[aus-soaring] 'flying'

With a weekend weather report of hail, thunderstorms and gales, 'flying' at Monarto consisted of sitting on 11 metre long curved sheets of steel roofing being put on the igloo shape display building. Thanks to pilots from my home club, Balaklava & Murray Bridge clubs for the offers of help and get

[aus-soaring] Easter Comp - Queensland

We cannot keep it a secret any longer. The Easter Comps. is absolutely definitely on this year, and will be held at Chinchilla, which is a favoured spot for many in the gliding scene. On two previous Easter comps at this site, we have flown tasks around the 300 km mark 8 days in a row. Make

RE: [aus-soaring] Glider launching areas on your airstrip/aerodrome

Yeah, you've gotta watch these local Council engineers (used to be one in a previous life) but getting it done when there is road construction happening nearby is certainly the way to go. Must admit I hadn't thought about the spinning of the glider, but that would be a problem early on. The hot bi

[aus-soaring] Videos

Can anyone in Adelaide help me with a lone of the following videos, 1. Dawn Flight, 2. Champions of the Wave, 3. Lucy learns to fly. (That great one from NZ.) I plan to hold a video night on Easter Saturday at the Gawler Easter Regatta. These videos will be shown then. Everyone is invite

Re: [aus-soaring] Gliding on TV ...

That is just a most, most remarkably good advert! And no words - none needed :) What brilliant footage of a glider launch, too - just the sort of image to explain the kick in the pants of a winch launch to the uninitiated - pity about the punchline :) Simon At 10:31 AM +1000 22/3/01, Wolfgan

Re: [aus-soaring] Inverted Spinning

Leigh. I cannot recall discussing the inverted spining of the ASK21 with you at all. I think, in general discussion with A W I mentioned, with qualified reservation, I'd had a discussion with Wolfgang Lieff some time ago and he'd related some nasty qualities the aircraft had displayed during an

RE: [aus-soaring] Videos

I have all these David -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of ANDREW WRIGHT Sent: Monday, 26 March 2001 7:02 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Mandy Wilson Subject: [aus-soaring] Videos Can anyone in Adelaide help me with a lone of the following video

[aus-soaring] last 2 days

I heard the Uni club had some good flying off their ridge on Saturday in the strong wind. The comment made to me was "like flying between silk sheets" Our passenger pilot was frustrated only making very shallow turns at 6.5kt averages when he knew it would probably peg out in the core! The wind wa

RE: [aus-soaring] Videos

David Glad you called. Your Hangar at Gawler is in a bit of trouble. Part of the door and side has blown off. I did what I could to make it secure yesterday but thought you should know. Re the Videos can I borrow all three at Easter time? Date sent: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 11:

Re: [aus-soaring] last 2 days

On Mon, Mar 26, 2001 at 10:31:31AM +0900, Mark Morgan wrote: > I heard the Uni club had some good flying off their ridge on Saturday in > the strong wind. Yup, ridge lift to about 3200' and strong thermals to 5000'. There were a few occasions where I circled through thermals above 4000' at 75

RE: [aus-soaring] Videos

Thanks Andrew Lucky I was flying the Ventus at Lochiel! (actually it was some of the best ridge flying I can remember up there - excellent ) No problems with the videos David -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of ANDREW WRIGHT Sent: Monday,

[aus-soaring] SAFETY ALERT LEAD REPLACEMENT PETROL

The following was copied from the SAAA web page and is worth noting by operators of powered sailplanes. SAFETY ALERT from Exxon Mobil 2nd Feb 2001 LEAD REPLACEMENT PETROL (LRP)- Mobil have recently introduced a new grade of gasoline called Lead Replacement Petrol (LRP). Although LRP is markete

[aus-soaring] BORING

At Adelaide Uni Gliding Club on Saturday, March 24, 2001. BIG RIDGE, HAPPY THERMALS to 5000', LOTS of WIND from the west. Everyone had a fab day. Cheers, Michael -- * You are subscribed to the aus-soaring mailing list. * To Unsubscribe: send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] * with "unsubscrib

Re: [aus-soaring] BORING

And it was just as good on Sunday, except that the thermals went to 5500' . -Cath At 04:02 PM 26/03/2001 +0950, you wrote: >At Adelaide Uni Gliding Club on Saturday, March 24, 2001. > >BIG RIDGE, HAPPY THERMALS to 5000', LOTS of WIND from the west. > >Everyone had a fab day. > >Cheers, > >Micha