Re: [Aus-soaring] Goondiwindi

2017-10-16 Thread Teal
See here: https://www.soaringspot.com/en_gb/37th-australian-club-and-sports-nationals-goondiwindi-2017/results Teal On 17/10/2017 12:37 PM, Mike Borgelt wrote: Anyone know what is happening at Goondiwindi? Is anyone still

Re: [Aus-soaring] Unofficial World Record for Perlan 2

2017-09-03 Thread Teal
They did have ground crew, you know. ;-) Teal On 4/09/2017 11:14 AM, DMcD wrote: they "livetweeted" updates throughout the flight. An epic achievement! Twitter? At 53,000' What a

Re: [Aus-soaring] Another storm chaser movie

2017-07-26 Thread Teal
Stunning, as always. Thanks for posting it. :-) Teal On 27/07/2017 8:19 AM, Anthony Smith wrote: Another time lapse storm movie from Mike Oblinski for those interested https://vimeo.com/226958858 Anthony ___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus

Re: [Aus-soaring] Meteorology for Glider Pilots

2017-07-17 Thread Teal
I'm a sharing caring sort of person, so I'm passing the info on in case others might find it useful...) Teal On 17/07/2017 9:11 PM, Catherine Conway wrote: I bought one for half that from Amazon. Was delivered last week -Cath On 17 Jul 2017, at 5:07 pm, Graham Holland mailto:

Re: [Aus-soaring] Undulatus Asperatus Cloud Video

2017-06-06 Thread Teal
Oh, that's a lovely bit of footage. Mike Olbinski does seriously good work. If there's anyone here who hasn't checked out his "Vorticity" short film ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikezauFFe0w ) I suggest you do so. Wonderful stuff! (...as is all the rest of his o

Re: [Aus-soaring] Stem fields

2017-06-06 Thread Teal
Not a pseudonym. I notice that the person generating the largest amount of uncivil discourse this afternoon is doing so under their "real name". I guess "real names" don't guarantee a darn thing when it comes to posting manners, after all. Teal On 6/06/2017 5:

Re: [Aus-soaring] [gfaforum] L2 Independent Ops

2017-02-10 Thread Teal
w do we compare? I suspect our check-flights-and-instructors system does help reduce some kinds of accidents, particularly for newer pilots and those who haven't flown for a while. Does it help for the others? No clue. Teal > On 11 Feb 2017, at 2:05 pm, Paul Bart wrote: > > &g

Re: [Aus-soaring] MEMBERSHIP AND A WORLD REVIEW

2017-02-03 Thread Teal
Hear, hear! Very much seconded. Well said, Laurie. Teal > On 3 Feb 2017, at 10:42 pm, Laurie Simpkins wrote: > > I have a problem with ever converting to GA or RA-Aus as they don't fly > gliders. I'm in a gliding club for that reason. I had a PPL but only used it >

Re: [Aus-soaring] GFA Negative Advertising and Censorship?

2017-01-29 Thread Teal
al non-aviation population? We need to be RAISING enthusiasm, not quelling it. Teal On 30/01/2017 10:20 AM, Ulrich Stauss wrote: From the GFA Facebook page: “Due to complaints from a vocal few who oppose the facts the last post had been deleted at their request. It's s sad day when t

Re: [Aus-soaring] Perhaps Perlan should go to Venus?

2017-01-18 Thread Teal
Yeah, gel coat *loves* sulphuric acid clouds! Add in the surface temperature of a balmy 460 degrees C and winds of up to 195kts, and you have the makings of a really pleasant flight. :-))) Teal (I'll let you go first) On 18/01/2017 9:30 PM, Anthony Smith wrote: http://newatlas.com/

Re: [Aus-soaring] Morning Glory in the Bight

2017-01-12 Thread Teal
I saw the photo on Twitter without the article a day or two ago; it's good to have a bit more context for it. I thought "Morning Glory" was used specifically for the Gulf of Carpenteria rollcloud formations. But this one surely does look glorious! Thanks for sharing the link.

[Aus-soaring] What's the story, morning glory?

