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Forthcoming Events<br />
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Aerotow AGM report<br />
Page 2<br />
Beat Santa at his own game, 24th December<br />
Forthcoming Events<br />
This year, why not get your doodlebug out, grab a couple of powerful torches and a fake beard, and fly over some of the<br />
local houses, dropping presents for the children down the chimney as you go? Santa has had a Christmas monopoly<br />
for too long!<br />
Ochils Paragliding <strong>Club</strong> Christmas Ceilidh, 16th December<br />
Tickets for this event are selling well - 120 sold so far, but there are still some left if you want to have some fun and help<br />
the paragliding club buy a Landrover. 7pm to 1am in the Devonvale Hall, Tillicoultry. There will be a quality buffet, live<br />
ceilidh band and a raffle. Tickets £20.<br />
Thank you for your support,<br />
Andrew Ward (andy.gilly@virgin.net)<br />
BHPA run <strong>Club</strong> Coaching Course, 24th - 25th March 2007<br />
LLSC (Lanarkshire and Lothian Soaring <strong>Club</strong>) are hosting a BHPA run course organised for 24th & 25th March, venue at<br />
present undecided. Reserve your place now before it is posted in the next issue of Skywings and they are taken up by<br />
folk South of the border. There will be funding available for <strong>Scottish</strong> based pilots, and that will come from the SHPF.<br />
Reminder: To qualify the Candidate must hold at least CP rating with 10 hrs logged, and be a member of the BHPA.<br />
Contact: Sean Figgitt.<br />
07765 884225<br />
sean@figgitt-services.fsbusiness.co.uk<br />
Annual Lanzarote Trip, 8th - 15th December 2007<br />
<strong>Scottish</strong> <strong>Airsports</strong> <strong>Club</strong><br />
<strong>Latest</strong> <strong>News</strong><br />
Issue 43, December 2006<br />
What to do when it's not flyable<br />
Page 2<br />
Get yourself on TV<br />
Page 4<br />
Contents<br />
YouTube - well worth $1billion!<br />
Page 4<br />
Christmas Jokes<br />
Page 5<br />
What more do I need to say? Let Andy know if you want to escape the long <strong>Scottish</strong> winter and join the party for another<br />
dose of epic flying in the warm Lanzarote climate.<br />
<strong>Latest</strong> <strong>News</strong><br />
<strong>Scottish</strong> <strong>Airsports</strong> <strong>Club</strong><br />
Issue 43, December 2006<br />
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Aerotow AGM Report<br />
The <strong>Scottish</strong> Aerotow <strong>Club</strong> AGM was held in the Lion and Unicorn pub at 7pm on Sunday 3rd December. As usual there<br />
was lots of idle hang gliding chit-chat, but the main points from the meeting were as follows:<br />
• The club is expecting to make a small profit of around £150 by the end of the year, bringing the club funds up from<br />
£1650 to £1800.<br />
• We are looking at selling the XL tug to keep our costs down and give ourselves a more secure financial position.<br />
We will get a new permit for the 912 before the start of the new season.<br />
• We are planning to promote hang gliding by putting posters up in places like Tiso's and doing more dual aerotows.<br />
We also hope to visit Portmoak and Perth to showcase hang gliding.<br />
• Finally, we're planning some fun activities 2007, including another Aerotow Competition, and hopefully a heli-lift<br />
with gliders to the top of Ben Nevis. At the moment it's only a pipe-dream, but hopefully it will actually happen!<br />
If anyone wants a copy of the minutes, let me know.<br />
Get back out there when it's windy!<br />
What to do when it's not flyable<br />
according to X-Sail ltd<br />
Now that the windy season is upon us maybe your club members could do with an extra string to their hang gliding bows.<br />
We used to run a paragliding school ( Parapente Ecosse) for 14 years, so we understand how frustrating the weather can<br />
be, and the need to make the best of your valuable free time.<br />
When foot and mouth interrupted play in 2001 we started offering a new activity to our disgruntled clients, and then the<br />
product we were using became so popular that we became the UK distributors. Now, having marketed blokart in the UK<br />
for nearly 6 years, we have grown increasingly frustrated in the price of the product, which has only ever gone up.<br />
We thought we'd do something about it. We've launched a new product, which we have begun producing ourselves after<br />
a lengthy design and development process. The stainless steel X-sail - blows you away.<br />
You don't need a beach to go X-sailing - car parks, playing fields, old runways are all great places to buzz around and you<br />
learn the ropes very very quickly. 5 minutes is literally all you need to learn how to X-sail safely, and as it all packs away<br />
into a bag no bigger than a paraglider sack, it needn't fill up your garage. Better still leave it in the car to be pulled out when<br />
