Re: [Aus-soaring] Narromine Cup Week and Grand Prix

2008-10-23 Thread Tom van Blaricum
You can also count on a group of half a dozen or so from the gliding clubs at Bacchus Marsh for the Cup Week. Regards Tom van Blaricum _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Derek Ruddock Sent: Thursday, 23 October 2008 11:45 AM To: 'Mal Bruce'; 'Discu

Re: [Aus-soaring] Where to from here?

2008-10-23 Thread erich wittstock
I just hope you won't throw the Saab's on the deck like I get to see it here in Lismore. I'll put a few on youtube. In fact : I reckon the Saab was originally designed for aircraft carrier operations - tough as. During one landing in Sydney (ok, slight x-wind) the overhead compartment flew open on

[Aus-soaring] a thermal in discussion

2008-10-23 Thread Emilis Prelgauskas
On Thu, 23 Oct 2008 09:54:37 +1000, Mike Borgelt wrote: >I'm happy to support a 50% + reduction in Australian CO2 emissions >by >2023. This is simple to do and completely within current >technological capabilities. Just replace all coal fired base load >electricity generation with nuclear, build ex

Re: [Aus-soaring] Narromine Cup Week and Grand Prix

2008-10-23 Thread Mark Fisher
At least two going from Warwick! From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Tom van Blaricum Sent: Thu 23-Oct-08 8:30 PM To: 'Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.' Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Narromine Cup Week and Grand Prix You can also count o

Re: [Aus-soaring] Narromine Cup Week and Grand Prix

2008-10-23 Thread Adam Woolley
Grand Prix! then JoeyGlide '08 :) WPP Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2008 07:11:34 +1100From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Re: [Aus-soaring] Narromine Cup Week and Grand Prix At least two going from Warwick! From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Tom van BlaricumSent: Thu 23-Oct-08

Re: [Aus-soaring] a thermal in discussion

2008-10-23 Thread Mike Borgelt
Emilis, Like gliding, living the low energy, "self sufficient" lifestyle is a hobby which requires the backing of a high tech, high energy civilisation in order to be able to indulge in it. Nothing wrong with that and if you can make a living satisfying a demand that's great. Mike At 10

Re: [Aus-soaring] a thermal in discussion

2008-10-23 Thread Michael Cole (Neonatology)
Maybe I missed it, but I can't see what CO2 has to do with it. The average temp of the Earth has been stable at 22 degrees C for the last 600 million years except for brief periods during which it plummets to 12 degrees C for 10 million years or more before shooting back up to 22 again. None of

Re: [Aus-soaring] a thermal in discussion

2008-10-23 Thread Mike Borgelt
Micheal, The worrying thing is the long term CO2 trend. Life on Earth is going to have a problem long before the sun dies or becomes a red giant. The CO2 is all getting sequestered in the rocks and below 100ppm in the atmosphere all the plant life dies followed shortly by all the animal life