I would not like to have to start my (Super Dimona) motor-glider's engine from cold at less than 500' as it requires two hands, one pulling out the choke and the other turning the key! I presume you have it running.
PeterS ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Giddy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 21, 2003 11:19 AM Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] What is Safer? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mike Borgelt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia." > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, November 21, 2003 9:36 AM > Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] What is Safer? > > > | > | At Toowoomba, 200 feet with instructor, 500 feet for solo > practice. > | They don't have a low flying area where they can do this > near Moorabin? > | > | Are you sure what you are doing in motorgliders is legal? > > > None of my friends who fly PPL from Moorabbin, and those who > are training for GFPT/PPL, have ever mentioned such an area. > 500 ft seems to be the limit. > > Regarding motorglider outlanding training, I don't know if > it is legal, but it has been done for many years, and over > open farmland, with no buildings, seems pretty innocuous to > me. I would much prefer to know for sure that I would have > got into my chosen paddock, and also had a closer look at > its surface than that available from 500 ft. > Cheers, John G. > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
