Re: [Aus-soaring] Red Bull Morning Glory coverage

2009-09-30 Thread Christopher Mc Donnell
The helo pilot's input on flying in such a huge mass of upgoing air would be interesting. Probably as boring as "less throttle" though. - Original Message - From: "DMcD" To: "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia." Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 7:18 PM Subject

Re: [Aus-soaring] Natfly

2009-09-30 Thread Catherine Conway
Just passing on the comments as I'm being told them On 30/09/2009, at 6:55 PM, Stuart & Kerri Ferguson wrote: Cath, I think it is safe to say that the RaAUS guys know what their members want and will not let them down. SDF -Original Message- From: aus-soaring-boun...@lists.

Re: [Aus-soaring] Red Bull Morning Glory coverage

2009-09-30 Thread DMcD
>If you would like to see a documentary about flying the wave in REAL aircraft >go to: Hmmm. Perhaps the most impressive thing about the Red Bull doco was the helicopter camera rig. Staggering steadiness (at a price). Anyway, back to Real Aircraft. I wonder what is a real aircra

Re: [Aus-soaring] Natfly

2009-09-30 Thread Stuart & Kerri Ferguson
Cath, I think it is safe to say that the RaAUS guys know what their members want and will not let them down. SDF -Original Message- From: aus-soaring-boun...@lists.internode.on.net [mailto:aus-soaring-boun...@lists.internode.on.net] On Behalf Of Catherine Conway Sent: Wednesday, 30

[Aus-soaring] Red Bull Morning Glory coverage

2009-09-30 Thread Garrett Russell
Glider pilots donĀ¹t have to let Red Bull get all the glory. If you would like to see a documentary about flying the wave in REAL aircraft go to: http://www.angelawalshproductions.com/tsunami_in_the_sky/ Declaration of potential conflict of interest: I am one of the filmmakers, so sorry for mak

Re: [Aus-soaring] trivia etc

2009-09-30 Thread Mike Borgelt
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Re: [Aus-soaring] Morning Glory HD Footage and why gliding looses...

2009-09-30 Thread Mike Borgelt
From Adrian: This little gem came out of some totally useless discussion: "One of the problems with our software-intensive era is that the behaviour of ordinary objects has become arbitrary, like software, instead of merely ornery, like physics." I like it. Mike Borgelt I

[Aus-soaring] Fw: DG Flugzeugbau - Newsletter No. 132

2009-09-30 Thread T & J Gilbert
- Original Message - From: "Friedel Weber" To: "Tom & Jane Gilbert" Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 3:48 AM Subject: DG Flugzeugbau - Newsletter No. 132 DG Flugzeugbau - Newsletter No. 132 October 2009 Index: 1. Report of the Flight Testing of the DG-1001M 2. DG-1001M on