Re: [Aus-soaring] ASIC and the USA alternative

When the photo of Inyokern (KIYK) that Macca attached was taken there were no longer airline activities, so we stole back "their" area of the public use airport to park and assemble on a nice smooth surface. Even during airline operations, nobody on the GA side of the line thought about wearing

Re: [Aus-soaring] Ventus 2cm engine issue

Not a problem! When in doubt, take a tow and fly as if you are a glider. Jim -- Original Message -- From: "Grietje Wansink" To: "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia." Sent: 12/12/2017 6:16:11 PM Subject:

[Aus-soaring] Class 2 Medicals

An interesting e-mail this morning from CASA. They've modified their approach towards medicals. A good move, even if the 40-year age break point seems a bit excessive for a high percentage of pilots. The similar FAA BasicMed I have is for 4 years, but there's an online course and test to take

[Aus-soaring] FAA's response to an enquiry about the service life of Lark IS-28B2

Something that was recently brought up... The following response dated 16 October from the FAA to the Soaring Society of America's government liaison, regarding the service life of the IS-28B2 indicates the 30-year limit is void in their eyes. Jim

Re: [Aus-soaring] Parachute

Apologies to Ron. You had no idea what you started. But people take these things too lightly. Highly recommend doing a couple of jumps so you know what it feels like, even if the jump isn't started from a damaged aircraft. My personal preference is for a square parachute. They have great

Re: [Aus-soaring] Goondiwindi

There are posts on OLC, but only a few. I just found out who we lost there. Simon was always good for a laugh, usually at his own expense. Jim -- Original Message -- From: "Mike Borgelt" To: "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia."

Re: [Aus-soaring] 13.5 WGC

Tony Condon, one of the USA pilots posted this on RAS. Jim Tony 9:54 AM (8 hours ago) Well the forecast was for no chance of rain. So.naturally a big line of rain developed right along the line to the last turnpoint. So it became a distance day. Winning distance should be about 400km. My

Re: [Aus-soaring] GPS splitter

Mike et al: I don't know if it is easy to get in Australia, but my MECA 3-way divider has been in use for more than two years. https://www.talleycom.com/viewProduct?rlProdNum=MCA803-2-1.500V Optimally, you'd use a GPS antenna capable of accepting the summed voltage from all receivers,

Re: [Aus-soaring] ClearNav Vario version 3.6 is now available.

nd is usually superior to the TE probe. Also recently Rex Maize of Williams Soaring in CA has taken over ownership of ClearNav Instruments. Thanks to Jim Staniforth I have had good dealings with Re over the years. He plans to add YouTube videos on using the instruments similar to cumulus soaring o

Re: [Aus-soaring] Base radio

I know of two Dittel portable stations in California... They belong to Hannes Linke, and Harry Wuenstel is selling them. I'll ask Harry. Believe asking $300 for the one with FSG50 and $500 with FSG71M. Jim -- Original Message -- From: "Lumpy Paterson"

Re: [Aus-soaring] Reminder: CASA : input on radio frequency in Class G airspace

-- Original Message -- From: "Mark Newton" <new...@atdot.dotat.org> To: "Jim Staniforth" <staniforth...@yahoo.com>; "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia." <aus-soaring@lists.base64.com.au> Sent: 4/2/2017 4:34:57 PM S

Re: [Aus-soaring] Reminder: CASA : input on radio frequency in Class G airspace

CASA claimed they would copy the FAA airspace system. Below is the text from the only page in the FAA Aeronautical Information Manual on Class G Airspace. The key words are "see and avoid". The link is to the current FAA AIM, a good reference. My copy/paste is page 159 of the pdf. Jim

Re: [Aus-soaring] CASA Avmed discussion paper

Thanks for the reminder, Mike. Sent. Jim -- Original Message -- From: "Mike Borgelt" To: "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia." Sent: 3/26/2017 9:00:21 PM Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] CASA Avmed

Re: [Aus-soaring] Flarm Firmware Update

There are two different antennas on a PowerFLARM. One for FLARM and one for ADSB. Jim -- Original Message -- From: "DMcD" To: "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia." Sent: 3/8/2017 6:06:44 PM Subject: Re:

Re: [Aus-soaring] To PowerFlarm or not?

s, battery capacity is not an issue. Jim Trig stuff at Craggy Aero: http://craggyaero.com/trig.htm -- Original Message -- From: "Mark Newton" <new...@atdot.dotat.org> To: "Jim Staniforth" <staniforth...@yahoo.com> Cc: "Discussion of issues relating to So

Re: [Aus-soaring] L2 Independent Ops

Many of us thought that the GPC was going to give holders responsibility for themselves. Perhaps some situations where people felt they were under an instructor's "control" only happened because the instructor was concerned about legal liability under the present rules. Seems an unnecessary

[Aus-soaring] Bathurst 1000k

Nice one Matthew. Seems a bit out of the ordinary... How many thousands have been done out of Bathurst? http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0/gliding/flightinfo.html?dsId=5517024 Light-heartedly, Jim ___ Aus-soaring mailing list

[Aus-soaring] Morning Glory in the Bight

Newspaper article http://tinyurl.com/gsmxwne Looks incredible. Jim ___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.base64.com.au http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring

[Aus-soaring] FAA Issues General Aviation Medical Rule

We've been waiting for it... The third class medical requirement for private and recreational pilots will no longer be necessary starting on the first of May. Lets hope other authorities do the same! Jim https://www.faa.gov/news/updates/?newsId=87125

