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Big News said:
Hiya. I work at Lasham. It isn't the age that restricts whether you can fly so much, but rather the size and weight. Anyone under around 5ft might not be able to be securely strapped in or be able to see our very well, and there is a minimum weight limit of around 7 stone, for weight and balance/centre of gravity limits. It is possible to circumvent the minimum weight restrictions by having her fly from the back seat, but as the cockpit edge is even higher there than in the front, she probably won't have such a great view out, which is no fun!
How do things work at the other end of the scale? What are typical maximum heights and weights for these things? I've seen limitations in powered aircraft starting at about 14st.Ayahuasca said:
Do glider pilots tend to wear parachutes?
Yes, the seat backs of gliders are sculpted to accept the parachute and hence form the back rest. The only ones I can think of that are not like that are vintage stuff and things like the T21 (Sedburgh) which just a have plain wooden seat and even in those I wear a parachute. A workmate of mine is a sky diver and when he goes abroad he always takes his 'chute with him as hand luggage as he doesn't trust it in the hold.
He had plonked it on the seat next to him and the woman passenger in the window seat asked what it was.
"It's a parachute love, didn't you get yours when you boarded the plane."
He got a mild telling off by the cabin crew who said that although they found it funny, it didn't go down too well with the nervous flyers
He had plonked it on the seat next to him and the woman passenger in the window seat asked what it was.
"It's a parachute love, didn't you get yours when you boarded the plane."
He got a mild telling off by the cabin crew who said that although they found it funny, it didn't go down too well with the nervous flyers
RichB said:
jjones said:
...if my budget were restricted I would take a paramotor over a glider.
I'd be very interested to know why, especially if you've sampled both or either forms of flight. Somewhere over Guildford
perdu said:
Surely all pilots, whizz-whooshy stuff and swooopy-swoopy stuff need to keep their eyes open.
And surely all gliding school areas are notified to FJ pilots when they flight plan.
Or?
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This site's very busy on a sunny summer afternoonAnd surely all gliding school areas are notified to FJ pilots when they flight plan.
Or?
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http://live.glidernet.org/#c=51.91700,-1.13630&...
croyde said:
A workmate of mine is a sky diver and when he goes abroad he always takes his 'chute with him as hand luggage as he doesn't trust it in the hold.
He had plonked it on the seat next to him and the woman passenger in the window seat asked what it was.
"It's a parachute love, didn't you get yours when you boarded the plane."
He got a mild telling off by the cabin crew who said that although they found it funny, it didn't go down too well with the nervous flyers
He had plonked it on the seat next to him and the woman passenger in the window seat asked what it was.
"It's a parachute love, didn't you get yours when you boarded the plane."
He got a mild telling off by the cabin crew who said that although they found it funny, it didn't go down too well with the nervous flyers
...beautDid he ask her if she'd been to Iraq before...?
croyde said:
A workmate of mine is a sky diver and when he goes abroad he always takes his 'chute with him as hand luggage as he doesn't trust it in the hold.
He had plonked it on the seat next to him and the woman passenger in the window seat asked what it was.
"It's a parachute love, didn't you get yours when you boarded the plane."
He got a mild telling off by the cabin crew who said that although they found it funny, it didn't go down too well with the nervous flyers
He had plonked it on the seat next to him and the woman passenger in the window seat asked what it was.
"It's a parachute love, didn't you get yours when you boarded the plane."
He got a mild telling off by the cabin crew who said that although they found it funny, it didn't go down too well with the nervous flyers
RichB said:
True, you could be in one of those 'sleeping bags hanging off a kite' type things with a lawnmower engine strapped on the back.
It's all about bobbing along as slippery as you can manage.
Anyway, paramotoring is flying. Personally, it's not for me, as gliding involves flying and using weather knowledge to climb & fly distance as distincy from a 2 stroke engine, but it's all horses for courses.
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