I hate having to cease to climb when I get 1000ft below a beautiful cumulus cloud. Don't you all ?
----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Borgelt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, 23 August 2004 4:31 PM Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Oxygen > At 04:17 PM 23/08/04 +1000, you wrote: > >Brian > > > >In this day and age of litigation and fine print "get out of jail free" > >clauses, I would think that any savvy insurer's lawyers would pick up on the > >pilot being above 10,000 ft without oxygen and try to invalidate the cover. > > > >Even more worrying, when I asked about how oxygen (or lack thereof) applied > >to FAI badge/certificate claims, I was told that it is not checked. > > > >Indeed, there is no requirement on the part of the Official Observer to make > >sure that the flight was legal with regard to airspace violations or the > >carriage of oxygen. > > > >I found this amazing, and still do. Why on earth are the FAI (and OOs and > >Certificates Officers) allowing pilots to tempt fate by flying in a manner > >which is clearly illegal as well as potentially dangerous ? OK, so maybe > >different countries have different legal requirements to comply, but surely > >the basic idea of "thou shalt conduct your badge flight according to the > laws > >of the countries in which you fly" should be a mandatory part of the FAI > >Sporting Code rules. > > > >In the years I've been flying I know of several pilots who have successfully > >claimed gold heights when they flew well above 10,000 ft without oxygen. > > > >As for me, I'll wait until a wave camp or XC camp where I'm carrying the > >right gear before I get above 10,000 ft. No ifs or buts about it. > > > >Cheers > > > >Jason > > Well maybe they don't do that because they aren't policemen and do not want > to be policemen. > > If you seriously think the GFA BBL or any top up third party cover is good > for more than showing the piece of paper to the contest management I think > you are seriously deluded. But, no doubt, having the piece of paper gives > you a warm and fuzzy feeling. > > I bet they don't even check that the people conformed to VMC criteria > either and didn't climb closer than 1000 feet to cloudbase or didn't fly up > the side of cloud in wave closer than 1.5 km to the cloud. > > Now please don't tell us that you have never climbed to cloudbase while > above 3000AMSL or at greater than 1000 feet AGL, Jason. Enough of the the > hypocrisy. > > Would all those who wish to be policemen please for chrissakes go and join > your state or the federal police services where you can be gainfully > occupied harassing real criminals and leave the rest of us alone? > > Mike > Borgelt Instruments - manufacturers of quality soaring instruments > phone Int'l + 61 746 355784 > fax Int'l + 61 746 358796 > cellphone Int'l + 61 428 355784 > Int'l + 61 429 355784 > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > website: www.borgeltinstruments.com > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To check or change subscription details, visit: > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring > _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
