dmmartindale (03/09/83)
I'd like to ask a question of you motorcyclists who think that riding is "more fun than just about anything". Have you ever tried flying, particularly in an ultralight? How did it compare? (I fly conventional lightplanes not ultralights, but I also own a car rather than a motorcycle.) Dave Martindale
dfz (03/11/83)
I went flying in a normal, 4-passenger light plane once during lunch hour. I was glad I didn't have lunch first; the buffeting of the wind was almost enough to make me lose my cookies. I realize that this is a fault of my own nervous system rather than of light planes in general, but I'll take my two wheeler any day! "more fun than almost anything" Dave Ziffer
nyles (03/16/83)
#R:watcgl:-23900:zinfandel:4600006:000:467 zinfandel!nyles Mar 11 08:57:00 1983 I took an ultralight lesson, and taking the fact that I was totally uncoordinated, and carrying that damn kite up a hill forty times was a drag, I had a great time. I even wound up upside-down once. Sort of felt like being a piece of paper thrown around in the wind. When I really WAS flying (at least 10 mS), it was a real rush, comparable to winding down a twisty road on my bike..... Lord Morgon (decvax!sytek!zehntel!zinfandel!nyles) 415/932-6900