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Jul. 17th, 2008 @ 05:38 pm Solved
"The thing is, Sunshine really was a crate. It was patched up and lashed together and, worse, during the California-New York flight had developed a gas leak that Corrigan decided he didn't have time to repair. Gasoline actually leaked into the cockpit while the plane was over the Atlantic. Corrigan solved that problem by using a screwdriver to punch a hole in the cockpit floor." (http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2008/07/dayintech_0717)
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Jul. 15th, 2008 @ 12:00 am Вне аспекта боевого применения? (Часть 2)
"...то, что именно государство (подразумевается разумное) заинтересовано в развитии такого военно-прикладного вида спорта, как планерный, мне кажется очевидным." -- В.Ш. на своей доске.
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Jun. 17th, 2008 @ 09:43 pm ...Fugawi?
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(Oh, yes, and there are two of everything -- and they are different, too!)
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Jun. 7th, 2008 @ 03:10 pm Thoughts
 http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/exclusivevids/ExclusiveVideo_B2Spirit_StealthBomber_CrashReport_198060-1.html?type=pf
1. What a stupid piece of hardware!
2. Wait... (All the "intelligent" shit between stick and control surfaces notwithstanding,) if *my* ASI reads high at rotation, will *I* not pull right through the stall?...
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May. 30th, 2008 @ 11:39 pm Veni, vidi...
Мелочь, а приятно.

----- Original Message -----
From: Ramy
To: hgcgroup@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, May 30, 2008 4:37 PM
Subject: [hgcgroup] HGC League update

The following are the league results from Monday 5/26 (Memorial Day):

1 - Yuliy (DG800) - 393 km (to Santa Margarita near San Luis Obispo) - 102.36 kmh - 85 kmh handicapped
2 - Ramy (ASW27) - 376 km (to Santa Margarita near San Luis Obispo) - 83.10 kmh - 73 kmh handicapped
3 - Darren (DG800) - 415km (to Paso Robles area and Loas Banos area) - 84.02kmh - 70 kmh handicapped
4 - Buzz (DG800) - 427km (to New Idria, Byron area and Turlock area) - 82.26kmh - 69 kmh handicapped
5 - David (DG300) - 295km (to Paso Robles area) - 73.24 kmh - 69 kmh handicapped
6 - Tom (Discuss 2) - 321km (to Paso Robles area) - 70.34 kmh - 65kmh handicapped
7 - Eric (DG300) - 353km (to Paso Robles area) - 64.51kmh - 61 kmh handicapped
8 - Harry (Pegasus) - Task not completed

All traces are available on OLC: http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0/gliding/getScoring.html?scoringId=202&placeOfStartId=HOLLC1 
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May. 28th, 2008 @ 09:07 am XC fun
http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0/gliding/flightinfo.html?flightId=686843915
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May. 27th, 2008 @ 11:35 pm Never say never
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May. 27th, 2008 @ 11:16 pm Local fun
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Since Pacheco Pass crossing looked iffy in 5/17 forecast, and since it was not easy even the day before with much stronger forecast, I decided to save a high launch and did an equivalent of a local tow. It quickly turned out that the only game in town was the "usual" Byron convergence building up in the early afternoon.

( But what a convergence it was! )
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May. 24th, 2008 @ 10:51 pm Москва-Toronto-Москва
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Найди десять отличий.
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May. 24th, 2008 @ 10:49 pm (no subject)
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May. 13th, 2008 @ 01:04 am 1001st way of having simple, innocent fun in a glider
"...pretty good day, indeed. Climbing the staircase to Diablo range was great fun, and watching the well-defined late afternoon convergence evolve near Byron was interesting and educational.

But the real highlight of the day for me was when I spotted a mylar balloon over Byron highway, maybe 500 below me, apparently escaping from Mountain House. Good thing it was no longer "over any congested area of a city, town, or settlement", as per the FAA definition what followed would duly qualify as maneuvers "involving an abrupt change in an aircraft's attitude, an abnormal attitude, or abnormal acceleration, not necessary for normal flight."

I don't think I ever had this much fun with a mylar balloon in my life. We played for about 13 minutes, going together from 4500 down to 3000, back up to 4000 and down to 2800 again. I do not recall if I ever did so much turning, diving and zooming in any flying machine, let alone in a glider. In the end, the balloon ended up on my left wing's leading edge, about four feet out (NB: I did not want it over my Pitot or TE), and came with me for landing at Byron. Oh, the troubles we'll go into just to keep our air neat and clean! :)

So... if you hold a party and happen to have a balloon or two left over, please let me know -- I think I know somebody who might enjoy it.

Seriously, if you did not fly this past Saturday at Byron, you missed out."
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Apr. 25th, 2008 @ 10:28 pm Невероятно

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Hall_problem

Уж сколько раз твердили миру -- нельзя полагаться на интуицию при оценке вероятностей.

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Apr. 25th, 2008 @ 10:24 pm Умопомрачительно

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delayed_choice_quantum_eraser

Факт наблюдения события в будущем меняет исход события в прошлом. 

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Apr. 25th, 2008 @ 12:16 am May the power be with you
~2,5 кВт -- мощность, потребляемая (рассеиваемая) планером в крейсерском полете на режиме максимального качества (~100 км/ч).
~25 кВт -- мощность, развиваемая легковым автомобилем на той же скорости.
~25 кВт -- мощность, извлекаемая планером из хорошего термика.
~40 кВт -- мощность, рассеиваемая парашютистом в свободном падении.
~0,75 кВт -- "спринтерская" мощность, которую физически крепкий человек способен развивать в течение короткого (<1 мин) времени.
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Apr. 22nd, 2008 @ 11:30 am Круговерть
 ...вертит тобой, как тряпичной куклой, а ты думаешь, что это весь мир вертится вокруг тебя.
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Apr. 18th, 2008 @ 12:48 am (no subject)
-- Sorry, I was imprecise...
-- No, you were precise alright -- just not accurate.
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Apr. 11th, 2008 @ 09:49 am (no subject)
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Apr. 4th, 2008 @ 10:47 pm (no subject)
"...after 40 years of screwing with the things, I just plain hate carburetors." -- Bob Zahradnik 
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Mar. 8th, 2008 @ 12:26 am А еще я крестиком вышивать умею

А что, я последний, кто сваркой пользоваться не умеет?

Пошел на прошлых выходных в TechShop и взял два класса. На первом нас учили (~, насколько это возможно за один короткий день) варить электросваркой, на втором -- варить и резать ацетиленом. Положил свой первый в жизни сварной шов. И второй. И сколько-то резов.

Неожиданно медитативное занятие, между прочим. Есть что-то метафизическое в том, как металл плавится, течет и даже горит -- вещи, интуитивно металлу не свойственные, и в повседневной его, металла, жизни с ним не случающиеся. Если, конечно, не считать всякой экзотики вроде ртути. Которая, впрочем, в свободном объеме тоже явление необычное, и зрелище завораживающее.

Но карьеры, пожалуй, пока из этого делать не буду. Пока совсем не припрет :) .

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Feb. 29th, 2008 @ 01:09 am Surprise, surprise!
"[Roald] Dahl was rescued and taken to a first-aid post in Mersa Matruh, where he regained consciousness, but not his sight, and was then taken by train to the Royal Navy hospital in Alexandria. There he fell in and out of love with a nurse, Mary Welland. Dahl had fallen in love with her voice while he was blind, but once he regained his sight, decided that he no longer loved her.[citation needed]"

For a story like this, who needs a citation? :) Взято с.
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