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
Not a problem!
When in doubt, take a tow and fly as if you are a glider.
Jim
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From: "Grietje Wansink"
To: "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia."
Sent: 12/12/2017 6:16:11 PM
Subject:
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
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
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
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
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From: "Mike Borgelt"
To: "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia."
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
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,
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
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
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From: "Lumpy Paterson"
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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
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
Thanks for the reminder, Mike.
Sent.
Jim
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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
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:
s, battery
capacity is not an issue.
Jim
Trig stuff at Craggy Aero:
http://craggyaero.com/trig.htm
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From: "Mark Newton" <new...@atdot.dotat.org>
To: "Jim Staniforth" <staniforth...@yahoo.com>
Cc: "Discussion of issues relating to So
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
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
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Newspaper article
http://tinyurl.com/gsmxwne
Looks incredible.
Jim
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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
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
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,
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
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
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
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
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
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
.
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:
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."
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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
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
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" <
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
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
Hello:
I'm looking for the supplier of replacement glider canopies.
Information is appreciated.
Thanks,
Jim
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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
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
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