TardisTraveler

Hi Jon Matcho... The whales were pretty neat... I even saw some baby whales (Calves I think) with their mother. 33% success rate is indeed not good and it is unfortunate that that one pilot never made it. I suppose I should read up on such accidents though to learn from them. And try and learn from some of the successes as well. That trip by Hans Schmid is indeed rather amazing! (I guess sort of like climbing Mt. Everest and than doing it again backwards... hehe ) And anything that the Rutan brothers are involved with generally coincides with something amazing... Thanks for the reply! See you around the forum... Cheers, Margot

Hello all... I have been browsing around on this forum and finally decided to join. I recently finished college at Penn State (which has a great soaring club). I have my glider license and have taken lessons in single engine aircraft. I love anything that can fly... but have not gotten to do too much flying lately and am currently in a state of withdrawal . I did however get to fly a trike and spotted some whales in Kauai. :-). I live in Hawaii right now but have some interviews in the mainland for actuarial work (lots of math and risk analysis type stuff)... ...so as soon as I am moved I am going to continue working on my license for single engine aircraft. I don't have any real building experience, though one summer/fall a friend and I did make a crazy 30' wing span ultralight glider (wing in ground effect vehicle), which we personally flight tested by auto towing it town a taxi way. Anyhow, I came to this forum because it has been a goal of mine to one day spend a year flying around the world in my own airplane. I have been contemplating the idea in my head of putting extra fuel in a Cozy Mark IV to make such a trip. Anyhow, such a trip would be a long way off but I figured it couldn't hurt to join the forum... :-) Most non aviation people kind of think I am crazy when I tell them of this goal so I am hopping that maybe on this forum there will be a different reaction. Hehe. . Well... Cheers all! Margot