Crestline Soaring Society - Offbeat

Thermal Elbow

Fixinair — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:39:18 -0500

Thermal Elbow

Not really. Metal impact at work.

Lopoxia more dangerous than previously thought

Ken Howells — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 15:26:08 -0500

Full story here.

Fight lopoxia. Get hypoxic as often as possible.

Sad News - Paul MacCready passes

Rod_Clark — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 17:44:54 -0500

I just got news that Paul MacCready passed away last week. Paul was a huge inspiration to me personally, and I was lucky enough to meet him on one occasion at Caltech.
There's a terrific book about Paul, and soaring, and human powered flight called "More with Less." I recommend it to anyone interested in soaring.
http://www.skeptic.com/eskeptic/07-09-05.html

So, when do we get to see Shiloh in the air?

John W — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 22:39:27 -0500

Flying dogs

Make sure you watch the video at the bottom of the article

More Forecast Humor

Alan Crouse — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 10:07:01 -0500

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
350 AM PDT SUN APR 15 2007
....
THE STAGE IS SET FOR AN ACTIVE...POTENTIALLY TAXING...DAY OF WEATHER ...

:-)

Apparently, lot #103 from the tractor auction was flown to Japan

John W — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 01:40:29 -0600

http://mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp/national/news/20070221p2a00m0na008000c.html

Good thing he didn't clear a decent HG LZ.

Batman U2 #35449

Ken Howells — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 22:27:36 -0600

Flying with a snake

MikeMasterson — Sat, 03 Jun 2006 11:21:33 -0500

Picked this up off the Cessna 150 list:

Snake on a plane
Friday June 02, 2006

When Monty Coles lifted his small plane into the air for a leisurely
flight over the West Virginia countryside, he didn't know a
blacksnake had stowed away inside the airplane's instrument panel.

"As far as I was concerned, everything was fine," said Coles, a 62-
year-old private pilot from Cross Lanes. "I did a very cautious pre-