Re: [Aus-soaring] Stormy landing

2007-07-02 Thread JR
About an hour 45, depending, on what you have or have not got on behind you. JR - Original Message - From: Patching To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. Sent: Monday, July 02, 2007 1:00 PM Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Stormy landing How long from Bordert

Re: [Aus-soaring] Stormy landing

2007-07-02 Thread Patching
Sounds good, will be in touch. Patch - Original Message - From: JR To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. Sent: Monday, July 02, 2007 6:10 PM Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Stormy landing About an hour 45, depending, on what you have or have not got on behin

Re: [Aus-soaring] Narromine wireless

2007-07-02 Thread Mal Bruce
Thanks very much Dave Lets hope no one else uses the key. I could have got a full copy for $189.20 wholesale Now I can do some other stuff with the budget like a CD burner, usb hub and a Narromine web cam. http://www.ht.com.au/N/0/keyword/sd+media/part/A7482/detail.hts media centre. The comp

Re: [Aus-soaring] Narromine wireless

2007-07-02 Thread Nick Gilbert
Why not set up a Narromine Cup intranet site? Could include stuff like the weather info and an upload control for IGC files. Nick. On 7/2/07, Mal Bruce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Thanks very much Dave Lets hope no one else uses the key. I could have got a full copy for $189.20 wholesale Now

Re: [Aus-soaring] ASK 21 poster

2007-07-02 Thread Future Aviation Pty. Ltd.
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Re: [Aus-soaring] Narromine wireless

2007-07-02 Thread Robert Hart
Nick Gilbert wrote: > Why not set up a Narromine Cup intranet site? Could include stuff like > the weather info and an upload control for IGC files. DDSC uses the Linux firewall/server to run an intranet web server (and mail server etc). I am currently writing scripts to acquire and load on to the

[Aus-soaring] weather data

2007-07-02 Thread Emilis Prelgauskas
On Tue, 03 Jul 2007 11:11:50 +1000, Robert Hart wrote: >DDSC uses the Linux firewall/server to run an intranet web server >(and >mail server etc). I am currently writing scripts to acquire and load >on >to the web server wx data from BoM and elsewhere so that we have that >immediately ava

Re: [Aus-soaring] weather data

2007-07-02 Thread Mark Newton
Emilis Prelgauskas wrote: > I seem to recall $3k/$1.5k/ann were the figures for that contest area, > which encompasses much of South Australia used by glider pilots. It works out to about $2 p.a. for each South Australian GFA member. I spoke to Peter some more while we were upstairs; All the h

Re: [Aus-soaring] weather data

2007-07-02 Thread Anthony Smith
Is all this data avialable for the rest of Australia or was it just set up for the Worlds and cover only SA? > Emilis Prelgauskas wrote: > > > I seem to recall $3k/$1.5k/ann were the figures for that > > contest area, which encompasses much of South Australia > used by glider pilots. > > It w

Re: [Aus-soaring] weather data

2007-07-02 Thread Peter Creswick
You must be kidding ! Unfortunately, you are not. That sounds like standard public service thinking now doesn't it, especially when their political masters say nothing for nothing (all the while discounting the tiny fact that WE - AS TAX PAYERS - have ALREADY paid for it !!). On the other han

Re: [Aus-soaring] weather data

2007-07-02 Thread Mark Newton
Anthony Smith wrote: > Is all this data avialable for the rest of Australia or was > it just set up for the Worlds and cover only SA? Just SA at the moment. But it's calculated out of a global climate model, and can theoretically be produced for any region. - mark -

Re: [Aus-soaring] weather data

2007-07-02 Thread Mark Newton
Peter Creswick wrote: > You must be kidding ! > Unfortunately, you are not. > That sounds like standard public service thinking now doesn't it, I think you're oversimplifying a bit. The BoM gets tens of millions of dollars per annum from the aviation industry. Qantas and Virgin Blue basically

Re: [Aus-soaring] weather data

2007-07-02 Thread Peter Creswick
We paid for every cent of the infrastructure, ie, all the super computers and all of the other BoM infrastructure, and the scientists that produce the global models from which all those forecasts etc are produced. Billions in investment, and millions in ongoing costs, all funded by, all of us.

Re: [Aus-soaring] weather data

2007-07-02 Thread Patching
Emilis, Can you please contact me on [EMAIL PROTECTED] Patch - Original Message - From: Emilis Prelgauskas To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2007 2:23 PM Subject: [Aus-soaring] weather data On Tue, 03 Jul 2007 11:11:50 +1000,

Re: [Aus-soaring] weather data

2007-07-02 Thread Mark Newton
Peter Creswick wrote: > We paid for every cent of the infrastructure, ie, all the super > computers and all of the other BoM infrastructure, and the scientists > that produce the global models from which all those forecasts etc are > produced. Billions in investment, and millions in ongoing cos

Re: [Aus-soaring] weather data

2007-07-02 Thread Anthony Smith
So the notion is either: a. Get a suitable national body to fund BoM to produce thermal forecast for all of Aust. b. Failing that, ask SAGA to bump up the annual fees by $2 per person and get the SA maps made available to SA pilots. Sounds too simple to me, wheres the catch? (Ah, yes - a whole l

Re: [Aus-soaring] weather data

2007-07-02 Thread Mark Newton
Anthony Smith wrote: > Sounds too simple to me, wheres the catch? (Ah, yes - a > whole lot of people objecting to raisng GFA / SAGA fees to > cover the cost?) Haven't see any around here yet. - mark I tried an internal mode