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The winner of the Central American title is Soto. Diez, the points leader, has been disqualified for flying without a helmet. It has been a marvelous experience to view all this close up, but now I am filled with longing and apprehension. I don't exactly want to try this perilous sport myself, but I would like to know what it feels like to be free and unencumbered.
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I ask several of the pilots to describe the sensation to me in a way that I can better understand. But there's also a tremendous feeling of freedom. I feel my common sense losing the battle with my desire to see how it really feels. I begin to realize that I will have to fly if I am going to understand this.
After leaving word on the disposal of all my earthly goods, I set off with Palacios, who is to be the pilot on my maiden voyage—a tandem flight. A mutual friend has pleaded with him on my behalf not to fly too high and to play no tricks. The first stop is Mario's house to pick up a glider or two.
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Individually shrouded, the papalotes butterflies hang from brackets on the garage wall, one under the other from ceiling to floor. No serious pilot is satisfied with only one craft. Two is the absolute minimum; some pilots have half a dozen. We head for the hills to the California-style A-frame house of Diez and his wife, Hilda.
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Not a pilot herself, Hilda has flown tandem with her husband several times. I ask her what it was like. She giggles and says, "You have to try it. Seven of us and gear are packed into a single car. The papalotes are lashed to the top.
It is already late afternoon and getting chilly as we drive up the twisting mountain road. A hawk flies overhead. Diez stops the car and gets out. The others follow and stand with Cha Cha in the middle of the road, transfixed, gazing skyward. When the hawk disappears, we drive on to our own time in the air.
The takeoff site is cold and the wind is blustery and the sky darkening. The others casually stride to the edge of the cliff and look out to gauge conditions.
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I imitate them as bravely as I can. Everyone agrees that it is not a good day for flying. My safety has been granted a reprieve from my curiosity. But only a temporary one. A few days later Soto calls. I agree to do it. During the ride to the mountain, Soto tells stories of people who had gotten airsick while flying tandem. Big, macho guys, too—guys who had been skydiving and piloted small planes.
I am glad I'm not going up. There is a fierce wind at the takeoff site. A year earlier at this very spot, with similar weather conditions, Soto had a bad accident: His hang glider flipped over on takeoff and did a into the side of the mountain. Someone down below had seen the papalote smash against the rocks and had called for help.
He shows his scars. One is an inch wide running the length of his stomach.
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Another is on his right thigh. It was my fault. To quote Lilienthal, 'Sacrifices must be made. Soto is almost reverential as he speaks of Otto Lilienthal, the German pilot who has been called the father of gliding for his early experiments with curved-wing aircraft. It was on his deathbed in , following a crash, that Lilienthal said those words. We set up the papalotes. The memory of last year's accident is suddenly fresh. Nevertheless, he walks to the edge of the dirt ramp.
The wind lashes at his face. If he is going to fly, this is it. It is getting late.
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He wants to be the first to launch. The others must help him balance the wings in these gusts. He puts on his helmet, goggles and the padded harness that is, appropriately, called a cocoon.
They fight to hold on as the papalote struggles to lift off. Suddenly, in one quick motion the glider flips off the edge of the ramp. This is where the two young engineers, Faryal Anwar and Umama Saleem, come in. I have found that even though acceptance of women in such jobs is low it can be enhanced as we prove ourselves. We accepted the offer to come here and start off as trainees looking after crane maintenance.
The young women make a great team. Faryal says that since she is trained as an electronics engineer she helps Umama where electronics come in while Umama helps her with electrical work during maintenance. And both take over crane operations whenever there is a shortage of the regular crane operators. And then one realises that operating cranes at this port does not involve actually getting into a crane cabin.
They operate them from desks surrounded by at least six monitors with screen divisions showing each angle from 23 different cameras in a state-of-the-art control room. In front of the operator is a handheld speaker device for communicating with the staff on the ship and the ground along with three joysticks with which they can easily move the containers from the ship or the terminal.
According to Saira Khan, the manager for commercial and corporate affairs at the port, who handles shipping lines, women earlier were not even allowed at the container terminals. Credit goes to Hatchison of Hong Kong China company for believe in these 2 traditional girls and brave and good performances at work of these 2 girls: Great happening where our opposite gender is at job, once considered to be macho business only.
But like these girls who have an Utad teaching them intricacies of operation of these heavy crane, I remain indebted to my mentors ever since, who made me what I am today. These girls must acknowledge the fact that they must excel in their chosen profession to provide openings for others. Dear reader, online ads enable us to deliver the journalism you value. Please support us by taking a moment to turn off Adblock on Dawn. An uplifting experience Shazia Hasan Updated August 31, Published in Dawn, August 31st, Read more PML-N leadership mulls over party reorganisation. The coffee was not particularly good, though not 'bad' either.
It was just okay. It was about as good as what one used to get out of those machines in the old days. The chocolate croissant was rather small in size, for the price, and, not freshly made. They heated it up, which made the croissant deflate. It was edible, and like the coffee, tasted okay - wasn't 'bad'.
This place served its purpose - I needed to meet someone and this was a convenient spot for them. The coffee shop that I have come to really, really like is Timshel in downtown Neenah. Locally owned, fantastic tasting coffee, great atmosphere, and great food that they make from scratch there, and made with locally sourced ingredients and products.
This restaurant is really good. I got me a vanilla scone for my dessert and used my treat receipt to get me a cupcake frappuccino and they both tasted great. The employees were very nice and the free wifi was fast. We often stop at a Starbucks to unwind during a long trip or as a break from shopping. This Starbucks has the traditional tables but also a line of padded benches with backs. This Starbucks is not easy to access because there is not a direct route from the highway. You need to enter the Mall at the stoplight to the west of Starbucks and then thread your way to the cafe.
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