At 11:30 PM 3/06/02 +0930, you wrote:
I notice that some people are suggesting that members unhappy with
flying under the GFA banner fly under CASA. Are there any members on the
list that are not GFA members and are flying under another organization.
If so could they advise us of their experience
At 03:29 PM 3/06/02 CST, you wrote:
Hello Mike
An excellent suggestion! I recently bought a brand new Microair
760 ch VHF for the glider and I am now making the old Radair into a
portable base radio, hence the need for the wiring diagram.
BTW. - You are right the Microair is an
List members
Mike is wrong there is no conspiracy involved. My request stands. I did
no hide my position with GFA as my post was signed as an RTO.
Mike Borgelt wrote:
At 11:30 PM 3/06/02 +0930, you wrote:
I notice that some people are suggesting that members unhappy with
flying under the
See
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/06/02/1022982651860.html
for the whole article
Headline
Parachutist's death dive kills glider pilot
June 3 2002
Investigations were continuing today into a freak mid-air collision over
central England when a skydiver smashed through the wing
A horrible accident!! Interesting however that this is not the first time an
accident like this has happened, ie glider / parachutist. I just wonder how
freak it is! Could it be that they doing something wrong over there?
Date sent: Tue, 04 Jun 2002 09:10:04 +1000
From:
Hi Andrew,
The last similar accident was the one in France where a
skydiver came through cloud and knocked the wing (or a part
of it) off a two seater. Both pilots were wearing parachutes
and survived to be charged with manslaughter by the French
authorities. Needless to say, they were British
Yes, people are jumping out of perfectly serviceable aeroplanes!
I'd be the first to admit I know absolutely nothing about skydiving,
but isn't 200 feet (600 metres in some reports) a little on the low side
to be opening a chute after freefall?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 04/06/02 9:07:13
A horrible
accident happened at about 2000 ft. How come the skydiver
was still in free fall at such a low altitude ?
I wondered the same thing myself. The report said they collided at
600m, - That is very low to be still in freefall.
Why is it that a glider was is airspace through
Parachuting through cloud perhaps?
PeterS
- Original Message -
From: ANDREW WRIGHT [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 9:37 AM
Subject: Re: [aus-soaring] Accident in the UK
A horrible accident!! Interesting however that this is not the first time
an
Yes, people are jumping out of perfectly serviceable aeroplanes!
They seem to like doing it too... strange.
I'd be the first to admit I know absolutely nothing about skydiving,
but isn't 200 feet (600 metres in some reports) a little on the low
side to be opening a chute after freefall?
My apologies. It was a typo. 2000 feet. Still seems low.
From memory, isn't the terminal velocity of parachutists around 125mph?
Which means around 11000 feet per minute
In other words, if you haven't opened your main by 2000 feet, you've got about
5 seconds to pull your reserve ripcord for the
Simon
I TOTALLY agree.
I am trying to discipline myself (not an easy thing to do !) to
monitor the area freq. instead of 122.7 or 9 when X/C soaring.My recent
training in power flying has shown me the other side of the coin with
respect to airspace use. I think glider
From memory, isn't the terminal velocity of parachutists around
125mph? Which means around 11000 feet per minute
Yep, that's right, I believe it can get pretty action packed. At 2000
feet they have about 10 seconds before impact: need to open the main -
decide there's a problem, try to clear
Title: FW: [aus-soaring] Accident in the UK
There
are several reasons why a skydiver may be in freefall at 2000
ft.
1 the
rules require us to be under canopy by 1800 ft
2 the
skydiver was delaying to gain a safe distance from other skydivers before deploying
3 the
skydiver had a
On 4 Jun, Agnew, Richard Q (AU - Canberra) wrote:
In Oz we are required to broadcast before all descents on ALL frequencies
for the air we are going to fall thru. This only works, of course, if others
are listening.
Does ALL frequencies include the gliding frequencies?
--
Robert Hart
At 10:58 AM 4/06/02 CST, you wrote:
Simon
I TOTALLY agree.
I am trying to discipline myself (not an easy thing to do !) to
monitor the area freq. instead of 122.7 or 9 when X/C soaring.My recent
training in power flying has shown me the other side of the coin with
respect to
At 11:30 PM 3/06/02 +0930, you wrote:
I notice that some people are suggesting that members unhappy with
flying under the GFA banner fly under CASA. Are there any members on the
list that are not GFA members and are flying under another organization.
If so could they advise us of their experience
At 09:34 AM 4/06/02 +0930, you wrote:
List members
Mike is wrong there is no conspiracy involved. My request stands. I did
no hide my position with GFA as my post was signed as an RTO.
Mike Borgelt wrote:
At 11:30 PM 3/06/02 +0930, you wrote:
I notice that some people are suggesting that
At 01:02 PM 4/06/02 +1000, you wrote:
On 4 Jun, Agnew, Richard Q (AU - Canberra) wrote:
In Oz we are required to broadcast before all descents on ALL frequencies
for the air we are going to fall thru. This only works, of course, if
others
are listening.
Does ALL frequencies include the
I would say that it was a perfectly reasonable question, until interpreted
by someone seemingly devoid of common sense.
What an incredibly dumb response.
Or was it meant as a joke:-)
--
Brian Wade
Personal Computer Concepts
Uniform Time
http://www.uniformtime.com.au
PO Box 114
I am not sure that we should be placing much credence on the 2000' altitude.
It may turn out to be correct, but initial witness reports frequently turn
out to be wrong, particularly where an estimate of altitude is concerned.
For details of the 1995 accident in France, including an insight into
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