George Moffat's Book
Mr A. Darlington
Moffat's splendid book 'Winning on the Wind' ? Also how much does it cost
and is it availible in the UK ?
Ta very much,
Afandi Darlington
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Jane Lewis
ada...@ic.ac.uk "Mr A. Darlington" writes:
> Can anyone tell me the publisher (and if it is still in print) of George
> Moffat's splendid book 'Winning on the Wind' ? Also how much does it cost
> and is it availible in the UK ?
>
> Ta very much,
>
> Afandi Darlington
You prune...
See reply to my posting of a few days ago...
(It's OK folks - we're good friends really!!).
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Jane Lewis: j...@porton.demon.co.uk
CBDE, Porton Down, Salisbury, Wilts. Tel: 0980 613111
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Mark Palmer
Darlington) wrote:
> Can anyone tell me the publisher (and if it is still in print) of George
> Moffat's splendid book 'Winning on the Wind' ? Also how much does it cost
> and is it availible in the UK ?
>
> Ta very much,
>
> Afandi Darlington
The book was published by The Soaring Press but I believe it is out of
print. However, it is still available from the Soaring Society of America
for $3.00 U.S. Contact the SSA at P.O. Box E, Hobbs, NM 88241. You can
order by phone or fax at: Phone (505) 392-1177 or FAX (505) 392-8154.
It's a fun book though fairly dated. I reread it last night.
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Mark Palmer
mark.f...@den.mmc.com
Cessna 140 N2190N
Schweizer SGS 1-26E N606GF "Go Fast"
Applebay Zuni II N1ZV
GrobSailor
mark.f...@den.mmc.com (Mark Palmer) writes:
Technically it may be dated, but in it's basic premise, it is timeless.
Joe C. Parrish
(GrobSailor) wrote:
I'm in the process of reading Moffat's book, and agree that there's much
to be learned even given its age. One of the things that most suprised me
was Moffat's relatively low number of annual flight hours -- usually in
the neighborhood of 100/yr, even when he was competing at the world
championship level. I would have thought that 300-400 would be necessary
to be world caliber.
--Joe
(75 hrs this year and a long way from the world championships!)
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Joe C. Parrish
Space Systems Laboratory
Univ. of Maryland, College Park
e-mail: jpar...@ssl.umd.edu
GrobSailor
jpar...@ssl.umd.edu (Joe C. Parrish) writes:
That reminds me that someone remarked that he had a reputation for not
practicing as much as everyone else. I think he addressed that in the
book, though, when he talked about only counting cross country hours as
practice. Roaming about in local area thermals didn't count.