Thanks to Ross I've read the article.
Some fairly heroic engineering there.
About 100 Kilowatt-hours of battery power weighing 500Kg or so. This
gets a two seat aircraft that used to be a 4 seater that can really
only be used as a trainer and whose engine handling characteristics
are
If you know of pilots planning to go soaring in Namibia next season then our
website www.ourafricansafari.com.au which I have just updated with our 2010
trip, may give them some tips on self-drive travel in Namibia. Please pass
on. Thanks, Anne
cheers
Keith Dixon and Anne Elliott
PO
Don't remember which Sailplane Homebuilder's Association Western Workshop
this
solar powered motorglider flew at, possibly over 10 years ago?
http://solar-flight.com/sunseeker/index.html
Not every development of technology becomes what we want it to be overnight.
Good on the people who
http://www.warwickdailynews.com.au/story/2011/03/28/local-aviator-gets-his-way-pilot-gus-mauch/___
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Some day we'll all discover that the same conservation of energy
required to make the long marginal glide is necessary in other walks
of life. We pay the maintenance costs of our cars and aircraft. How
much is it worth to maintain the planet we live on, so we and others
can enjoy life?
Listen carefully to the words.
For those of us who don't have the time to listen to washed-up drug
addled crooners, could you please quote the relevant parts so we can
continue this discussion on gliding related matters?
This is interesting when you talk about nasties
I think the referenced
On 28 March 2011 12:26, DMcD slutsw...@gmail.com wrote:
Technocrats frequently have a problem with imagination. They can
imagine technology of breathtaking scope and complexity but don't
quite have the mental capacity to solve the all the problems. The
space shuttle was possibly the most
The re-scheduled 2010 Comps kickd off at Lake Keepit yesterday with class
winners being -
18 metre Tom Claffey
Open Steve Hedley
!5 Metre Dennis Stacey
Club Richard Frawley
Full details at
www.soaringspot.com/nsw2011/results/
Regards
Ian Downes
Manager LKSC
G’day all,
On the way home from JG this year, I stopped into Stonefield to have a look
around. I saw the beginnings of the new German operation starting up out
there. Does anyone have any more information on this? Looks like Tiger wont
be opening a base in BNE for a while, and keen to check
