It's not for the reasons you think! ....unless you actually know what my other major hobby is.... :P

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All glider, no motor but the wind (and gravity).

It's a class of glider called "PSS", which means "Power Slope Scale", but the "power" comes from inertia. These gliders routinely weigh between 3 to 6 POUNDS!

I fly here:

Here's what it looks like "in the cockpit"...

25 years ago I used to fly a lot. I miss it, so much fun. How things have changed.

I remember walking into a hobby store about 4-5 years ago looking for a 1/10 RC car to enjoy w/ my sons. Turns out years ago electric fell out of favor and now it's all gas-powered. Shocking.

- M

p,s. Still have the wings of the one plane I built all by myself 30 years ago. Bet you can figure out the wording on it.

I bet you can stay up a long time with the sea breeze coming up that hill.

And I have yet to see you mention Busy Bee.

And I have yet to see you mention Busy Bee.

That's because I don't go to San Pedro to eat or shop, I go there to FLY!

cause you probably know all this stuff.

But if anyone wants to see what the guts of a jet engine looks like up close then there are a lot of really cool videos here.

What more can I say to the rest of the forum? If you are not interested in jet engines then don't click the link. If you find that you want to click the link then you wont be disappointed.

25 years ago I used to fly a lot. I miss it, so much fun. How things have changed.

Likewise, tho' it's a little closer to 20 for me.

I remember walking into a hobby store about 4-5 years ago looking for a 1/10 RC car to enjoy w/ my sons. Turns out years ago electric fell out of favor and now it's all gas-powered. Shocking.

Funny, airplanes went just the other way, from gas to all electric.