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Weekend of Gliding Fun!

Postby EGNX » Sun Jan 25, 2009 4:29 pm

Some shots I took over this weekend at Gliding. Good times! :)


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Cheers for looking,

Luke :)
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Re: Weekend of Gliding Fun!

Postby beaky » Sun Jan 25, 2009 4:32 pm

Lucky you- our club's been grounded for weeks now (snow, i guess).
that motorglider looks like fun... great pics!
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Re: Weekend of Gliding Fun!

Postby Mictheslik » Sun Jan 25, 2009 4:37 pm

Great pics luke...especially the fifth one...how are you taking those from outside? Is there a dent in the canopy which lets you do them or do you open a window and hope :P

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Re: Weekend of Gliding Fun!

Postby Brando14100 » Sun Jan 25, 2009 4:44 pm

I love 2,3, and 5. Great shots.

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Re: Weekend of Gliding Fun!

Postby EGNX » Sun Jan 25, 2009 4:45 pm

Do you open a window and hope :P

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Yeah!... Just open the DV panel on the side and stick your camera out... with the strap tightly wrapped around your fist!   :)
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Re: Weekend of Gliding Fun!

Postby a1 » Sun Jan 25, 2009 4:49 pm

I love that second shot. Very nice. Looks like you had a great time out gliding. :D
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Re: Weekend of Gliding Fun!

Postby BigTruck » Sun Jan 25, 2009 10:54 pm

Beautiful pictures!  One thing I would LOVE to do before I die, is go gliding!
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Re: Weekend of Gliding Fun!

Postby Brando14100 » Sun Jan 25, 2009 11:04 pm

Do you open a window and hope :P

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Yeah!... Just open the DV panel on the side and stick your camera out... with the strap tightly wrapped around your fist!
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Re: Weekend of Gliding Fun!

Postby expat » Mon Jan 26, 2009 3:51 am

Love the DV shots [smiley=clapping.gif]

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Re: Weekend of Gliding Fun!

Postby Hagar » Mon Jan 26, 2009 4:13 am

Excellent! [smiley=thumbsup.gif]
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Re: Weekend of Gliding Fun!

Postby The-Black-Sheep » Mon Jan 26, 2009 8:02 am

Every time I see your pics, you make me miss my gliding days more and more  ;D

Cracking shots mate...your DV pics are incredible  :)

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Re: Weekend of Gliding Fun!

Postby machineman9 » Mon Jan 26, 2009 11:36 am

Lucky you- our club's been grounded for weeks now (snow, i guess).
that motorglider looks like fun... great pics!

Crampt is a good way to describe the Vigilant, lol.

I thought it got reclassified as a light aircraft or something? I think I read somewhere that is is no longer a motorglider... EGNX, is that right?



Very nice shots though. Those ones outside the cockpit are fab.
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Re: Weekend of Gliding Fun!

Postby EGNX » Mon Jan 26, 2009 11:57 am

I thought it got reclassified as a light aircraft or something? I think I read somewhere that is is no longer a motorglider... EGNX, is that right?


I'm not quite sure.

No one at a VGS actually holds a licence to fly any of the aircraft, similar to the RAF... well they are RAF aircraft after all. If it were reclassified I don't know if we would be allowed to fly it without holding a PPL.  :-?
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Re: Weekend of Gliding Fun!

Postby Hagar » Mon Jan 26, 2009 12:06 pm

The Grob 109B or Vigilant T1 is classed as a motor glider by both the CAA & the RAF.
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Re: Weekend of Gliding Fun!

Postby Flying Trucker » Mon Jan 26, 2009 12:18 pm

Great shots Luke...very nice... :)

Oh and we have lots of snow we can send you now to pretty up your lovely countryside.   ;D

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