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Federico

09:48

@ymb1 ah asphalt is "flexible". reading the question I thought that "flexible" was rubber-like

ymb1

@Federico well, it is rubber like :D when it is hit by a 200-tonne plane at 3 m/s

@Federico check last diagram here aviation.stackexchange.com/a/33444 :D

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Antzi

11:11

Hi guys

I just created a paraglider tag

It seems to be on topic here...

Can you confirm ?

In this case the question would probably be on topic anyway since it comes down to comparing airman's techniques

but are paraglider centric questions on topic too ?

Dan Hulme

Q: Are questions about paragliding appropriate?

I'm just starting to learn paragliding and I was wondering if question on that subject would be appropriate to this site.

discussion

(Spoilers: yes, they are.)

Antzi

Oh i searched for it but couldn't find

Dan Hulme

Yeah, if you search for glider, gliding, or paraglider it won't show up.

The site search isn't so good at realising different forms of the same word are the same.

Antzi

11:31

yeah...

I should've used google instead

It's not the first time I fail to find something through the built in search engine

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Stack Exchange

16:25

Uncontrolled Airspace: General Aviation Podcast: "Smashed Wedding Cake" UCAP #423

posted on February 28, 2017

Human ride-able drone... Jeb's flat tire... Harrison Ford's mistake... This and more in Uncontrolled Airspace. Recorded February 16, 2017.

Federico

16:42

WTF????

Pilot Applies Reverse Thrust in Middair on landing at Stansted Airport

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PerlDuck

18:53

@TomMcW Unfortunately I there is no recording of the Jingle Bells song as the conversation wasn't transmitted by LiveATC. :-(

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Notts90

20:21

Q: How can pilots lacking instruments interpret vectors given by ATC?

This video is about European Air Transport flight 2939, a Boeing 737, which "lost all the instruments of the aircraft" shortly after takeoff. BCS2939: We are flying heading now, and we don't have even altitude and anything, so if you can, give vectors back to the field, please. Approach: Ro...