Re: [Aus-soaring] [gfaforum] 1000 K triangles

2017-12-02 Thread Mike Borgelt
05:47 PM 12/2/2017, you wrote: I’m totally ignorant of Thor’s proposal. Please Post. Noel. It was elapsed time scoring, Noel. You got a penalty of how many minutes you were behind the winner up to a maximum of one quarter the winner's time with a maximum possible penalty time of 45 m

Re: [Aus-soaring] [gfaforum] 1000 K triangles

2017-12-02 Thread Noel Roediger
Keith. Thanks for your input. By now you will have probably read my response to Mr Ian Douglas. So far no he has not responded. Noel. From: Keith Dear [mailto:keithde...@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, December 2, 2017 3:30 PM To: iandouglas...@bigpond.com Cc: Gliding Australia Forum; mar

Re: [Aus-soaring] [gfaforum] 1000 K triangles

2017-12-01 Thread Noel Roediger
Ron. Ansett had two Norwegian pilots: Bjorn Amundsen and Shell Leistaad. Bjorn was my T/C as an intake pilot and I owe him so much. I was also his last F/O. After a redeye which we crewed he went to his property in the Strathbogies where he’d established a large timber plantation as supera

Re: [Aus-soaring] [gfaforum] 1000 K triangles

2017-12-01 Thread Noel Roediger
To an Ian Douglas Diddums. It is an invaluable and standard term used by most aviation instructors for all their students about sit an exam. READ THE FULL QUESTION. I’m bemused by your aggressive post on our forum and it is not public – only available to GFA members. All of th

Re: [Aus-soaring] [gfaforum] 1000 K triangles

2017-12-01 Thread Ron Sanders
Yes Mike he has quit. so i guess there is a good Nimbus 4 for sale soon??? Ron On 2 December 2017 at 16:48, Mike Borgelt wrote: > The snowflakes who don't like robust discussion don't have to read it. > This place is EXTREMELY mild by Internet standards. > > On another note, the Wings and Whe

Re: [Aus-soaring] [gfaforum] 1000 K triangles

2017-12-01 Thread Ron Sanders
Ingo competed in thirteen. As you say won four, and lost into second place at Wiener Neustadt by some stupidly small number of points. If one did a rigorous "uncertainty" or "error analysis" on the procedures in place at that time there is no way you can under any rigorous mathematical process ensu

Re: [Aus-soaring] [gfaforum] 1000 K triangles

2017-12-01 Thread Mike Borgelt
The snowflakes who don't like robust discussion don't have to read it. This place is EXTREMELY mild by Internet standards. On another note, the Wings and Wheels newsletter a couple of weeks ago mentioned that George Lee had given up flying. Anyone know any more about this? Mike At

Re: [Aus-soaring] [gfaforum] 1000 K triangles

2017-12-01 Thread Ron Sanders
Come on guys!!! a few words on the internet does not need this level of aggro or holier than thou or what ever. I am only asking these questions for fun. I sometime wonder if the new youngsters are aware of the records and achievements that older Australian glider pilots have made in the past.

Re: [Aus-soaring] [gfaforum] 1000 K triangles

2017-12-01 Thread Mike Borgelt
Ah, yes I had forgotten about Paul's flight. While Google isn't bad, a lot of stuff pre world wide web won't get found yet despite valiant efforts made by volunteers and professionals to archive everything digitally. God help us if there is a large CME which hits Earth or an EMP attack. Goo

Re: [Aus-soaring] [gfaforum] 1000 K triangles

2017-12-01 Thread Ron Sanders
Definitely Andy, and definitely Paul Mander in 15m. Ron On 2 December 2017 at 10:16, Mike Borgelt wrote: > I suspect the first Std Class was Andy Pybus in LS4. > The 15m may have been Bruce Tuncks in the Super Mosquito. > > No idea about the first. > > Mike > > > At 09:09 PM 12/1/2017, you wro

Re: [Aus-soaring] [gfaforum] 1000 K triangles

2017-12-01 Thread Mike Borgelt
I suspect the first Std Class was Andy Pybus in LS4. The 15m may have been Bruce Tuncks in the Super Mosquito. No idea about the first. Mike At 09:09 PM 12/1/2017, you wrote: Content-Type: multipart/related; boundary="=_NextPart_000_0001_01D36AEC.E10CB990" Content-Language: en-us

Re: [Aus-soaring] [gfaforum] 1000 K triangles

2017-12-01 Thread Noel Roediger
RTFQ. The site you’ve provided answers none of the questions asked. From: Mark Bland [mailto:marklibe...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, December 1, 2017 10:42 AM To: 'Ron Sanders'; 'Gliding Australia Forum'; 'Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.' Subject: RE: [gfaforum] 1000 K

Re: [Aus-soaring] [gfaforum] 1000 K triangles

2017-11-30 Thread Paul Mander
First 1000km FAI Triangle in world, Hans-Werner Grosse, ASW-17, Finland, July/August 1975. First in Australia Tony Tabart, Nimbus-2, Tocumwal, 1979. First 15M in world, Paul Mander, ASW-20, Narromine, Dec 1980. First Standard in world, Andy Pybus, LS-4, Narromine, 1985. On 1 Dec. 2017 11:32, "Tom