Define a Free rap? Do you mean that someone who's a glider pilot was on
there and mentioned it, or what?
Dion Baker
On 27/11/2007, Adam Woolley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hey,
Watching 'Deal or No Deal' at the moment, and they just gave gliding a
FREE rap. So I'm guessing there might be a
A contestants mum was in the group of case holders and mentioned that she wants
to learn how to fly a glider , a brief discussion happened about wanting to fly
gliders for a long time (mum) ... I'd like to soar with eagles stuff...
Then Andrew got the geeks up stairs to research how much
HA.
I'm not sure about all this Soar with Eagles nonsense when talking about
sailplanes. It is false advertising and people who believe it will get a big
let down when they find out just how noisy most gliders actually are. Maybe
we'll get sued.
And sure, while there are eagles up there, and
well someone is in a sour mood.. there really is no need to be so
rude and negative.
I have flown in very quite sailplanes, and have had the pleasure of
soaring with Eagles, a very memorable experience
Ben
On 28/11/2007, at 10:42 PM, DMcD wrote:
HA.
I'm not sure about all this
we won't
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From: Ben Jones
To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.
Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 10:16 PM
Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Deal or No Deal, TV Advertising
A contestants mum was in the group of case holders and mentioned
I once had an eagle bounce off the canopy, does that count?
Frightened the s**t out of me
Stuart
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From: Patching
To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.
Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 10:58 PM
Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Deal
stuart smith wrote:
I once had an eagle bounce off the canopy, does that count?
Frightened the s**t out of me
Stuart
Possibly did the same for the eagle Stuart, but then you would have been
the first to know about that :-)
Terry
Not sure where DMcD flies that he misses out flying with eagles, but
we flew with them regularly on the ridge al Lochiel. They were used
to us and we'd normally all get on pretty well. Occasionally there
would be disputes during mating season. The Arrow had an altercation
with an eagle
As per Cathy and Marks comments re Lochiel. Also often at Port Augusta. The
most I remember counting was 15 Black Kites in the thermal all around me (at
least fifteen that I could count) and also this was a great one from 2004:
http://slash.dotat.org/womens-preworlds-2004/sk-28-07-2004.html
I've joined a thermal to 7000' with 5 eagles at Stonefield. Was an incredible
experience. One just sat of my wingtip inside the circle as we went round,
calmly looking at me. It is amazing to see how the top feathers feel the air,
wish we had that kind of sensitivity. At the top I followed
Hi DMcD
Have you really never shared a thermal with a wedgie?
A shame if that's the case, but please don't be so
arrogant as to to accuse the rest of us of spouting
'nonsense' or 'false advertising' - I for one find it
quite offensive wonder what the point of using such
aggressive negative
Had a bad day perhaps? :P
Just to join in here, a few weeks ago I was in a big (in area) thermal in
the Diamant, doing large circles. I looked away, looked back to the inside
of the circle, and I had an Eagle about halfway down my inside wing, moving
from in front of the leading edge to the
Just to add a another couple of logs to the fire.
I managed to thermal with a eagle in a blanik for about 45 mins from about 2000
to 6000 interesting flying until the bugger outclimbed me !, then proceeded to
deploy his u/c then tuck in a wing and had a go at me.
Ben
West Oz
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Have you really never shared a thermal with a wedgie?
Yes. I have thermalled with eagles and I have ridged soared with all sorts
of birds including magpies (the worst) and pelicans. And I have done this in
the open, au naturel so to speak, and in a tupperware glider.
There's no comparison guys!
On 29/11/2007, at 6:01 AM, DMcD wrote:
There's no comparison guys! Soaring with eagles in a sailplane is
like watching it on TV compared with being out in the open. The only
similarity I can come up with involves the act of sexual congress
and rubber products and I am not going to sully
???
Of course old gliders are fun, including Blaniks.
Of course there are better things (now) than Blaniks, but they are still
lovely to fly and a good trainer after more than 50 years!