Re: [Aus-soaring] JS3s arr Benalla

Very cool. I'll need to have a go in VH-VJS, to make it three gliders with the same rego. Jim -- Original Message -- From: "Mike Cleaver" To: "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia." Sent: 12/30/2016

Re: [Aus-soaring] Loss of control accidents

Interesting approach. In other FAA news, the third class medical is slated to go away! Presidential signature was on the 15th. The FAA now has a year to put it into the regulations. Essentially, if you have held and not been denied an FAA aviation medical within 10 years of 15 July 2016,

Re: [Aus-soaring] Wave flying

You probably want the winds at altitude to be in the 30 to 40 Knot range. Progress in 50Kts or higher gets increasingly tough. As mentioned before, sharing local wave information on something like a Google Map would help stitch things together for longer wave flight attempts on the right

Re: [Aus-soaring] Go-Jack devices

I've used one of those model 4100 jacks. Works very well to move a heavy glider (ASH26E) into the hangar sideways. We cut a piece of the Horton Stack door track out where the "people door" is. Jack the glider outside on the ramp and wheel it in. At $400US, freight would about double the

Re: [Aus-soaring] 1000km in a 1-26

The 1-26 is a pretty basic glider. L/D is 23:1 and the right side of the polar is steep. Daniel is a great pilot. Some of you may have met him at the Junior Worlds at Narromine. Jim On 5/8/2016 8:00 PM, Justin Couch wrote: For those not watching r.a.s, A 1000km flight has just been completed

[Aus-soaring] Stitching together small waves to go XC

At Narromine (2007?) a few people were interested in wave XC so we had a chat. I thought it would be advantageous for Australian wave sites to put their heads together to map the local wave locations along the ranges, with the idea of putting together longer wave XC flights. Wave doesn't just

Re: [Aus-soaring] Fun with Form 2 Inspections and paperwork

Act One of the comedy is doing all this for very little reason! Form 2 comparison: In my experience most FAA Condition Inspections on motorless EXP gliders have taken about three hours. Jim On 4/23/2016 3:06 AM, Justin Couch wrote: On 23/04/2016 7:51 AM, Mike Borgelt wrote: You might also

Re: [Aus-soaring] [gfaforum] See you

Ron: As Dave Springford pointed out, tasks are saved in the cup file. If you're using an older version of SeeYou the satellite imagery (Raster Maps) isn't worth using. Version 8 satellite imagery is better, but after the first year requires a subscription. Viewing igc files in Google Earth

Re: [Aus-soaring] Fun with Form 2 Inspections and paperwork

. Jim Staniforth must be rolling his eyes at this nonsense compared to the simplicity of going gliding in the USA. Mike *Borgelt Instruments***- /design & manufacture of quality soaring instrumentation since 1978 /www.borgeltinstruments.com <http://www.borgeltinstruments.com/>tel:

Re: [Aus-soaring] Help, please

There's a hotel chain of the same name. Commonly referred to as "I Bet It's Shi#" Jim On 4/8/2016 6:03 AM, Mark Newton wrote: Even D.H. Lawrence called it "our garbage bird." ___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.base64.com.au

Re: [Aus-soaring] perlan/U-2

Glad they're not flying SR-71s any more, they're extremely noisy going through Mach. First time hearing it, thought someone had crashed into the house. The shock waves were quite visible in a Cirrus deck. Ripples then BOOM. Irv Culver had a few stories about the 71. He was also originator of

[Aus-soaring] Another tool in your pocket

Just saw this on the RAS newsgroup. Jim I have written an app that measures wing frequency - currently available for Android on the Play Store here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.controlj.ios.wingfreq

Re: [Aus-soaring] Proximity

different transponders in various gliders. It is easy to install, certify and operate a transponder in a glider. Jim On 3/1/2016 2:58 PM, Ian Mc Phee wrote: Jim, notice you said 1202. Is that just USA or a misprint of 1200?im On 1 Mar 2016 10:14 am, "Jim Staniforth" <

Re: [Aus-soaring] Proximity

This seems to occur more frequently in Europe, with carriers like RyanAir flying into small airports to avoid the expense of the larger ones. Cross-posting from another newsgroup, Rec.Aviation.Soaring, here is a video from FAA ATC of proximity warnings that are filtered through the

Re: [Aus-soaring] Passing this on - Ian Linke

Thanks, Mark. I've also had a reply from a friend of Ian's off list. As administrator of a couple of newsgroups, I appreciate the timely response. With the amount of junk traffic these days, it's hard to keep up! Jim On 2/8/2016 6:01 PM, Mark Newton wrote: As list admin, I get copies of

[Aus-soaring] Australian glider canopy manufacturer

Hello: I'm looking for the supplier of replacement glider canopies. Information is appreciated. Thanks, Jim ___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.base64.com.au http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring

Re: [Aus-soaring] Australian glider canopy manufacturer

in SA will know him. Regards Michael *From:*Aus-soaring [mailto:aus-soaring-boun...@lists.base64.com.au] *On Behalf Of *Jim Staniforth *Sent:* Monday, 8 February 2016 1:43 PM *To:* Discussion of issues relating to S

Re: [Aus-soaring] Transponders etc.

Appears the incident was in Class G? Is looking out the window optional? An outside loop at 1000'AGL sounds like dramatic licence. As does turning a transponder off for a five hour flight. The 2006 Hawker / ASG29 (TXP off) midair near Minden was in pretty similar Class E. Repercussions are