Re: Letters with **three** cases?

In message <42CAE63C.1203@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Peter T. Daniels <grammatim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes
Seán O'Leathlóbhair wrote: 

Peter T. Daniels wrote:
> Nigel Greenwood wrote:
> >
> > Seán O'Leathlóbhair wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > You are right that sometimes a voice call is better but sometimes a
> > > text is better.  Sending an address or phone number by text may be more
> > > accurate than dictating it by phone.
> >
> > In the UK glider pilots usually text their GPS coordinates back to base
> > if they have to land in a farmer's field.  That way the retrieve crew
> > know exactly where to find them: it's more reliable (though not 100%)
> > than reading the numbers over the phone.
>
> Glider pilots??????
>
> Suddenly one has visions ...


Why?

Sounds normal enough to me.  What would you call the person that
controls a glider?  I have flown a glider a few times.  I had an
instructor but I was in the "driving" seat and I would have described
myself as the pilot.  I have also flown a plane and the two had a lot
in common.

I have also used text to send GPS data but not in conjunction with
flying.  In my few trips, with or without an engine, I managed to
return to the intended airfield.

It sounds like glidering is suddenly the latest fad,

Unlikely. Most private aviation is much more expensive and bureaucracy-shackled on this side of the Atlantic.

with farmers
throughout the Isle fearing for their crops!

Unlike the situation with hot-air balloons, landing in fields is not the norm: the pilot's usual intention is to land back at an airfield.

Is it the new
trainspotting?


What was the old trainspotting?

--
Richard Herring
.

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