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Re: HG Launch Inclines

Postby JoeF » Thu Feb 11, 2016 7:19 pm

unchecked wiki wrote:The Beskids or Beskid Mountains is a traditional name for a series of mountain ranges in the Carpathians, stretching from the Czech Republic in the west along the border of Poland with Slovakia up to Ukraine in the east.


Where photo found: HERE
"Witam ! ŻAR 20 lecie lotniarstwa w Beskidach "
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Some Polish aviation history: HERE.
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Re: HG Launch Inclines

Postby JoeF » Sat Feb 13, 2016 5:12 pm

Hat Creek Rim in 2015
Best of Lift
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Re: HG Launch Inclines

Postby JoeF » Sat Feb 13, 2016 7:35 pm

Early
Dave Kilbourne
with large diameter wheels
at launch.
Steep incline.
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Re: HG Launch Inclines

Postby JoeF » Sun Feb 14, 2016 2:43 pm

ARP posted link to key document about José Weiss 1859-1919

From the document, the following clip:
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Vincent Nicholas Francis Joseph Weiss
known as José Weiss
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Re: HG Launch Inclines

Postby JoeF » Mon Feb 15, 2016 12:46 pm

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Clipfrom page ARP found: https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1915/1915%20-%200106.html

Seeds as one basis of aviation ....
competes with Otto L. 's birdflight as another basis of aviation.

Maybe: "falling" as a basis of aviation? Fall too hard and presto: no progeny. Fall with less impact: stay around longer? Seeds falling .... and gliding ... : success.
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Re: HG Launch Inclines

Postby JoeF » Sat Feb 20, 2016 10:16 am

February. Guads. Rim.
Mike E. seen ready for TO
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Re: HG Launch Inclines

Postby JoeF » Sat Feb 20, 2016 3:39 pm

Early hopeful with short and steep incline followed by quick splat
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Re: HG Launch Inclines

Postby JoeF » Tue Feb 23, 2016 4:48 pm

One of the Otto Lilienthal inclines:

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Objekt
Archiv-ID:
12217

Objekt:
Fotografie
Urheber:
Kassner, Carl
Titel:
Otto Lilienthal im Flug mit Derwitzer Apparat
Datum:
1891
Ausführung:
AS - Albumin auf Schmuckkarton
Format:
6,1*7,7
Quelle:
OLM 9278/02/058
Status:
Originalfoto
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Re: HG Launch Inclines

Postby JoeF » Tue Feb 23, 2016 4:59 pm

Otto Lilienthals artificial hill that he had made:

http://www.lilienthal-museum.de/olma/f0094lf.htm


See his several uses of his hill:
http://www.lilienthal-museum.de/olma/eba1894.htm
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Re: HG Launch Inclines

Postby ARP » Wed Feb 24, 2016 1:57 pm

"Otto Lilienthal's artificial hill that he had made:"

Stephan Nitsch web site has pictures of the hill as it is now, in a Berlin park. See 'Sites' section:-
http://www.liederknechte.de/jumpnfly/ni.htm
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