Oh god, the drugs are really kicking in now Richard, these ones are called the Pilliga greens, please stop I think I might split .
Justin Sinclair 17 Queen st Scarborough Qld 4020 Mob 0421061811 Hm 07 3885 8949 Sent from iPhone > On 4 Mar 2016, at 13:33, Richard Frawley <rjfraw...@gmail.com> wrote: > > yes, it is recommended that all budding and novice Comp pilots complete a > Speedweek or similar before their first Comp. > > when Paul Mander runs Speedweek there is emphasis is on Comp preparation. > Final Glides and FG planning is part of that. A great place with a structured > low stress environment to learn and practice these key aspects. > > > >> On 4 Mar 2016, at 2:26 PM, Jarek Mosiejewski <jar...@optusnet.com.au> wrote: >> >> From my observations, circuit finishes happen most often with novice >> competition pilots who are not yet comfortable with straight-ins and / or >> unable to fine-tune the final glide arriving with too much altitude. >> Sometimes you may also see this when the designated duty runway is so >> congested that it is safer to join the circuit to an alternative runway. >> Regards >> Jarek >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: >> "Gary Stevenson" <gstev...@bigpond.com> >> >> To: >> "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia." >> <aus-soaring@lists.base64.com.au>, "M-12148 Mosiejewski Jaroslaw" >> <jar...@optusnet.com.au> >> Cc: >> >> Sent: >> Fri, 4 Mar 2016 12:59:57 +1100 >> Subject: >> RE: [Aus-soaring] Potential dangers in the sport of gliding >> >> >> Yeah, it can happen, but only on good blue days, when your normal >> inter-thermal glide speed is about 100 knots or so, and you are already on, >> or close to, final glide . If your VNE is say 135 knots, and you >> find/stumble upon a nice energy line in the blue, you can be at VNE >> surprisingly quickly. On Cu days, you can usually allow for this by looking >> well ahead, starting the final glide early, and gradually pulling up under >> the clouds onto the optimal final glide path. >> >> Gary >> >> >> >> >> From: Aus-soaring [mailto:aus-soaring-boun...@lists.base64.com.au] On Behalf >> Of Richard Frawley >> Sent: Friday, 4 March 2016 11:49 AM >> To: M-12148 Mosiejewski, Jaroslaw; Discussion of issues relating to Soaring >> in Australia. >> Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Potential dangers in the sport of gliding >> >> >> >> expect for the rare occasion, if you come in with that much energy on final >> glide in a comp, then you screwed up the planning of the final glide >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On 4 Mar 2016, at 11:42 AM, Jarek Mosiejewski <jar...@optusnet.com.au> wrote: >> >> >> >> There are no low level finished in the comps, the vast majority of comp >> finishes are straight-ins which are really long finals. The rest, for >> people who have too much energy for a straight in, they are regular circuits. >> Most comps explicitly forbid low level, high energy finishes (aka bit ups). >> Regards >> Jarek >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> >> From: >> >> >> "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia." >> <aus-soaring@lists.base64.com.au> >> >> >> >> >> To: >> >> >> "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia." >> <aus-soaring@lists.base64.com.au> >> >> Cc: >> >> >> >> >> >> Sent: >> >> >> Fri, 4 Mar 2016 11:30:20 +1100 >> >> Subject: >> >> >> Re: [Aus-soaring] Potential dangers in the sport of gliding >> >> >> On Mar 4, 2016, at 11:14 AM, DMcD <slutsw...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> It's probable that the >> statistics overall are not enough to prove anything one way or >> another. >> >> >> >> >> Well, sure, you could give strong-feelings-and-make-believe a try if you >> want, but if you can’t baseline a “before” and “after” picture I’m not sure >> how you’ll work out whether or not you’ve advanced the state of the art. >> >> >> >> >> There have been a significant number of accidents and fatalities in >> the last few years during comps which were related a style of flying >> which is unique to comps… low finishes. >> >> >> >> >> Is that a true statement? >> >> >> >> >> This type of accident is rare or non-existent outside comp flying. >> >> >> >> >> Is that a true statement? >> >> >> >> >> - mark >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Email sent using Optus Webmail >> _______________________________________________ >> Aus-soaring mailing list >> Aus-soaring@lists.base64.com.au >> http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring >> >> >> >> Email sent using Optus Webmail >> _______________________________________________ >> Aus-soaring mailing list >> Aus-soaring@lists.base64.com.au >> http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > Aus-soaring@lists.base64.com.au > http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring
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