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That got changed to https://www.youtube.com/c/JasonEllisBuilds =)

Its so pronounced that it's almost like someone told her to do that.. I wasn't sure if she was deaf or something.. I have a friend who is nearly 100% deaf and he actually speaks a lot like her because he kind of has to "taste" the words to form them as he talks.

Does anyone else think the female blonde announcer/presenter Ashley Hale on AeroNews over annunciates / chews her words as she talks? It's kinda hard to listen to..

I'm not sure why but hang gliding has never interested me.. but paragliding looks fun.. *shrug*

Jason is indeed a good guy.. You can tell he really loved what he does. As to pricing, I have to think as others said the expensive part is getting trained.. once you get trained it's extremely cheap. They have their prices listed on their website ( http://www.chilhowee.com/rates.html )...

They seem like really nice folks. They had like 20 different sailplanes around the field, but I think only 5 or 6 of them are regularly used. I'm guessing the rest are privately owned or are used for specific purposes.

He's over worked.

Several of the 20+ year vets out at the field were telling me that the Chilhowee site is really a great one year'round because of the ridge lift. They agreed that as a general rule the only reason to come down is because you forgot your "pee bottle".. haha

Wow you just basically directly quoted the pilot I was with. He said he knew several folks that did exactly that. They'd leave from PA come to TN and then go back the next day, all in a glider.. Sounds like fun and it takes this whole pilot thing beyond just "transportation". I would...

yeah I can see myself doing a lot of this.. Is there a site for gliders like barnstormers, controller trade a plane..etc?

http://www.chilhowee.com/index.html East TN. Great folks! Sarah the owner was very nice (that's her picture on the front page) and her husband Jason who took me up were very nice and loved to talk about this stuff..

Yep didn't even occur to me.. Next time.. thicker clothing.. They had one of those out there too.. I saw them use it and it looked like it glided like a stone.. hah It would be towed up and darn near beat the tow plane to the ground.. =)

So I went gliding for the first time over the weekend.. I had a blast! The trip to altitude and tooling around back and forth along a ridge lasted about 30 minutes and since I'm getting my ppl he let do the pattern to take us in for a landing and didn't take controls back until about 5' above...

There are several pilots at my local FBO and where I'm doing my training that are easily in their late 80's. One in particular that I'm thinking about flies every day in a 152 around the airport.. He's been flying for 40+ years and flies like a champ. Infact to see him fly you'd never...

Congrats on the new job. I find new jobs always to be a good thing even if for only a short time, but good lord.. Johns post makes it sound like you're about to jump into a lions den.. heh Is it that bad? What exactly is a part 135 job? (as someone who has no interest in flying...