2016-09-27 Thread Teal
Motor Falke (oh, and some people as well). Worth a look. :-) Teal ___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.base64.com.au http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring

Re: [Aus-soaring] Wally Wallington's "Meteorolgy for Glider Pilots"

2016-07-31 Thread Teal
Have you tried Abebooks.com? A quick search there finds a few possibilities: http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?tn=meteorology+for+glider+pilots&x=0&y=0&sts=t&sortby=17&cm_sp=inline-_-tn-_-search Teal On 30/07/2016 9:25 PM, Ron Sanders wrote: Does anyone know

Re: [Aus-soaring] Comp flying: Despair & Brutal Truth

2016-05-02 Thread Teal
Well spotted. :-) Teal, clearly a bit attention-challenged today On 3/05/2016 2:58 PM, Garrett Russell wrote: There is a statement at the end of the article which says it may be reproduced, but only in its entirety. On 3 May 2016, at 15:12 , Teal wrote: Nice article. Thanks for posting

Re: [Aus-soaring] Comp flying: Despair & Brutal Truth

2016-05-02 Thread Teal
Nice article. Thanks for posting it. I agree that it deserves to be more widely read; do you know if the author has given permission to republish the article? Teal On 3/05/2016 2:20 PM, Adam Woolley wrote: A very well written article & worth the long read from World Champion, K

Re: [Aus-soaring] high quality gliding screen savers

2016-04-03 Thread Teal
ier. There are certainly lots of glider pics to choose from, many in glorious hi-rez and/or HD. It's where I get my desktop imagery from. Perhaps you can find something useful there? Cheers, Teal On 4/04/2016 12:59 PM, Angus Stewart wrote: Hi gang, I've been hunting out for som

Re: [Aus-soaring] Comparing accident rates

2016-03-10 Thread Teal
out of whatever model we choose. Repeated-measures analysis of variance may well be my tool of choice for that sort of analysis. Or maybe even a mixed-methods general linear model (now, *those* can get complex enough to lead to tears and tearing of hair...) And so on it goes. Does that

Re: [Aus-soaring] Comparing accident rates

2016-03-09 Thread Teal
roach/methods in more detail? It's always interesting to hear how folk in other fields approach problems I'm familiar with. :-) Teal ___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.base64.com.au http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring

Re: [Aus-soaring] Comparing accident rates

2016-03-09 Thread Teal
actice). See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poisson_distribution Comments from statisticians welcome. I'm an experimental psychologist - not an actual full-time statistician, but I do play one on TV (if you know what I mean). Teal ___ Aus

Re: [Aus-soaring] Potential dangers in the sport of gliding

2016-03-03 Thread Teal
;re not exactly typical of the glider pilot population. Teal On 4/03/2016 2:16 PM, Anthony Smith wrote: From the Feb-Mar 2016 issue of Gliding Australia: From 1 Oct 15 to 30 Nov 15: There were 34 reported accidents and incidents. Of these: In flight                2 Launch

Re: [Aus-soaring] people send me stuff

2016-03-03 Thread Teal
don't say how, or by who. Is the "private laboratory" a company with expertise in avionics, or their mate's back shed? Also, who is the writer of this article? Are they credible on this topic? The lack of details regarding sources and methodology make me pretty dubious. What

Re: [Aus-soaring] Potential dangers in the sport of gliding

2016-03-03 Thread Teal
e nature of the beast is that just copypasting the exposure data into someone else's fatality rate calculation is prone to give you wildly inaccurate results, due to differences in sample characteristics, methodology, etc, etc. (These things are never easy.) Teal Mike At 10:58 AM 3/

Re: [Aus-soaring] Potential dangers in the sport of gliding

2016-03-03 Thread Teal
(based on self-reported crash involvement) was 0.96 crashes/100,000 km". Now, if anyone has crash data and exposure figures for glider pilots (measured in km travelled) then we can see how glider fatalities compare with motorcycle fatalities, should we so desire. Teal *Source: Harrison,

Re: [Aus-soaring] World Junior

2015-12-13 Thread Teal
Cograts, Matt! Well deserved. Teal On 12/12/2015 7:34 PM, Mike Borgelt wrote: If I read the results properly it looks like we have a new World Champion. Congratulations, Matthew Scutter! The rest of the team did quite well too. Might be one of the better overall results ever. Well done