Re: [Aus-soaring] Airmanship not numbers

2005-06-22 Thread Kevin Roden
But don't just say I am right behind you as I have heard on the radio, otherwise everyone within range is looking over their shoulder. Use the radio correctly Kevin Roden JR wrote: When all else fails ,.. use the radio... JR OPST - Original Message - *From:* Terry

Re: [Aus-soaring] What do I do?

2005-06-22 Thread Quinn
..."Oh yes - my instructor always told me to start the round out when at the height of two elephants!" I guess the hangar must be 2 elephants high because that is the height I describe to students having trouble working where to start their flare :-) Redmond

RE: [Aus-soaring] Airmanship not numbers

2005-06-22 Thread Mike Borgelt
At 06:32 PM 21/06/05 -0500, you wrote: Why are we getting so focused on 200'? Because people asked the question how close is too close? and I pointed out what is apparently a little known rule. 200 feet at least provides a guide - you want to miss the other guy by at least that much. Of course

RE: [Aus-soaring] 200 feet separation-ADS-B

2005-06-22 Thread Mike Borgelt
At 08:11 AM 20/06/05 +1000, you wrote: Mike Understand the mechanics of how the transmitter works which surprises me considering your usual good understanding of the subjects you comment on, the quoted output at 70 watts is peak power, not average. The average based on a 112us message, which has

Re: [Aus-soaring] Airmanship not numbers

2005-06-22 Thread Ian McPhee
Not quite relivant to the 200ft but what happened to the old days of rocking the wings when you see somebody nearby. I have done it in gliders but usually no response - recently a RAAF C130 was tracking south coastal 1000ft prob on Brisbane freq 119.5 and I was correctly on multicom 126.7 -

Re: [Aus-soaring] Airmanship not numbers

2005-06-22 Thread Peter Creswick
And sometimes vital. There was an incident midweek at Camden, many, many moons ago, when a flight of Navy A-4's were inbound over Razorback from Nowra, overheading Camdan, on their way to do a practice run down the harbour for Navy Day, which was on the following sunday. There happened to be

Re: [Aus-soaring] Airmanship not numbers

2005-06-22 Thread Terry Neumann
JR wrote: When all else fails ,.. use the radio... JR OPST Hmmm I think I would prefer that things didn't quite come to that - as the last resort anyway. Given the variables possible in the settings of the radio in the average club glider (often a different

[Aus-soaring] JoeyGlide 05 - Gliders Wanted

2005-06-22 Thread Nick Gilbert
G'Day, The organisers of the Australian Junior Nationals (JoeyGlide05) are seeking gliders that might be available during early december this year. The gliders are required for both Australian overseas junior pilots. The preferred performance range is Libelle / Cirrus / Astir and up. If

[Aus-soaring] web page

2005-06-22 Thread RF Developments Pty Ltd
Title: Message Hi All, We have set up a new web page mostly dedicated to ADS-B products, its early days with the web presence so don't look too hard at the mistakes. Ignore the flying globe - it came with the package. www.avionicsaustralasia.com Cheers Nigel Nigel Andrews "A