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Published in The Intellog Blog

·6 days ago

Dear Mr. Stubblebine,

You can imagine my surprise when an email from the brand new CEO of Medium landed in my inbox. — Furthermore, I was really intrigued with what you said: “The first reason I’m reaching out to you is because in my experience Medium has given mixed messages over the years about how it feels about our open platform. …

Medium

7 min read

Dear Mr. Stubblebine,
Dear Mr. Stubblebine,

Published in The New RC Soaring Digest

·Aug 1

In The Air

So just how big is the RC soaring community? — Quite often, I’m asked “so exactly how many people are into that RC soaring thing?” In response, I’m forced to fake a coughing fit, mumble something unintelligible, do a spit take or perhaps just pretend I don’t quite understand the question. …

August 2022

5 min read

In The Air
In The Air

Published in The New RC Soaring Digest

·Jul 2

In The Air

Let’s help those who have had the courage to turn their passion into their profession. — Recently, I received an interesting letter from a gentlemen by the name of Jim Ealy, who some of you may know by his nom-de-plume of AstroJeff. For those of you who don’t know Jim — I didn’t — he is the proprietor of the Vintage Sailplaner website (see Resources, below…

July 2022

5 min read

In The Air
In The Air

Published in The New RC Soaring Digest

·May 29

In The Air

Flying fields are as fragile as spring blossoms. — Regular readers of this column will recall last month’s missive where I told the story of the emotional rollercoaster I had been on regarding the Col de Costco. That’s my favourite slope which backs onto — you guessed it — a local mall smack in the middle of an industrial…

June 2022

8 min read

In The Air
In The Air

Published in The New RC Soaring Digest

·Apr 23

In The Air

RC soaring is not a crime. — There’s a Costco big box store not too far from where I live which stands just east of a great slope that runs due north and south for about two or three city blocks. The crest of the slope runs parallel to a road which is home to mostly light…

May 2022

9 min read

In The Air
In The Air

Published in The New RC Soaring Digest

·Apr 1

Don Burt’s Groundbreaking Boss-T

Revisiting a design to which many modern RC gliders can trace their roots. — I want to offer deepest thanks to my friend Steve Kerry, without whom this project would have not existed. He was the one who picked up on a casual mention of the Boss-T in one of my previous articles, and through his tireless efforts was able to reconstruct an original…

April 2022

5 min read

Don Burt’s Groundbreaking Boss-T
Don Burt’s Groundbreaking Boss-T

Published in The New RC Soaring Digest

·Apr 1

In The Air

Some thoughts as to where we go from here — at least technologically speaking. — What eventually drove me away from attending Sunday mass, many years ago, was the arrival at our parish of a firebrand financial fixer masquerading as a kindly, aging Irish priest. What was obvious from his sermons was Father was less interested in saving our souls than he was in our…

April 2022

7 min read

In The Air
In The Air

Published in The New RC Soaring Digest

·Feb 28

In The Air

Was a humble wooden glider the subject of Canada’s second saddest story of star-crossed aviation innovation? — In the never-ending hunt for quirky, original and offbeat story ideas, Google is an absolutely invaluable tool — but you all know that already, of course. …

March 2022

6 min read

In The Air
In The Air

Feb 18

First of all, Happy New Year to you and yours!
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Lyle Jeakins

Thank you, Lyle.

Thank you, Lyle. A much belated Happy New Year to you, too. I realise that when it's offered two clear weeks into February that it may have lost some of its relevance, but I still wish you and your all the best for the (balance of the) New Year! I hope you enjoyed…

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Published in The New RC Soaring Digest

·Jan 30

In The Air

Bird? Like. Bird-like. — Sometime in the mid-1970s, the cinematic rendering of Richard Bach’s mega-hit book Jonathan Livingston Seagull had arrived in the movie theatres of Vancouver, BC. …

February 2022

7 min read

In The Air
In The Air
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