... of windows, think difficulty of maintaining illumination with a small hand-held device, tracking a moving aircraft in the dark. RT, can you track a foot-square patch on a moving aircraft from 600ft or more away (allowing for an angle where you can actually see enough of the windows) with a laser sight sans (tele)scope? I know this will be an unpopular sentiment, but I'm...

... ? Answer Jack Newtons watch- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Hello All, So have any of you bright young things set this up on a flight sim yet? 600ft two miles out from Heathrow's 27L. Those numbers dont sound all that doable without a good fist of throttle Cheers, Solocmv. It wasn't gliding - the engines were running - ...

.... -- Cheers Dave Kearton Whats Gold and does 120 Knots ? Answer Jack Newtons watch- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Hello All, So have any of you bright young things set this up on a flight sim yet? 600ft two miles out from Heathrow's 27L. Those numbers dont sound all that doable without a good fist of throttle Cheers, Solocmv.

... that. I did a total of 7 solo circuits after dropping off the instructor, and the wind seemed to increase with each one. The last 3 or 4 saw the climb out get rather choppy from around 600ft to 1000ft, and the final approach was also a bit hairy on the last 3 or so approaches, with gusts trying to test my skills at keeping the wings level. There was also a bit of downdraft as I ...

... other than that. I did a total of 7 solo circuits after dropping off the instructor, and the wind seemed to increase with each one. The last 3 or 4 saw the climb out get rather choppy from around 600ft to 1000ft, and the final approach was also a bit hairy on the last 3 or so approaches, with gusts trying to test my skills at keeping the wings level. There was also a bit of downdraft as I ...

...@news-server.bigpond.net.au... RT wrote: Many thanks - be 50-odd years since I last read that and now I am "Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife," and have time to savour it again. You're lost again? No - ask Coop to explain when he gets back home. My nearest neighbour is 600ft away horizontally and 600 ft down :-) I get to see the Milky Way. Heh!

... many of their brothers and sisters. lost not lost just rewind the video tape and their they are. WELL IF THE DUM STUIP FIRE BOYS DID NOT GO INTO A 600FT.TALL skyscraper THAT READY TO FALL DOWN THEY WOULD ALL BE HERE NOW. NEXT TIME I BET YOU THINK YOUR HEAD AND NOT WITH YOUR DICK. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ HAPPY 911 EVE ...