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June 12, 2008

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FLYING: An argument against ballistic chutes

By benfrain in Personal

There is always a debate amongst Microlight (Ultralight in US speak) flyers as to whether ballistic chutes are more risky than taking your chances without. Stumbled across this video which makes a good argument against… [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1PX7G0u0yI&hl=en] However, it is alleged the pilot in question had altered the chute installation so that the release for the [...]

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June 12, 2008

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WEB: Google Maps – finding the GLatLng setting

By benfrain in Tech-tip, Website Design

Note: Unless you’re a website designer, this probably won’t mean a lot to you! Need to find out your ‘GLatLng’ settings for a custom Google Maps implementation? The code looks something like this… “function load() { if (GBrowserIsCompatible()) { var map = new GMap2(document.getElementById(“map”)); map.setCenter(new GLatLng(37.4419, -122.1419), 13); var gIcons = []; map.addControl(new GSmallMapControl()); map.addControl(new [...]

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