Kite Strings

Before I saw you were going I looked into heading west but decided against it as the designated viewing area to anticipated crowd ratio seemed a lot lower in that direction. Not that I necessarily care about being in a 'designated viewing area'...I'm just worried about getting harassed for parking o...

Hi Tad, I had a feeling you'd be at the eclipse so checked in here for the first time in ages. I won't be too far from you. I'll be spending the week in Yellowstone with the plan to drive to Dubois, Wyoming the morning of the eclipse. Hopefully things work out for both of us! I'm sorry to hear about...

Real sorry we've lost Zack. I think the situation with him is that he can't continue speaking out and continue to fly and be part of a flying community. I'm afraid the truth is far more mundane... I simply got tired of the debates. My priorities have shifted and there are other things I want to spe...

Apparently Zack didn't respond to that one so lemme expand a bit. I did respond. For the record, the remainder of the conversation was: Bob, Yes, you could phrase it that way, but you could say something similar of any forum, as every forum uses subjective criteria for banning members. Is not US Ha...

Do we know the glider size and/or flying weight? 155. Dunno about his hook in weight. But that's an issue I wouldn't have had to deal with. Would a stronger weak link really have made a difference? I don't know much about how a glider behaves without nose wires and I wasn't there so I don't know ho...

It would be nice to get a specific date on that. June 16, one week before Kevin. Two point? Wild guess: 130 pound Greenspot ... Columbus - right? Aye, aye, and aye. Wild guess: 'Cause he didn't have a release he could use to abort a tow when he needed to? It was a Wallaby release, but I'm not sure ...

Nothing's coming to me. Did I miss something? A week or two before Kevin's death a pilot attempted an aerotow (dolly launch) with nose wires that weren't fully secure. After the glider/dolly got up to speed the nose wires released and the glider popped up off the cart at a high pitch attitude. The ...

Tad Eareckson wrote:Why don't you tell us HOW? Ya plan on going up on the same equipment into the same conditions but get better results 'cause you'll be more FOCUSED?

From what I've heard, Ben is only aerotowing two point now. Not sure about his release.

Zack

Regarding Ben Dunn's near crash...

Tad Eareckson wrote:No dust devil, invisible or otherwise.

I spoke with Joel (the tug pilot) about the event and he said it was a visible dust devil. He said a number of people on the ground saw it.

Zack

rdp_au wrote:The landing was pretty ordinary and I bent an upright...

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