Re: [Aus-soaring] Motor Glider 911

2009-06-13 Thread Tim Shirley
It was a Porsche. Stuart & Kerri Ferguson wrote: Hi, Does anyone on this group know anything about "Motor Glider 911" An aircraft using this callsign was heard operating into Canberra Airport this afternoon. SDF ___ Aus-soaring mailing list Au

Re: [Aus-soaring] Vintage Sailplane Video

2009-06-13 Thread Derek Ruddock
Plays fine using Windows Media Player on my Vista PC -Original Message- From: aus-soaring-boun...@lists.internode.on.net [mailto:aus-soaring-boun...@lists.internode.on.net] On Behalf Of Graham Watts Sent: Saturday, 13 June 2009 3:38 PM To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Austra

Re: [Aus-soaring] Motor Glider 911

2009-06-13 Thread Stuart & Kerri Ferguson
Good try Tim - the person flying was saying "Nine Eleven" not "Nine One One" - not sure how PC that is in this day and age. and for your sins you have to watch reruns of the complete first series of Australian Top Gear. SDF -Original Message- From: aus-soaring-boun...@lists.intern

Re: [Aus-soaring] Motor Glider 911

2009-06-13 Thread Adam Webb
Stuart, http://www.recreationalflying.com.au/forum/vbclassified.php?do=ad&id=41 -found this with a quick google... (work is quiet tonight) Looks like its a "Pipistrel Virus" whatever one of them is. Adam - Original Message - From: Stuart & Kerri Ferguson Date: Saturday, June 13, 2009

Re: [Aus-soaring] Vintage Sailplane Video

2009-06-13 Thread John Parncutt
Can't get it to play on my windows PC (Vista) either with Quick time or windows media player, anybody got any idea's? John Parncutt   Phone: 0418 966 087 Fax: 03 9885 1320 Email:jparn...@bigpond.net.au -Original Message- From: aus-soaring-boun...@lists.internode.on.net [mailt

Re: [Aus-soaring] ARCUS wins its first comp

2009-06-13 Thread Mike Borgelt
At 08:22 AM 13/06/2009, you wrote: The NimEta is Eta wing with single seater fuse to get the weight below 850 kg and the chance to carry some water. Rgds - Rolf Thanks Rolf, I thought it might be something like that. Do you have a website for this? In german is OK. Mike Borgelt Instrument

Re: [Aus-soaring] Vintage Sailplane Video

2009-06-13 Thread Peter Brookman
I have downloaded it and played on Real Player, says its playing and the indicator moves along the bottom but no sound or vision at all. - Original Message - From: "John Parncutt" To: "'Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.'" Sent: Saturday, June 13, 2009 6:12

Re: [Aus-soaring] ARCUS wins its first comp

2009-06-13 Thread Ross McLean
Mike I gave you the website in my earlier reply http://www.leichtwerk.de/eta/ it is in both German and English ROSS -Original Message- From: aus-soaring-boun...@lists.internode.on.net [mailto:aus-soaring-boun...@lists.internode.on.net] On Behalf Of Mike Borgelt Sent: Saturday, 13 June 2009

Re: [Aus-soaring] Vintage Sailplane Video

2009-06-13 Thread John Parncutt
Yes exactly the same problem, I have tried it on several different players, real player, quicktime, windows media player and some other players I have and all exactly the same, they recognise the file and appear to play it - but with a blank screen and no audio. I have also downloaded some video c

Re: [Aus-soaring] ARCUS wins its first comp

2009-06-13 Thread Mike Borgelt
Ross, I knew about the Eta but not about the wing being fitted to a single seat fuselage. There doesn't appear to be anything about that on the Eta website. for a glider with even higher aspect ratio www.engl.wolfsview.com/words_e/assets/ConcImagine_WV_e.pdf Mike At 07:28 PM 13/06/200

Re: [Aus-soaring] ARCUS wins its first comp

2009-06-13 Thread rolf a. buelter
Sorry, I don't have a website and don't know that there is one. There is obviously nothing on the leichtwerk website on this glider. Gantenbrink's chosen name for the glider suggests some involvement of Schempp Hirth. My information comes from another competitor at Mengen. Rgds - Rolf > F

Re: [Aus-soaring] Vintage Sailplane Video

2009-06-13 Thread Roger Browne
I can't get it to play either. I haver tried Windows Media Player, Real Player, VLC Media Player, and Quicktime. All to no avail. Bright ideas someone? Roger Browne John Parncutt wrote: Can't get it to play on my windows PC (Vista) either with Quick time or windows media player, anybody

