[Aus-soaring] Fw: DG Flugzeugbau - Newsletter No. 136

2010-02-02 Thread T & J Gilbert
- Original Message - From: "Friedel Weber" To: "Tom & Jane Gilbert" Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2010 5:18 AM Subject: DG Flugzeugbau - Newsletter No. 136 DG Flugzeugbau - Newsletter No. 136 February 2010 Index: 1. Cost Of Type Support - the problems are the same everywhere! Add

[Aus-soaring] Naips for iPhone.

2010-02-02 Thread James Dutschke
Not wanting to sound like an ad but this app is unreal. It will develop route forecasts with wind directions strengths and a temp trace for a given route or area. It will Submit/modify/cancel flight plans, it will work out your alternates for a given route, give forecasts for them and allow

Re: [Aus-soaring] NAIPS for iPhone - yes you can!!

2010-02-02 Thread Stuart & Kerri Ferguson
When I first read Peter's post it brought back memories from the late 80's when fax machines were just becoming readably available and pilots wanted to submit their Flight Plans by fax; at that time there was a group of dinosaurs within Dept of Aviation/AsA (which ever we were at the time) that

Re: [Aus-soaring] Aus-soaring Digest, Vol 77, Issue 1

2010-02-02 Thread J & J Thompson
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Re: [Aus-soaring] NAIPS for iPhone - yes you can!!

2010-02-02 Thread Dave Donald
Hi Cath,   I just emailed Boyd Moody who is the AusFIC Group Leader - Data; Australian Flight Information Centre (AusFIC) at Air Services Australia, who says that the developer has an agreement with AsA for the program and NAIPS access. The tool will allow a flight plan to be submitted and this

[Aus-soaring] Advanced Soaring Made Easy

2010-02-02 Thread Future Aviation
Hello all Here is an attempt to save you money and me a lot of trouble. After the recent book review in Soaring Australia many glider pilots have ordered the second edition of "Advanced Soaring Made Easy" already. If a member of any gliding club is prepared to organise a bulk purchase of 10 book

Re: [Aus-soaring] NAIPS for iPhone

2010-02-02 Thread Catherine Conway
I used my iPhone once to file a flight plan on the ground at Cobar. It worked well. Does this mean they now deny you the ability to do that or just say they don't want you to? -Cath On 03/02/2010, at 12:19 AM, Peter Stephenson wrote: > Just been to an Airservices safety briefing where NAIP

Re: [Aus-soaring] Beautiful Nimbus 2C available for the Dalby Nationals

2010-02-02 Thread Jim Staniforth
That's a nicer instrument panel than when AW was based at Sunstate Soaring. And winglets, too. Jim From: Robert Hart To: Soaring in Australia ; DDSC Chat Sent: Tue, February 2, 2010 1:27:00 AM Subject: [Aus-soaring] Beautiful Nimbus 2C available for the Dal

Re: [Aus-soaring] NAIPS for iPhone

2010-02-02 Thread Peter Stephenson
Just been to an Airservices safety briefing where NAIPS was demonstrated and there was a message: "this site is not for PDA/3G access" PeterS Stuart & Kerri Ferguson wrote:   Guys, For those of you with an iPhone there is a real neat application that allows you  

[Aus-soaring] Beautiful Nimbus 2C available for the Dalby Nationals

2010-02-02 Thread Robert Hart
HI folks Due to other commitments, I cannot fly in the Dalby Nationals in October. As a result, my beautiful Nimbus 2c (Alice in Wonderland) is available for hire, complete with:- Winglets Altair, Vega eletric vario and integrated FLARM EW microrecorder 720 channel radio Mountain High Oxygen s