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spiralhelix 
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 Topic: WingboardingPosted: January-15-2016 at 7:22pm |
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just wait until they develop the wingtube then they will be destroying perfectly good air space.
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SNobsessed
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Posted: January-07-2016 at 10:15am |
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I can see it now - at the boat show - Twiggy will be towed aloft by a drone!
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“Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.”
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fanofccfan
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Posted: January-07-2016 at 9:25am |
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Very impressive project to say the least!
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tryathlete
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Posted: January-07-2016 at 4:53am |
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I don't know if Quinner was anywhere near Deep Lake when this took place (think it was more than 15 years ago), but one of our neighbors in Deep Lake Shores had a ski boat with a motorized winch that held a spool of rope that attached to a wing that the guy wore on his back. He would put this damn wing on and stand up when the boat got going about 25 and his wife would let out the line while the driver slowly sped up. The guy would get towed up to about 800 feet or so, then release the line on his end up in the sky and sly around for 4-5 minutes before landing near shore.
I have this whole thing from a very reliable neighbor who once ran the winch rig (he made a mistake and was politely told not to let it happen again)== don't remember the details, but after reading this goofy story, I will have to get the REST OF THE STORY for CCF. Being towed by an airplane begs a lot of questions about things like life insurance riders, but I do have to admit that as an aviator, while it spikes my "watch this" mentality, it wreaks of gross stupidity much like those idiots with wingsuits that occasionally hit terra firma at over 100mph and their friends who say dumb things like "he died doing what he loved". No he died hitting the ground. |
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Donald80SN
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Posted: January-06-2016 at 10:15pm |
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Just when I got a new to me boat, now I have to get a new to me Air Plane. I don't even have an old too me Air Plane. CRAP!!!!!!
It never ends. Donald 
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1980 Ski Nautique SOLD Back to Cypress Gardens
2002 Sport Nautique, GT-40, FCT2, Cover Sports, Tower Bimini, Inc., Wet Sounds Audio System, Star Gazer Wake Edition S. 1968 Ski Nautique, Project. |
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JPASS
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Posted: January-06-2016 at 8:26pm |
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Was I the only one fascinated by that sweet remote control test pilot? That thing was pretty slick.
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'92 Correctcraft Ski Nautique
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skutsch
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Posted: January-06-2016 at 6:04pm |
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Yeah, I was thinking more along the lines if something went catastrophically wrong and you had to bail before reaching safe parachute height. But yeah your right as long as you could hold on and the plane could continue to climb with the dead weight - you could then parachute to safety.
Man this would certainly be a sport for the physical fit... |
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Hollywood
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Posted: January-06-2016 at 5:55pm |
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Don't let go while ascending!
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quinner
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Posted: January-06-2016 at 5:24pm |
Assuming the tow plane could pull + gain altitude with everything as dead weight then once it reaches an altitude greater then the tow rope length you would no longer be in danger of hitting the ground, prior to that however, yikes. |
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skutsch
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Posted: January-06-2016 at 4:59pm |
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Pretty sure Frankenotter would be all over this - the safety risk during transition from launch to safe parachute height is just ridiculous...
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kapla
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Posted: January-06-2016 at 4:22pm |
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Nice!
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<a href="">1992 ski nautique
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Hollywood
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Posted: January-06-2016 at 2:28pm |
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Ken Spurling AKA Skip Waters AKA Skip Landry
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bwinn
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Posted: January-06-2016 at 2:17pm |
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Who's up for some Wingboarding
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