Well said Glen:-)
-- Brian Wade Personal Computer Concepts Uniform Time PO Box 114 INDOOROOPILLY QLD 4068 Ph: 07 3371 2944 Fax: 07 3870 4103 Win a fully furnished luxury Gold Coast waterfront home plus a Gold Coast Apartment and support Australian War Veterans. Total value - $1,105,000 http://www.rslartunion.com To be drawn on 19 December 2001 YOU HAVE GOT TO BE IN IT TO WIN IT! ----- Original Message ----- From: "glenn McLean" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, December 14, 2001 7:27 AM Subject: Re: [aus-soaring] Flying Jokes > Mike, > Although you have been very helpful in past contacts with freely giving > assistance and information, I have to reply to your last couple of shots at > the GFA. > I am an instructor and have freely given my time and resources for the last > thirty years at the RAAF Richmond club. I have also been RTO/Ops central NSW > for the last four years. > Mike I feel personally insulted by your assertations that instructors do not > have faith in their training as I have worked very hard towards getting > instructor standards to the highest point and maintaining them. As a power > pilot I am sure that the system we employ is superior to what you get at a > local flying school, in all abinitio aspects. > > If your opinion is jaded by the actions of a few of the cowboys in the > system, that is unfortunate, but overall I am sure you must agree that most > instructors are not in that category and that your comments were unkind, > unfair, and largely untrue. > > The GFA is nothing more than a collective of people who mostly work in their > own time, mostly unpaid- towards conserving the freedoms our sport has and > ensuring systems are in place to maximise safe operations. > After being involved in operaations for a while, I can attest that those I > have been in contact with, have only the best intentions for maintaining > those freedoms we have , in an ever increasing environment of over > regulation. > > The organisation could benefit from your knowledge and experience, should > you wish to assist. There are many ways you could do this, but constantly > publishing derogatory comments achieves nothing- and I would be pleased if > you could cease that. > If you have no success in getting your views put to GFA, through your local > representatives, I will be happy to act for you, or you could enquire about > development of local regional operations panels, through your RTO/Ops. > > In closing, I must let you know that we recently purchased a B50 from you, > which was shipped without the temperature probe and the panel adaptor. > Delays in fulfilling this order correctly has resulted in our losing four > flying weekends ( the adaptor arrived yesterday). Some attention to detail > could be required on your part. > > Regards > Glenn McLean > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mike Borgelt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 8:49 AM > Subject: Re: [aus-soaring] Flying Jokes > > > > At 12:57 PM 12/12/01 +1000, you wrote: > > > > > >The three best things in life are a good landing, a good orgasm, and a > > >good bowel movement. The night carrier landing is one of the few > > >opportunities to experience all three at the same time. (A DC-9 > captain > > >trainee attempting to check out on the 'glass cockpit' of an A-320.) > > > "Now I know what a dog feels like watching TV." It only takes two > > >things to fly: airspeed and money. up, the pilot dies. If ATC > screws > > >up, the pilot dies. It's better to break ground and head into the > wind > > >than to break wind and head into the ground. usually quits whining > > >when it gets to the gate. A copilot is a knot head until he spots > > >opposite direction traffic at 12 o'clock, after which he's a goof-off for > > >not seeing it sooner. Without ammunition the USAF would be just > > >another expensive flying club. If something hasn't broken on your > > >helicopter, it's about to. I give that landing a 9 . . . on the > Richter > > >scale. Basic Flying Rules: > > > 1. Try to stay in the middle of the air. > > > 2. Do not go near the edges of it. > > > ground, buildings, sea, trees and interstellar space. It is much more > > >difficult to fly there. Unknown landing signal officer to carrier > pilot > > >after his 6th unsuccessful landing attempt: "You've got to land here > son, > > >this is where the food is." ***And a personal favourite: > > > New FAA motto: "We're not happy, till you're not happy. > > > > > > > You got it wrong. The last is the GFA motto. > > > > Mike Borgelt > > Borgelt Instruments - manufacturers of quality soaring instruments > > ABN 75532924542 > > Box 7474 Toowoomba M.C. > > Queensland 4352 > > Australia > > > > Tel 0746 355 784 > > mob 0428 355 784 > > 0429 355 784 > > fax 0746 358 796 > > > > International > > phone: int'l+ 61 7 46 355 784 > > Cellphone:int'l +61 4 28 355 784 > > int'l +61 4 29 355 784 > > fax : int'l+ 61 7 46 358 796 > > > > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > website:www.ozemail.com.au/~mborgelt > > > > -- > > * You are subscribed to the aus-soaring mailing list. > > * To Unsubscribe: send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > * with "unsubscribe aus-soaring" in the body of the message > > * or with "help" in the body of the message for more information. > > > -- > * You are subscribed to the aus-soaring mailing list. > * To Unsubscribe: send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > * with "unsubscribe aus-soaring" in the body of the message > * or with "help" in the body of the message for more information. > > -- * You are subscribed to the aus-soaring mailing list. * To Unsubscribe: send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] * with "unsubscribe aus-soaring" in the body of the message * or with "help" in the body of the message for more information.