the opportunity arises.<br />
We set out to produce something of exceptional quality and value for money, and are delighted that our growing customer<br />
base is telling us that we've done just that. To help the X-sail name and reputation grow we're investing huge amounts.<br />
Not by spending money on conventional advertising but by giving it to our customers.<br />
We're lopping a massive £500 off the retail price to get the X-sail out there being seen, pumping adrenalin and making folk<br />
grin. We know that the quality and performance will speak for itself, and your discounted X-sail will then bring us great<br />
feedback.<br />
If you've ever thought of buying a blokart take a closer look at what we've got. If you've already bought a blokart, we extend<br />
our sincerest apologies - we're sorry for taking so long to produce the X-sail. Either way we hope we can extend to you<br />
our fantastic reputation for customer service and our commitment to providing exciting wind machines.<br />
Please see the attached pics for details and visit our fledgling website at www.x-sail.com<br />
The X-Sail is all stainless steel, with a choice of 2 sail sizes, 3.5m and 4.5m and it includes the carry bag etc. It comes with<br />
a full 1 Year warranty, which is serviced by us from the UK - we're a UK based company - X-Sail Ltd<br />
The normal retail price is £1497 for the 3.5m and £1547 for the 4.5m, £1000 less than the same specification of blokart,<br />
but.....The X-Crew promotional price to you is £997 for a 3.5m and £1047 for a 4.5m and next day delivery in the UK is £23.<br />
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To use a credit or debit card for payment we use Paypal which adds 4% - otherwise you can pay direct to our bank<br />
account or by cleared cheque.<br />
Paypal prices inc delivery are therefore £1060.80 for a 3.5m, and £1112.80 for a 4.5m Our Paypal identity to make<br />
payments is ebay@another-planet.com - to make a payment go to www.paypal.com and press the "send" menu tab at the<br />
top of the page. If you struggle with this at all, do let us know, and we will send you a Payment Request from Paypal which<br />
makes it very simple.<br />
Total price inc delivery for cheque or bank transfers is £1020 for a 3.5m and £1070 for a 4.5m<br />
Account No: 06064810<br />
Sort Code:12-20-29<br />
X-Sail Ltd<br />
Bank of Scotland<br />
SWIFT: BOFSGB2S<br />
IBAN: GB53 BOFS 1220 2906 0648 10<br />
BIC: BOFSGB21281<br />
Our address is:<br />
X-Sail Ltd<br />
Another Planet<br />
34 Ashley Terrace<br />
Edinburgh<br />
EH11 1RE<br />
Please note all prices do not include VAT, but we won't charge VAT as X-Sail Ltd is not yet VAT registered - in other words<br />
these prices are all you pay. However, this will only be true for a short period.<br />
We also have stock of X-sailing gloves - fleece for £25 and synthetic leather for £19.97. A helmet is a very good idea too<br />
and we have new X-Sail helmets @ £19.97, and X-tension footrests for the taller X-sailor @ £25 Please specify glove or<br />
helmet size ( S, M, L, XL)<br />
If you have any questions whatsoever please don't hesitate to call or email.<br />
We look forward to hearing from you<br />
Kind Regards<br />
Tom Duffin<br />
X-Sail Ltd<br />
Local Rate 08453 702703<br />
0131 313 1333<br />
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I recently received the following e-mail:<br />
<strong>Latest</strong> <strong>News</strong><br />
<strong>Scottish</strong> <strong>Airsports</strong> <strong>Club</strong><br />
Get Yourself on TV<br />
We're now in the beginning of making a new gameshow that requires teams of two people and they can be any pairing -<br />
friends, couples, colleagues - and what we will do is set them a series of challenges that are designed to test the teams<br />
endurance, skill, intelligence and at times physical prowess.<br />
The challenges are going to be unique and exciting but the great thing about them is that whether the teams competing<br />
win or lose the challenges will be an awesome experience. Not only that, anyone from 18 to 80 can take part.<br />
From our point of view we're interested to see the team dynamics and how a team works together on the show to solve a<br />
problem and how they progress through the series of programmes. Naturally there will be a winning team and that team<br />
will receive a very special prize.<br />
I was thinking this show might appeal to your members and I was wondering if you may be able to circulate information<br />
for us, giving our contact details should anybody be interested in applying for the show? A flyer perhaps?<br />
Many thanks and best wishes,<br />
James<br />
james baker | assistant producer|<br />
Shepherds Building Central | Charecroft Way Shepherds Bush | London W14 0EE<br />
Tel 0870 333 1700 | Fax 0208 222 4817<br />
YouTube - Well Worth $1 Billion<br />