Re: [Aus-soaring] Motor Glider 911

2009-06-13 Thread Stuart & Kerri Ferguson
Adam, Thanks - if this is the case we have a RAAus registered aircraft operating inside C Class airspace using a glider prefix for its Radio Callsign - I am staying well away from that one. SDF _ From: aus-soaring-boun...@lists.internode.on.net [mailto:aus-soaring-bou

Re: [Aus-soaring] Motor Glider 911

2009-06-13 Thread Dave Long & Cath Lincoln
They probably don't have an ASIC card as well. Dave L From: aus-soaring-boun...@lists.internode.on.net [mailto:aus-soaring-boun...@lists.internode.on.net] On Behalf Of Stuart & Kerri Ferguson Sent: Saturday, 13 June 2009 8:46 PM To: 'Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.' S

Re: [Aus-soaring] Motor Glider 911

2009-06-13 Thread Al Borowski
Hi, I'm no lawyer, but what's the problem? If it's a motorglider, and operating with the engine off, surely using "glider" as a prefix is far more useful for everyone else? As long as the pilot has a PPL, and has a valid clearance, I thought it'd be A-OK. Cheers, Al On 6/13/09, Stuart & Kerr

Re: [Aus-soaring] Motor Glider 911

2009-06-13 Thread Stuart & Kerri Ferguson
Al, I did not see the aircraft, I heard it on the radio and it appeared to be operating as a powered aircraft receiving and responding to heading vectors and altitude assignments just like anyone else as it mixed it with B737, DHC8 etc. Like you I am not a lawyer - but it did appear unusua

Re: [Aus-soaring] Vintage Sailplane Video

2009-06-13 Thread DMcD
HA > I can't get it to play either.   I haver tried Windows Media Player, Real > Player, VLC Media Player, and Quicktime.   All to no avail.   Bright ideas > someone? If you are talking about Zulu Romeo? I had the same problem with several players. I burned the track to a DVD and it played fine

Re: [Aus-soaring] Vintage Sailplane Video

2009-06-13 Thread John Parncutt
No the problems not with Zulu Romeo (I haven't finished downloading that one yet) it's with the Vintage Sailplane Video JP   Phone: 0418 966 087 Fax: 03 9885 1320 Email:jparn...@bigpond.net.au -Original Message- From: aus-soaring-boun...@lists.internode.on.net [mailto:aus-

Re: [Aus-soaring] Vintage Sailplane Video

2009-06-13 Thread Stuart & Kerri Ferguson
Guys it is the .mov file format - I am looking for file converters online SDF -Original Message- From: aus-soaring-boun...@lists.internode.on.net [mailto:aus-soaring-boun...@lists.internode.on.net] On Behalf Of John Parncutt Sent: Saturday, 13 June 2009 9:37 PM To: 'Discussion of issu

Re: [Aus-soaring] Vintage Sailplane Video

2009-06-13 Thread DMcD
HA > Guys it is the .mov file format - I am looking for file converters online > Should be plain Quicktime. The trouble is that there are a million and one codecs used in QT. But perhaps get the current version. DMcD ___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-so

Re: [Aus-soaring] Vintage Sailplane Video

2009-06-13 Thread C K
Like all things vintage that I own, it doesn't work for me either, or my PC is not vintage enough to drive it. :-( ___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.ne

Re: [Aus-soaring] Vintage Sailplane Video

2009-06-13 Thread Ben Loxton
get the VLC player, it works fine... http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ or get a mac :-) Ben On 13/06/2009, at 11:13 PM, C K wrote: Like all things vintage that I own, it doesn't work for me either, or my PC is not vintage enough to drive it. :-( ___

Re: [Aus-soaring] Vintage Sailplane Video

2009-06-13 Thread John Parncutt
I have downloaded several file converters non seem to work or recognise that there is an content in the file. I have also downloaded the latest quicktime from apple with no solution. Is it possible to upload this video in a more common format perhaps AVI or MP2? JP   Phone: 0418 966 087 Fax:

Re: [Aus-soaring] Vintage Sailplane Video

2009-06-13 Thread John Parncutt
Tried that Ben - still no go. I think it's simply that I don't have the right codec on my machine and no matter what player I try will make no difference. Obviously there is a particular video codec in the Mac operating system which is not generally loaded on Windows machines. Now I've just got to

Re: [Aus-soaring] Vintage Sailplane Video

2009-06-13 Thread Catherine Conway
Get a Mac (sorry couldn't resist) -Cath On 13/06/2009, at 6:12 PM, John Parncutt wrote: Can't get it to play on my windows PC (Vista) either with Quick time or windows media player, anybody got any idea's? John Parncutt ___ Aus-soaring mailing l

