XPost: sci.electronics.design, sci.physics   
   From: invlaid@invalid.com   
      
   On 11/14/2016 12:37 PM, Jeff Findley wrote:   
   > In article , spamjunk@blueyonder.co.uk   
   > says...   
   >>   
      
   >> True, but they are a damn sight more fun :)   
   >>   
   >> (Besides, ISTR sailing ships seem to have been   
   >> used for transportation, even though they were   
   >> sometimes becalmed :) )   
   >   
   > Fun is not a practical transportation device.   It's awfully hard to get   
   > a glider to fly arbitrary routes thousands of miles long.  It's trivial   
   > with a jet airliner.   
   >   
   > Jeff   
   >   
      
   I had a boss once that flew a glider for sport and would go from arizona   
   to california non stop, getting thermals on the way.   
   too risky for me.   
      
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