Re: [Aus-soaring] Bonus Jet

2011-05-05 Thread Mike Borgelt
At 10:15 PM 5/05/2011, you wrote: ...some say oxygen is produced and carbon is "sinked" by trees. Little do they know that most of that cycle is done by our oceans and the little critters within. Thus most of our fossil fuels originate from our oceans. Let's blame continental drift for it endi

Re: [Aus-soaring] Good morning

2011-05-05 Thread Mike Borgelt
Hi Chris, That's great news although I was thinking of going somewhere dryer a week or two ago. Nice weather now though. Allegedly there's a new 95.4 out. I haven't looked yet. Regards Mike At 03:16 PM 6/05/2011, you wrote: No more cold for us Mike. We have sold our property and are migr

Re: [Aus-soaring] Good morning

2011-05-05 Thread Christopher Mc Donnell
No more cold for us Mike. We have sold our property and are migrating to Queensland where our children are. GQG will be able to enjoy some G reat Q ueensland G liding :-) - Original Message - From: "Mike Cleaver" To: "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia." Sent: F

Re: [Aus-soaring] Fw: Good morning

2011-05-05 Thread Christopher Mc Donnell
Egg on face too. I will have to wait until after coffee before I say good morning to my daughter. - Original Message - From: Texler, Michael To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. Sent: Friday, May 06, 2011 12:55 PM Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Fw: Good morni

Re: [Aus-soaring] Good morning

2011-05-05 Thread Mike Cleaver
Chris, that's not freezing! Canberra managed a low of MINUS 4.0 this morning. Is this a changing climate back to more normal figures, or just the fact that the pollies are not in town this week? Wombat At 08:27 6/05/2011, you wrote: Good morning DDD. Freezing here 6 degrees DDD oxo ___

Re: [Aus-soaring] Fw: Good morning

2011-05-05 Thread Texler, Michael
Another dumpling moment! Brilliant sunny day here in Perth! From: aus-soaring-boun...@lists.internode.on.net [mailto:aus-soaring-boun...@lists.internode.on.net] On Behalf Of Christopher Mc Donnell Sent: Friday, 6 May 2011 06:35 To: aus-soaring@lists.internode.

[Aus-soaring] SAGA Winter Lectures

2011-05-05 Thread Catherine Conway
Hi All This month sees the start of the SAGA Winter Lecture Series This year we are running three streams: Basic/Advanced and Speciallist. Please find the details of the first activities in each series. All welcome. Please forward these details to others in your clubs. Venue will be the Ade

Re: [Aus-soaring] Bonus Jet

2011-05-05 Thread harry medlicott
Some hard facts. Once a forest, savanah or any form of original vegetation reaches a mature state due to the limit of the amount of vegetation sustainable by available water and nutrients resulting from the degradation of non organic minerals, the carbon cycle is such that there is no net gain

[Aus-soaring] Fw: Good morning

2011-05-05 Thread Christopher Mc Donnell
Gotta move my daughter's address. Damn. - Original Message - From: Christopher Mc Donnell To: aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net Sent: Friday, May 06, 2011 7:57 AM Subject: [Aus-soaring] Good morning Good morning DDD. Freezing here 6 degrees DDD oxo

[Aus-soaring] Good morning

2011-05-05 Thread Christopher Mc Donnell
Good morning DDD. Freezing here 6 degrees DDD oxo___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring

[Aus-soaring] Darling Downs Weather for the weekend of 7 - 8 May 2011 - updated

2011-05-05 Thread Robert Hart
Hi folks It would seem the winter weather pattern is starting to establish itself, with the highs moving a bit further north as the sweep in from the west. The updated weekend weather forecast is available at http://the-white-knight-speaks.blogspot.com It a

Re: [Aus-soaring] Bonus Jet

2011-05-05 Thread Paul Bart
On 5 May 2011 22:15, erich wittstock wrote: > ...some say oxygen is produced and carbon is "sinked" by trees. Little do > they know that most of that cycle is done by our oceans and the little > critters within. Thus most of our fossil fuels originate from our oceans. > Let's blame continental dr

Re: [Aus-soaring] Bonus Jet

2011-05-05 Thread erich wittstock
...some say oxygen is produced and carbon is "sinked" by trees. Little do they know that most of that cycle is done by our oceans and the little critters within. Thus most of our fossil fuels originate from our oceans. Let's blame continental drift for it ending up under our land masses. Feasible t

Re: [Aus-soaring] Why flutter is bad

2011-05-05 Thread Mike Borgelt
At 06:13 PM 5/05/2011, you wrote: Yes, very alarming. I have had one flutter incident in my ASW-20. Immediately fixed by rapidly raising the nose. It was a hot day , flying close to VNE. Perhaps not enough allowance for difference between IAS and TAS. Repaired top rudder hinge which had sli

Re: [Aus-soaring] Bonus Jet

2011-05-05 Thread Mike Borgelt
At 08:39 PM 5/05/2011, you wrote: ..for those interested in non dinosaur fuel technology. http://www.solarimpulse.com Depends whether you are a fan of the "dead dinosaur" theory of oil formation. Problem is the vast amounts of hydrocarbons on the surface and and

Re: [Aus-soaring] Bonus Jet

2011-05-05 Thread erich wittstock
..for those interested in non dinosaur fuel technology. http://www.solarimpulse.com On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 08:40, rolf a. buelter wrote: > For those intersted in Jet self launch: > > > http://www.google.com/url?sa=D&q=http://watch.discoverychannel.ca/daily-planet/april-2011/daily-planet---ap

Re: [Aus-soaring] Re NZ ASH on youtube.

2011-05-05 Thread eckey
Hi Derrek I agree, the comment that the glider can be loaded with water ballast to 1.2 tons appears to be a mistake on the part of the air show commentator. After fliying with Terry Delore in this particular ASH 25 I can confirm that it was not modified to carry more water ballast. But more tha

Re: [Aus-soaring] Why flutter is bad

2011-05-05 Thread Roger Browne
Yes, very alarming. I have had one flutter incident in my ASW-20. Immediately fixed by rapidly raising the nose. It was a hot day , flying close to VNE. Perhaps not enough allowance for difference between IAS and TAS. Repaired top rudder hinge which had slight wear, and then could not reprodu