Re: [Aus-soaring] Disability Hoists

2016-05-18 Thread Noel Roediger
Behalf Of John Hudson Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2016 5:51 PM To: 'Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.' Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Disability Hoists G’Day Ben, Damien, and all observers. Damien O’Rielly’s operation (Soarability) in WA with the modified AS K21 was the su

Re: [Aus-soaring] Disability Hoists

2016-05-17 Thread tom . wilksch
- Original Message - From: "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia." To:"Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia." Cc: Sent:Tue, 17 May 2016 17:51:04 +0930 Subject:Re: [Aus-soaring] Disability Hoists G’Day Ben, Damien, and all observ

Re: [Aus-soaring] Disability Hoists

2016-05-17 Thread Mike Borgelt
2016 5:05 PM To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Disability Hoists Hi Ben There are a large number of proprietary and approved patient lift hoists available in the Australian market that work well. On uneven terrain the use of ground boards great

Re: [Aus-soaring] Disability Hoists

2016-05-17 Thread John Hudson
-soaring [mailto:aus-soaring-boun...@lists.base64.com.au] On Behalf Of dam...@quietflight.com.au Sent: Tuesday, 17 May 2016 5:05 PM To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Disability Hoists Hi Ben There are a large number of proprietary and

Re: [Aus-soaring] Disability Hoists

2016-05-17 Thread dam...@quietflight.com.au
Hi Ben There are a large number of proprietary and approved patient lift hoists available in the Australian market that work well. On uneven terrain the use of ground boards greatly facilitates their use. Having spent time at both Ulster and Portmoak to become familiar with hand controlled ASK2

Re: [Aus-soaring] Disability Hoists

2016-05-16 Thread b_brand
Hi Guys We recently flew a lady with MS who brought her own hoist. Basically a quad pod (a 4 legged tripod) with a block and tackle and a sling. Hoisted the lady up rolled the glider under and lowered her down. Worked well but for any commercial operation it fails for certification in the ad

Re: [Aus-soaring] Disability Hoists

2016-05-16 Thread Dion Stuart Baker
Well, they *do* say that you should stick with your glider ... On 16 May 2016 at 16:45, Simon Rammelt wrote: > If you use a hoist to get in to a glider what happens in an outlanding > situation? > > > Simon Rammelt > 788 Cushnie Road > Cushnie QLD > Australia > > +617407735433monkeypaws...@gmail

Re: [Aus-soaring] Disability Hoists

2016-05-16 Thread glider driver
That would be the 'Mi' bit ;-) Cheers, Caleb > On 16 May 2016, at 5:15 PM, Simon Rammelt wrote: > > If you use a hoist to get in to a glider what happens in an outlanding > situation? > > > Simon Rammelt > 788 Cushnie Road > Cushnie QLD > Australia > > +617407735433 > monkeypaws...@gmail.

Re: [Aus-soaring] Disability Hoists

2016-05-16 Thread Laurie Hoffman
Australia. Sent: Monday, 16 May 2016, 17:19 Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Disability Hoists The Ulster Gliding club has a ASK21 converted to allow disabled to fly. Might be worth checking with them. Link to website is http://www.ulsterglidingclub.org/ Al On 9 May 2016 at 07:27, Laurie Hoffman

Re: [Aus-soaring] Disability Hoists

2016-05-16 Thread Alan Monroe
The Ulster Gliding club has a ASK21 converted to allow disabled to fly. Might be worth checking with them. Link to website is http://www.ulsterglidingclub.org/ Al On 9 May 2016 at 07:27, Laurie Hoffman wrote: > Hi All, > > Does anyone know of any club using a disability hoist to assist with >

Re: [Aus-soaring] Disability Hoists

2016-05-16 Thread Simon Rammelt
If you use a hoist to get in to a glider what happens in an outlanding situation? Simon Rammelt 788 Cushnie Road Cushnie QLD Australia +617407735433 monkeypaws...@gmail.com On 9/05/2016 7:27 AM, Laurie Hoffman wrote: Hi All, Does anyone know of any club using a disability hoist to assist wi

Re: [Aus-soaring] Disability Hoists

2016-05-08 Thread Justin Couch
On 9/05/2016 7:44 AM, Laurie Hoffman wrote: Many thanks Justin. Will contact Soarability. Regards Laurie Hoffman Just a followup - got corrected offlist that the sim that was up for sale was not SoarAbility's sim. Belonged to another person. -- Justin Couch h

Re: [Aus-soaring] Disability Hoists

2016-05-08 Thread Laurie Hoffman
Many thanks Justin. Will contact Soarability. Regards Laurie Hoffman From: Justin Couch To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. Sent: Monday, 9 May 2016, 7:32 Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Disability Hoists On 9/05/2016 7:27 AM, Laurie Hoffman wrote: > Hi

Re: [Aus-soaring] Disability Hoists

2016-05-08 Thread Justin Couch
On 9/05/2016 7:27 AM, Laurie Hoffman wrote: Hi All, Does anyone know of any club using a disability hoist to assist with glider access. Regards Laurie Hoffman SoarAbility guys in WA were doing this for a long time. I don't know what has happened to them recently as I saw their sim up for sale

[Aus-soaring] Disability Hoists

2016-05-08 Thread Laurie Hoffman
Hi All, Does anyone know of any club using a disability hoist to assist with glider access. Regards Laurie Hoffman From: Peter Champness To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. Sent: Monday, 25 April 2016, 21:16 Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] The Golden Age James,