[Aus-soaring] BORING REPORT - A Stinker of a Day

2005-04-02 Thread Leigh Bunting
In our part of SA, yesterday was a stinker. The wind at ground level was knocking on 25kts. The sky was brown and the temp was in the high 30's. Not many turned up at Whitwarta - surprise, surprise! I had the first winch launch which topped out at 2000' AGL in the K21. Although I signaled for l

Re: [Aus-soaring] BORING REPORT - A Stinker of a Day

2005-04-02 Thread Mark Newton
Leigh Bunting wrote: It sounded like conditions were somewhat different east of the Mt Lofty ranges. Anyone from Barossa/AUGC/Waikerie like to fill us in? The wind was about the same, but it didn't start to get badly dusty until late afternoon. I was dumb enough to spend the day instructing: circ

RE: [Aus-soaring] EXCITING GLIDING CONDITIONS AT Cooma Hardly a BORING REPORT

2005-04-02 Thread Alan Wilson
I said it some months ago and I will try again. There is a group discussion trying to excite people into gliding, and there is another who persist with a historical 'BORING REPORT"!!! Hey guys, can't you try to imply gliding is great fun, in the interests of marketing. I again suggest global re

Re: [Aus-soaring] EXCITING GLIDING CONDITIONS AT Cooma Hardly a BORING REPORT

2005-04-02 Thread Mark Newton
Alan Wilson wrote: There is a group discussion trying to excite people into gliding, and there is another who persist with a historical 'BORING REPORT"!!! If this forum was populated by people who weren't already in on the joke you might have a point. But I reckon the BORING REPORTs over many y