[Leica] IMG: After Dinner, at the Airport
Douglas Barry
imra at iol.ie
Sun Jun 7 17:08:16 PDT 2015
http://oldportal.euscreen.eu/play.jsp?id=EUS_BC87D04F73774E19B93FD51B0FC92170
is a rather old style report from 1968 on the Dublin Gliding Club showing
the car pull system - invented here. They improved the car by using a 1950s
one later...
Douglas
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Nichols" <jhnichols at lighttube.net>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Sunday, June 07, 2015 11:01 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: After Dinner, at the Airport
> Hi Douglas,
>
> That launch system sounds like a lot of fun, but with a potential
> collision if the cable should break. I had one glider ride, many years
> ago, but it was an airplane tow.
>
> The sailplanes now being produced are a far cry from the gliders I first
> encountered in the late 1940s. The materials are much lighter, and the
> finishes are so smooth that they appear very delicate.
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
>
> On 6/7/2015 4:13 PM, Douglas Barry wrote:
>> Nice looking sailplane or glider as we call them over here. I used to
>> glide back in the late 60s/early 70s when there were no towed lifts in
>> Baldonnell aerodrome. We were at on one end of the runway with a wire
>> running to the back of an old stripped V8 - a chassis with seats - via a
>> pulley at the other end. At a signal, the V8 would move towards us,
>> pulling the wire through the pulley. The wire would tighten and we'd be
>> pulled towards him. Gradually speed was built up and we would climb
>> sufficiently high enough to release the cable. At that stage the V8 would
>> accelerate hard to maintain strain on the wire and stop it kinking - a
>> small drogue chute helped. Slowing was fun at the end of the runway.
>>
>> Douglas
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Nichols"
>> <jhnichols at lighttube.net>
>> To: "LUG at Leica-Users.org" <lug at leica-users.org>; "Olympus Camera
>> Discussion" <olympus at thomasclausen.net>
>> Sent: Sunday, June 07, 2015 3:16 AM
>> Subject: [Leica] IMG: After Dinner, at the Airport
>>
>>
>>> It was a beautiful day, so I decided to see what the late day activity
>>> might be at the airport. While attending a ball game, I had seen a
>>> Cessna towing a sailplane overhead. It seems the Civil Air Patrol had
>>> some checkout activity going on. I walked onto the ramp as the
>>> sailplane was returning to the hangar.
>>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Two-Place+Sailplane+Rolling+Home.jpg.html
>>>
>>> This sailplane has a snug, two-place cockpit beneath the hinged canopy.
>>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Tandem+Cockpit.jpg.html
>>>
>>> I walked out to take a look at a visiting CAP Maule aircraft from
>>> Alabama. I had never seen a Maule in CAP colors.
>>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/CAP+Maule.jpg.html
>>>
>>> The CAP recently purchased a group of new Cessna 172s, and there was one
>>> of these on the ramp. The new landing/taxi light caught my eye.
>>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/New+Cessna+172+Landing+Light.jpg.html
>>>
>>> This airplane smelled new all over. Even the alternator behind the
>>> cooling air inlet was shiny, with no bug spatter.
>>>
>>> All with the Fuji X-E1 and 27mm Pancake lens.
>>>
>>> Comments and critiques welcomed.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Jim Nichols
>>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>>
>>>
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