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Gliding Site in Kenya

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Sunay Shah

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Jan 5, 1997, 3:00:00 AM1/5/97
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I will be going to Kenya over the summer and would like to find out if
there are any gliding sites in Kenya. Please email me any possible
addresses.
Thanks in advance

Sunay Shah

Mike Cohler

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Jan 7, 1997, 3:00:00 AM1/7/97
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> Sunay ShahCould anyone add any information about Tanzania please ?

Mike

Frank Dobbs

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Jan 9, 1997, 3:00:00 AM1/9/97
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Sunay Shah wrote:
>any gliding sites in Kenya

I had some delightful flights in a T21 and a Tutor at the Rift
Valley Gliding Club at Njoro in Kenya, in 1978. Launch was by
winch and the thermals were narrow but strong. There were also
lots of downdrafts, and I nearly landed in the 15 foot high maize
which totally surrounded the airfield on one flight! The K14
single seat motor glider which had been flown out from Germany
and used for the field work to write a thesis on Soaring with
Vultures which was published in Scientific American, was sitting
in the hangar, with a For Sale sign on it, but no-one flying it!

Have a nice trip.

Frank Dobbs
Senior Lecturer/Head of Department
Department of Primary Health Care and General Practice
University of Plymouth
U.K.
PL4 8AA

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