John wrote >We played around for a while, with me doing circuits at >different ranges and I was invisible to their radar, even in perfect >conditions and them able to see me by looking up from their screen. G'Day, The first kayak I bought was a demo model olive drab Klepper Aerius, from a military supply outfit who took some pride in showing me their advertising brochure. It was a picture of two marines paddling a double Klepper in a battle zone with a missile flying overhead and the virtue of the Klepper in this instance was its invisibility on radar. I've often wondered how significant the Klepper's wooden frame was and whether boats such as the Feathercraft with its aluminium frame would show up more readily on a radar screen. Anyway the Klepper lived up to the brochure's promise and I never was hit by a missile:~) All the best, PeterO *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Fri Jun 19 2009 - 17:00:29 PDT
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