My first textbook has arrived. I'm glad it is the one that got here first, because it should prove the most interesting. The other is merely an FAA handbook.

Glider Basics: From First Flight to Solo by Thomas Knauff.


I haven't read any of the book yet. But I have flipped through a few times and it looks very cool. Line drawn illustrations fill its pages accompanied by detailed...

No it's Crumb!

Watch the skies ers! Crumb has decided to forgo investment in RC airplanes and jump right into the real thing. Well, the real thing without an engine.

That's right, soon I will be taking lessons on flying sailplanes. The recommended instruction books are already on their way to my door and there will be a safety session held in the first week of April that I will be attending. I will meet up with perspective instructors...