In case you don't know, YouTube, the website for posting your own videos for all to see was recently bought by Google for<br />
just over $1 Billion. At the time, any thought it was over-priced, but now a true classic has been posted by none other than<br />
our own Gordon Ross, justifying the purchase price for this one video alone.<br />
Point your browser at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ty5M55KasaU and see what all the fuss is about, as you enjoy<br />
highlights of our 2006 trip to Lanzarote. Then contact Andy to join our 2007 so that you can be a part of the next video<br />
and not miss out on the fun! Just don't expect the other videos on YouTube to be of this quality.<br />
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<strong>Latest</strong> <strong>News</strong><br />
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Chrismas Jokes<br />
Thanks to Andy for sending in the following. They may have a flying theme rather than a festive theme, but I thought<br />
they fitted in well to this season of Christmas Cracker jokes!<br />
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You've never been lost until you've been lost at Mach 3.<br />
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The only time you have too much fuel is when you're on fire.<br />
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There are more planes in the ocean than submarines in the sky.<br />
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If the wings are traveling faster than the fuselage, it's probably a helicopter -- and therefore, unsafe<br />
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When one engine fails on a twin-engine airplane you always have enough power left to get you to the scene of the<br />
crash.<br />
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Without ammo, the USAF would be just another expensive flying club.<br />
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What is the similarity between Air Traffic Controllers and pilots?<br />
If a pilot screws up, the pilot dies; If ATC screws up, ...the pilot dies.<br />
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Never trade luck for skill.<br />
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Weather forecasts are horoscopes with numbers.<br />
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Progress in airline flying: now a flight attendant can get a pilot pregnant.<br />
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Airspeed, altitude and brains. Two are always needed to successfully complete the flight.<br />
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A smooth landing is mostly luck; two in a row is all luck; three in a row is prevarication.<br />
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I remember when sex was safe and flying was dangerous.<br />
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Mankind has a perfect record in aviation; we never left one up there!<br />
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Flying the airplane is more important than radioing your plight to a person on the ground incapable of understanding or<br />
doing anything about it.<br />
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The Piper Cub is the safest airplane in the world; ...it can just barely kill you.<br />
(Attributed to Max Stanley, Northrop test pilot)<br />
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A pilot who doesn't have any fear probably isn't flying his plane to its maximum.<br />
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If you're faced with a forced landing, fly the thing as far into the crash as possible.<br />
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Never fly in the same cockpit with someone braver than you.<br />
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The 3 best things in life are: a good landing, a good orgasm, and, a good bowel movement.<br />
The night carrier landing is one of the few opportunities in life where you get to experience all three at the same time.<br />
(Former Navy aircraft carrier pilot.)<br />
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If something hasn't broken on your helicopter, it's about to.<br />
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Basic Flying Rules: Try to stay in the middle of the air. Do not go near the edges of it. The edges of the air can be recognized<br />
by the appearance of ground, buildings, sea,<br />
trees and interstellar space. It is much more difficult to fly there.<br />
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You know that your landing gear is up and locked when it takes full power to taxi to the terminal.<br />
<strong>Scottish</strong> <strong>Airsports</strong> <strong>Club</strong>, Easter Poldar Farm, Thornhill, Stirling, FK8 3QT<br />
www.scottishairsports.co.uk<br />
Issue 43, December 2006<br />
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