Remember they were a mid 1950s design (contemporary with Kookaburras, Phillip
Will's Dart* and similar) which
Hi all,
I had a fun hawk encounter recently. Usually I am comprhensively out climbed
by the buggers, but for once I found the better core and the outclimbed him
For a while, until he gave up and came and joined my core! Strangely
satisfying to beat one, just once. (: It certainly is rare
Just to add a another couple of logs to the fire.
I managed to thermal with a eagle in a blanik for about 45 mins from about 2000
to 6000 interesting flying until the bugger outclimbed me !, then proceeded to
deploy his u/c then tuck in a wing and had a go at me.
Ben
West Oz
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At 06:01 29/11/2007, you wrote:
Yes. I have thermalled with eagles and I have ridged soared with all
sorts of birds including magpies (the worst) and pelicans. And I
have done this in the open, au naturel so to speak, and in a
tupperware glider.
You accuse me of being sour. Not at all!
I
Sorry Wayne
I disagree. Last Saturday (whilst i was instructing mind you) we had an
awesome day, for want of a better word. 11-12knot climbs with a 600km
being done. The pilot who flew the 600 was not taking anything below
8knots and averaged 130kph around the task. He said it was an easy
It's been good to hear the various eagle stories. It begs a question
as to how high they actually go in thermals.
The highest I've actually seen an soaring bird was in a thermal at
around 10,000 feet near Farrell Flat many years ago when I was in one of
our Libelles. It wasn't a
Terry,
It's quite common to share thermals with swifts in England. They are taking
their pick of the insect food being brought up to them in the thermals. If they
disappear from view when you're climbing with them, then you can be sure that
they have moved to a stronger thermal nearby!
John
The highest eagle I've seen was at cloudbase at 16,500' on one spectacular day
200km north of Gawler. I was shivering and on oxygen. The wedgetail eagle had
its wings half folded in, I'm guessing to stop it from being sucked into the
cloud. When I left it was still circling under the cloud. The
The flight was when i was rather in experienced at themalling and only loose
lift with no defined core
well thats my excuse ! and im sticking to it. 8-)
Ben
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took you 45 minutes to climb 4000 ft?
Ben, you gotta come to the east mate!
Wayne
On 29/11/2007, at 11:41 AM, Phil wrote:
On another note. Here in SA if you see an eagle it almost certainly
is in the best thermal around and nearly impossible to outclimb
them. I've flown at Kingaroy in QLD the last 2 Octobers for the
nationals and found that more than 1/2 the eagles I
The buggers at Bacchus Marsh have been seen by me to go into cloud. No, I
didn't follow.
They are truly spectacular. One of our tuggies had one in the wing vortex
while he was coming down at a very healthy rate. He says the eagle just
stayed there until he levelled out and he was moving.
Patch
Soaring with eagles is when you are in a wooden sailplane, something with
character like, I dunno maybe an Olympia or boomerang, and you do all the other
stuff Tom said except the negative flap part.
JR
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From: Tom Wilksch
To: Discussion of issues relating to
Have you really never shared a thermal with a wedgie?
No! I always wear boxer shorts to ensure that this discomfort does not occur
where I cannot correct it.
Makes it easier to get to my wee birdie too when the need arises.
How did I beat you on that one JR?
Seriously.
Would'nt it be wonderful
Can we fit eagles with Flarms?
On Nov 29, 2007 2:20 PM, Christopher Mc Donnell [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Have you really never shared a thermal with a wedgie?
No! I always wear boxer shorts to ensure that this discomfort does not
occur
where I cannot correct it.
Makes it easier to get to
Trained eagles, perhaps?
Dave L
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Christopher
Mc Donnell
Sent: Thursday, 29 November 2007 2:50 PM
To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.
Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Deal or No
Hi Rolf,
Count me in for Horsham Week. I'll also be there for the VSA
coaching course.
Regards,
Geoff V
At 11:19 PM 27/11/2007 +, you wrote:
Dear All,
An invitation is extended to all for the 2008 Horsham Week competition
from February 2nd to 9th 2008. The comp will be flown in 4
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