got a question below that i would appreciate some expert opinions. wife and i just finished another rick brant. the story started slow and remained so until...
After a recent posting about Rick's plane(s), I decided to share this: I met my wife's parents' neighbor Dan about 15 years ago, and learned that he was a...
John, Many of us have had similar experiences. My original knowledge of flying came from Tom Swift. Then Rick Brant. Then from personal observation and...
John, What type of glider do you fly? Where you interested in the story of the guy in Oregon with the new altitude record? How high have you flown in...
Steve, Dennis here. I am the glider pilot. I have flown Schweitzer 2-33 (we all train in the "ugly duckling"), 1-26, Blanik and Super Blanik, ASW-23 and Grob...
It's fascinatingly how elements in one's life converge, diverge, and then re-converge. It was the combination of Rick Brant books and Charles Lindbergh's "33...
John, You mentioned that you navigated by Loran? In this era of GPS, I am surprised that the Loran system is still around. Early in my career, I worked on...
I will add my own very minor Lindbergh connection. At one point Lindbergh lived in Darien, CT. In order to fly and not be bothered he would often go to a small...
Interesting that a Cessna 182 just made the news...Didn't say if it was an "RG" or not...Still my #1 candidate for Rick's 2nd plane... Â Outhouses cushion...
The pilot was "flush" with his landing success (Any landing that you walk away from is considered a "Good" landing...) Steven F. Duckett ... From: Steven...
... Oh. My. ... Yes, and if the aircraft can be flown again it is a "Great" landing. So Rick had many great landings and at least a couple merely good ones. ...
Steve: I guess you saw by now that Dennis Tuchalski was the glider pilot (I wish it was me!!) John Qualls ________________________________ From: Steven Duckett...
Lyn: This flight was about 15 years ago, and to the best of my recollection it was LORAN. I am unsure as to how popular it was or when it may have been phased...
John, 15 years ago most navigation was by low frequency radio navigation. There were usually two receivers connected to a compass. (this is a rather simplified...
Loran is still how most of the world navigates in the air....GPS is still for the rich....(as far as aircraft go, I always want the best in avionics (King,...
Actually, GPS for the rich is a matter of terms. A Garmin aviation GPS costs about $1000. The plane usually costs in excess of $100,000. Naturally some used...
To John Quals Thanks John for clarifying the timing of your LORAN flight. By coincidence, I read in the newspaper that the Obama administration, as part of...
And it has only taken us 45 years to catch up with the moving map display in James Bond's Aston Martin in "Goldfinger" -- which Rick and Scotty improvised (in...
In a posted message some time ago, someone mentioned that no Rick Brant collection would be complete without a copy of the 1950 World Almanac. I searched for...
I just got the email that The Electronic Mind Reader was available at Project Gutenberg now. http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/2/8/8/1/28813/ -- Greg Weeks ...
Cool! Do you think that the Project will get the rest of the Rick Brant series in sometime soon as well? Do they have the "Ken Holt" series or "Tom Swift"...
... They have all of the Tom Swift they are going to get until at least 2019. The only Ken Holt that may be possible is "The Mystery of the Iron Box" and I...
It has been a while since I have posted an update about the goings on at Applewood Books. This information is accurate as of 5/15/09. HARDY BOYS: #1 through...
I have to admit that the mere mention of something like a Project Gutenberg causes me to spend more time thinking about it than it's probably worth. Copyright...
... The author is dead in this case. How could he have an opinion? You need to go look at why we have copyright in the first place. Read a little bit of the...
My goodness, I'm sorry my personal opinion upset you, Greg, but it sounds like you've taken parts of my post out of context or you didn't read the whole thing....
... FWIW, as an outsider, your original post also seemed very hot-headed in tone. To some people, the volunteers of the Gutenberg project are dedicated and...
As a retired librarian who has both collected and acquired antiquarian books for the library, I view copyright as an inviolable protection against the...
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