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*"**I would suggest your major problem is the Blanik, the glider equivalent
to the 1961 VW beetle."*
I dont think thats very fair. 1961 beetle is a classic! much more sought
after than a blanik.
Tom
(ok, i'll admit to it. i own a 57 beetle. a kombi, beach buggy and a 67
beetle. no glider though).
At 12:43 PM 8/07/2011, you wrote:
I would suggest your major problem is the Blanik, the glider
equivalent to the 1961 VW beetle.
The weather you cannot control.
Tom
They are in Bundaberg, home of the Jabiru. There's a RAAus flying
school at the airport that uses Jabs. How about a little late
In "Where Do Good Ideas Come From? - the natural history of innovation" Steven
Johnson looks at how patterns of creativity and innovation occur. He describes
leaps in ideas in terms of the environments that cultivate connections, that
coalesce thoughts into movements - it's a good, entertaining
I would suggest your major problem is the Blanik, the glider equivalent to the
1961 VW beetle.
The weather you cannot control.
Tom
From: Grant Davies
To: 'Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.'
Sent: Friday, 8 July 2011 9:34 AM
Subject: Re:
At 11:49 AM 8/07/2011, you wrote:
Tim, thanks for that info.
From discussions with others, many of whom are enthusiastic glider
pilots and owner syndicate members, ie committed members, I have
heard good feedback about Gliding Australia. Many of these same
people are, like me, "lurkers" or "
Ditto.
- Original Message -
From: Drew McKinnie
To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.
Cc: tshir...@internode.on.net
Sent: Friday, July 08, 2011 11:49 AM
Subject: [Aus-soaring] Aus-Soaring Discussion Activity
Tim, thanks for that info.
From discus
Tim, thanks for that info.
From discussions with others, many of whom are enthusiastic glider pilots and
owner syndicate members, ie committed members, I have heard good feedback about
Gliding Australia. Many of these same people are, like me, "lurkers" or
"observers" on Aus-Soaring who choose
>The point about people being your friends is a good one..
>They have to mix with people they don't like.
LOL, metaphor for life really!
Much like going to the footy...
You might not like the people, but it's the activity that gives you a
jolly!
Sorry, back to normal back-biting... ;-)
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At 09:35 PM 7/07/2011, you wrote:
On 07/07/2011, Grant Davies wrote:
> Being only new to Gliding and seeing and hearing about membership issues my
> two bobs worth is the if Gliding isn't in people's faces how do
we expect it
> to flourish. I look at magazines on flying while in the
newsagenc
At 09:39 AM 8/07/2011, you wrote:
Some years ago I produced monthly statistics for the interest of the group.
At that time there were around 300 people on the list, but of course
I had no way of knowing their names or GFA membership status. In
those days some 60-70 (about a quarter) made at l
My guess is about 1/2% and getting smaller.
Tom
From: Laurie Simpkins
To: Aus Soaring
Sent: Thursday, 7 July 2011 8:27 PM
Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Gliding Australia
Many thanks to those who posted today to make my point "we have a
bunch of glider pilots
I got mine Ulrich, and I did notice the pigeon heading your way, but with the
head winds and everything it could still be a day or two.
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On 07/07/2011, Grant Davies wrote:
> Being only new to Gliding and seeing and hearing about membership issues my
> two bobs worth is the if Gliding isn't in people's faces how do we expect it
> to flourish. I look at magazines on flying while in the newsagency and think
> if I saw one about Glidi
Many thanks to those who posted today to make my point "we have a
bunch of glider pilots exhibiting the same failure of imagination and
unwillingness to try anything new or different."
Glad to help out, not the least bit offended. God i love this group, so
entertaining. Maybe we can make join
Neither have we - with the usual spread of opinions here I'd love to
see for myself. With four payed up GFA members at the same address
shouldn't we get priority treatment...?
Ulrich
On Thu 07/07/11 12:54 , DMcD slutsw...@gmail.com sent:
>>I personnaly like the hard copy mag (havent s
>This isn't a newsgroup, it's a mailing list.
>It isn't on Google, it's hosted by Simon Hackett at Internode.
>If you're selling or buying something, there's no reason why you can't
>post about it.
>The moderator of this mailing list likes to believe that its participants
>are adults, who are gener
See below;
On 07-Jul-2011, at 4:39 PM, emilis prelgauskas wrote:
>
> On 07/07/2011, at 10:05 AM, Mike Borgelt wrote:
>> It is 2011. Faced with a redo of the official magazine an organisation in
>> 2011 decides to keep doing it the way it has been done since the 1950s and
>> we have a bunch of
At 04:39 PM 7/07/2011, you wrote:
Amongst the current ways to do things, the UK has 'aviation sport tv' on-line
I suspect we have enough Oz talent to supply material for a local version?
(Nice Peter Temple interview there)
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I'm sure that's nice
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