slyputz (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Outstanding work. Even for the videographer. And radar man.For the disbelievers, this sailplane is "powered" by the sun. Really. Sun causes wind, wind hits mountains and is curved up. The vertical component of this wind provides the energy to lift the plane, counteracting gravity. Flying orbits, it COULD climb until the wind no longer curves up from the mountains. Instead, the pilot keeps it in an orbit, varying the altitude to maintain the energy. Speed or altitude.

TheDramaTube2020 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Crazy!

greatplanesman (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Ahh, good. A speed demond can go slow :)How fast do the flaps slow it down?

driftability (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Wow that is amazing.

weetsie (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

wow, just noticed you beat the land speed record by 5mph

weetsie (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

wow the wings can really take some force.

sll914 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

The plane is equiped with flaps to slow it down for landing. It can 'hover' in about 35mph of headwind...

jattamasso (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

how do you land such a plane?????

lineudc (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Congratulations for your splendid Kinetic project and the World Record Mr. Spencer!

greatplanesman (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Any chance that I could try next time I'm in your area :D