find anything on the web. Here's my new favourite site - Fish Posters of the World.

I swiped a couple of pics as a taster:



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Lesson for First Flight

Posted 03-16-2008 at 07:27 PM by Crumb (Cream of The Crap)

I've read through the first flight lesson in Glider Basics. It begins going over the basic parts of the glider. Wings, vertical and horizontal stabilizers, ailerons, elevators, rudder, wheels, even the pitot and total energy tubes for instrumentation.

Then it gets into what to expect on the first flight. It says the instructor will do most of the flying :pout: but I should get to do a few turns with and without the rudder.

I find the bit about the rudder interesting,...
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Glider Basics

Posted 03-14-2008 at 05:43 AM by Crumb (Cream of The Crap)
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My first textbook has arrived. :happy: I'm glad it is the one that got here first, because it should prove the most interesting. The other is merely an FAA handbook.

Glider Basics: From First Flight to Solo by Thomas Knauff.


I haven't read any of the book yet. But I have flipped through a few times and it looks very cool. Line drawn illustrations fill its pages accompanied by detailed...
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It's a bird! It's a plane!

Posted 03-11-2008 at 09:26 PM by Crumb (Cream of The Crap)
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No it's Crumb! :WWIFA:

Watch the skies :ff:ers! :yup: Crumb has decided to forgo investment in RC airplanes and jump right into the real thing. :excited: Well, the real thing without an engine. :ffnod:

That's right, soon I will be taking lessons on flying sailplanes. :D The recommended instruction books are already on their way to my door and there will be a safety session held in the first week of April that I will be attending. I will meet up with perspective instructors...
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