4 Replies to “Oddments For The Weekend”

    1. I only ever signed one petition on Change. I was inundated afterwards with requests to sign for causes I was strongly opposed to.

  1. I watched the glider landings with interest since I have over 4,000 glider landings in my log book(s). The cross-wind one was interesting, but the others were relatively routine. My scariest landing was in the mountains, with the wind gusting 50kts. Those conditions give rise to a phenomenon called ‘the Rotor’, basically a horizontal vortex caused by winds rolling off the mountains. On that landing, as I was turning from downwind to base, I hit the rotor at around 300ft above ground – it flipped me upside down!! I was flying a heavy two-seater that is aerobatic rated, so I had powerful ailerons which got me back upright less than 100ft above the runway. The landing was normal.

    As for the lamps made from bread: I make lamps from empty Single Malt Whisky bottles. Each to his own, I guess.

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