It does not matter whether it is "and" or "or" It is quite clear what the intent of this regulation is, and that is the maintainance of 200ft seperation between sailplanes IN ANY Direction. To make some argument of ambiguity when the alternate understanding is clearly a nonsense serves no purpose to this discusion.
Lets take this back to basics, which is that there is an appears to be a lack of knowledge in some elements of the the gliding community regarding the basic rules of the air. The extent of this problem and its cause, needs to be determined. I suspect that some clubs may not be placing sufficient emphasis on this subject during their training process, which leads to the question what other things could be slipping through the net. We have an organisation within the Gliding movement whose responsibility is to ensure that teaching practices across all clubs in Australia follow standards set be the GFA. Issues such as this should be addressed by the NGS, if we can't ensure that the National training standards are adhered to, we run the risk of having them taken out of our control. John Parncutt -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Ken Dawber Sent: Saturday, 18 June 2005 6:06 PM To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. Subject: [Aus-soaring] 200 feet separation Unfortunately, its not always the intent of a rule that is taken when a rule is looked at in a court of law. What the rule actually says is often given more weight. With the current separation rule as shown below, ie. "200 feet vertically AND horizontally" then we glider pilots are required never to fly at the same height as another aircraft, regardless of horizontal separation!!!! Once one aircraft is up in the air, no other aircraft can get higher than that aircraft without breaking this rule!! Shouldn't that 'and' be an 'or'. We only need to be separated by the vertical separation OR the horizontal separation, not by both. Regards Ken Dawber > Christopher H Thorpe wrote: > >> Mike's comment is correct and remains so. GFA Operational Regulations - >> Section 9.22 states:- >> >> "A sailplane shall not be flown so close to another aircraft as to >> create a >> collision hazard. GFA requires that a separation from other >> sailplanes, and >> tug aircraft towing sailplanes, of at least 200 feet vertically and >> horizontally be maintained." > _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
