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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Hi,</FONT></DIV>
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Interesting stuff, the idea now of lofting 16 yr olds into the air with only a
sketchy idea of what to expect seems a bit much.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>I got my license at Weston on the Green, near Oxford. The next
year I did a soaring course at Cheddar in the Mendips, but nothing more until I
got into hang gliding some time later. Probably all a lot warmer than
Lossiemouth.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Regards, Brian West.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><B>-----Original Message-----</B><BR><B>From:
</B><A href="mailto:RickInNoCal@aol.com">RickInNoCal@aol.com</A> <<A
href="mailto:RickInNoCal@aol.com">RickInNoCal@aol.com</A>><BR><B>To:
</B><A href="mailto:simpits-tech@simpits.org">simpits-tech@simpits.org</A>
<<A
href="mailto:simpits-tech@simpits.org">simpits-tech@simpits.org</A>><BR><B>Date:
</B>Sunday, March 28, 2004 8:56 PM<BR><B>Subject: </B>Re: [simpits-tech]
This is too cool...<BR><BR></DIV></FONT><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT
face=Arial lang=0 size=2 FAMILY = SANSSERIF PTSIZE = 10>In a message dated
3/28/04 7:20:40 AM Pacific Standard Time, <A
href="mailto:bcw@palma.infotelecom.es">bcw@palma.infotelecom.es</A>
writes:<BR><BR>
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TYPE = CITE>Yes, I got my Gliding License on those later on, good
fun. I remembered what the machine I described was called, it was
a Dagling but I don't know who built them.</BLOCKQUOTE></FONT><FONT
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face=Arial lang=0 size=2 style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" FAMILY =
SANSSERIF PTSIZE = 10 BACK = #ffffff><BR>The Dagling was also a Slingsby -
it was also known as the T-3. By the time I started lessons, (around 1970)
the UK military no longer allowed primary flight instruction in single
seaters :-( Everyone had to start dual and progress to
solo flight like we do today, so the T-21 and T-31 were the main first
trainers. <BR><BR>My father had over 50 hours in his book before his first
ever dual flight - and that was for aerobatic training
!<BR><BR>Richard</FONT> </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>