Re: [Aus-soaring] Vintage Sailplane Video

2009-06-13 Thread John Parncutt
Its stopped raining in Melbourne now so don't need a Mac any more :-) Cheers JP   Phone: 0418 966 087 Fax: 03 9885 1320 Email:jparn...@bigpond.net.au -Original Message- From: aus-soaring-boun...@lists.internode.on.net [mailto:aus-soaring-boun...@lists.internode.on.net] On B

Re: [Aus-soaring] Vintage Sailplane Video

2009-06-13 Thread Ben Jones
Howdy all, Talk to any heavy P*rn downloader , they will have the answer on how to work out what codec has been used. Josh .. and the answer is ??? Regards Ben The other Ben - Original Message - From: John Parncutt To: 'Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia

Re: [Aus-soaring] Motor Glider 911

2009-06-13 Thread wom...@netspeed.com.au
Stu The owner is a Canberra based RA-Aus pilot who has a PPL and all the bells & whistles to be able to fly in there. It has been based there for about 3 years and is regularly tied down in the GA grass area. It's a Pipistrel Virus, as Adam said, which is NOT a motorglider but the short-wing versi

Re: [Aus-soaring] Vintage Sailplane Video

2009-06-13 Thread Jim Staniforth
> Get a Mac (sorry couldn't resist) Out in the rain? Raincoats are always a handy solution. (mac might just be a Pom expression, sorry)   A note to those who haven't "got a mac": I bought what was referred to as "the $2000 paperweight" (17" Macbook Pro) and spent more time trying to make it fit

Re: [Aus-soaring] Motor Glider 911

2009-06-13 Thread Stuart & Kerri Ferguson
Mike, Thank you - I knew someone would know the answer if I put the question out there :) How is the sunny UK treating you? It would have to have been warmer than Canberra this past week - Friday we saw a maximum temperature of 3c - the upside of course is the ski season is of to a great star

[Aus-soaring] More young people in ancient gliders

2009-06-13 Thread DMcD
HA Here are a couple more videos for vintage buffs. For those folk who could not get the sound out of the last ones, there is no sound. They were shot 16mm MOS. This is a technical term from film days and means "Mit out sound". Otto Preminger I think. The previous videos had video in DV format, c

Re: [Aus-soaring] More young people in ancient gliders

2009-06-13 Thread JR
ZR was filmed during the 1974 world championships. - Original Message - From: "DMcD" To: "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia." Sent: Sunday, June 14, 2009 9:38 AM Subject: [Aus-soaring] More young people in ancient gliders > HA > > Here are a couple more videos for v

Re: [Aus-soaring] Vintage Sailplane Video

2009-06-13 Thread Graham Watts
QuickTime 'movie inspector' indicates that the format is WMV2/WMA2.. Maybe this is an old format not now supported by windoze? John Parncutt wrote: Its stopped raining in Melbourne now so don't need a Mac any more :-) Cheers JP   Phone: 0418 966 087 Fax: 03 9885 1320 Email:

Re: [Aus-soaring] Vintage Sailplane Video

2009-06-13 Thread Derek Ruddock
As I said, works a treat in my Vista PC... From: aus-soaring-boun...@lists.internode.on.net [mailto:aus-soaring-boun...@lists.internode.on.net] On Behalf Of Graham Watts Sent: Sunday, 14 June 2009 10:40 AM To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Vin

Re: [Aus-soaring] Vintage Sailplane Video

2009-06-13 Thread Matthew Gage
File converted to MP4 (using H.264 video and AAC audio encoding) - http://www.4shared.com/file/111682609/98321b38/Vintage_Gliding_Video.html There may still be problems as I can't get this to convert to AVI format from either the original or the MP4, but at least internally, it is a single c

Re: [Aus-soaring] Vintage Sailplane Video

2009-06-13 Thread Graham Watts
Thank you Matthew, you are da man :-) Matthew Gage wrote: File converted to MP4 (using H.264 video and AAC audio encoding) - http://www.4shared.com/file/111682609/98321b38/Vintage_Gliding_Video.html There may still be problems as I can't get this to convert to AVI format from e

[Aus-soaring] Vintage Gliding Video 2?

2009-06-13 Thread DMcD
HA I don't know if this is a vintage gliding video. Vintage music yes. They claim it is an example of energy retention. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_-ULY8qV94 DMcD ___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To check or change