[Aus-soaring] Narromine Coaching week with Giorgio Galetto

2006-12-09 Thread Bruce Campbell
Hi all, There are still a couple of places open for anyone interested in spending a week at Narromine coaching with Giorgio Galleto (World Champion, professional coach and instructor) from 28 Dec to 3 Jan. Costs are reasonable - GFA is picking up the tab for Giorgio. There will be a Duo Discus av

Re: [Aus-soaring] Narromine Coaching week with Giorgio Galetto

2006-12-09 Thread Dion Weston
Hi Bruce, I'm interested. What do I need to do to follow through on the detail. - Dion Weston PO Box 5062 (34 Chisholm Street), Greenwich NSW 2065 Mb: (0408) 859-267 -Original Message- From: "Bruce Campbell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subj: [Aus-soaring] Narromine Coaching week with Gior

[Aus-soaring] No sea breeze at Gawler today

2006-12-09 Thread Robert Moore
The temp trace this morning looked good thermals to 19,000' winds at the lower levels from the north east and moderating during he morning. This prompted a race for the Aerodrome this morning to claim aircraft. Flights of note John Nicholls Discus 760 km out and return to Parachilina in five h

RE: [Aus-soaring] No sea breeze at Gawler today

2006-12-09 Thread Future Aviation Pty. Ltd.
What a day!!! I spotted another glider north of the Leigh Creek coalfields on the way north and was going to find out who the pilot was. Rob has answered my question already. The cruising under the trough line had to be experienced to be believed. My co-pilot stepped out of the ASH 25 and said:"

Re: [Aus-soaring] No sea breeze at Gawler today

2006-12-09 Thread Tom & Jane Gilbert
Congratulations to John, Jade, Terry and Peter... a bloody good effort! Especially when you consider that Peter and Terry were (I assume) flying a DG-200 and LS3... not what most people would consider 1000k ships. And the weather is heading our way :)) Tom Gilbert Temora - Original Messa

Re: [Aus-soaring] No sea breeze at Gawler today

2006-12-09 Thread Patching
Congratulations you guys. A very fine effort. Days like that just need to be taken. Just outstanding. We at Bacchus didn't fly, IFR conditions and it doesn't look like getting better for some time. Ian Patching. - Original Message - From: "Robert Moore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent:

E: [Aus-soaring] No sea breeze at Gawler today

2006-12-09 Thread nandrews
Fantastic flights - what a start to Summer! Nigel -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robert Moore Sent: Sunday, 10 December 2006 12:21 AM To: aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net Subject: [Aus-soaring] No sea breeze at Gawler today The temp

Re: [Aus-soaring] No sea breeze at Gawler today

2006-12-09 Thread JR
Congratulations to all who flew, we here at Millicent had an inversion at around 1000feet, and breeze from the north at 25, gusting 30 knots, not what you would call good gliding weather. regards JR > > ___ > > Aus-soaring mailing list > > Aus-soaring@l

Re: [Aus-soaring] No sea breeze at Gawler today

2006-12-09 Thread Mitchell Preston
Extraordinary weather and exemplary flying on behalf of those who made use of the conditions. On the other side of the ledger, will we see these days more often as climate change apparently speeds up, and how will we make use of them when the 'peak oil' situation has really manifested itsel