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Re: Gliders to Fliers?


Dinogeorge@aol.com wrote:
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Hi guys,
Thought you might be interested in this quote from Penguin on the Hangglider
list. Penguin's post is a coincidence, as he doesn't know we've been discussing
weight and water ballast.
Jim

Penguin wrote:

> This is almost a 'duh' - sailplanes have been carrying water ballast for
> what? - 60 years or so?
> One of my most memorable travel memories was being on a train in Sweden
> traveling from Stockholm to Gotoborg (sp?) and watching a sailplane low on
> final dump it's ballast for landing - swoosh - big cloud of mist behind
> it...magic!
>