Re: [Aus-soaring] unsubstantiated rumours

2014-01-27 Thread Lucas James
G'Day Bernard, The AAFC (and the AIRTC before them) are a unit within the RAAF (they come under Vice Chief of the Air Force, IIRC). Unlike the Army, which had units/corps that had been afforded Royal Title, only the RAAF as a whole were given the "Royal" treatment. regards, Lucas On 28

Re: [Aus-soaring] The future of sport aviation - make a submission trying to stop CASA madness

2014-01-27 Thread Mike Borgelt
At 05:16 PM 27/01/2014, you wrote: I agree with that Mike. I will write to the minister, for what that is worth. Peter Champness Thanks, Peter. Who knows what this will be worth but at least you have had your say and nobody can accuse you of not saying anything. This is a new Minister who

[Aus-soaring] FWD: Big News from Cambridge and ClearNav

2014-01-27 Thread Jim Staniforth
From RAS, Paul Remde of Cumuluus Soaring posted 1:40 PM (2 hours ago) *** Big News from Cambridge and ClearNav *** ClearNav Instruments and Roy A. Ridgeway are pleased to announce that they have reached an agreement under which RR will sell to CNi a large inventory of CAI 300 Series parts and asse

Re: [Aus-soaring] Australian Airspace file

2014-01-27 Thread Erich Wittstock
hi Mark, hang and paragliding have something ahead of sailplanes: http://xcaustralia.org/download/ http://xcaustralia.org/aircheck/aircheck.html Erich On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 9:09 AM, Mark Fisher wrote: > Fellow pilots, > We are looking for an up-to date Australian Airspace file in either > Ope

[Aus-soaring] Australian Airspace file

2014-01-27 Thread Mark Fisher
Fellow pilots, We are looking for an up-to date Australian Airspace file in either OpenAir or CUB format. Can someone supply a URL or even a valid Airspace file ?? Cheers Mark -- Mark Fisher Managing Director Swift Avionics Unit 2, 1472 Boundary Rd Wacol 4076 Australia Ph: +61 7 3879 3005

Re: [Aus-soaring] unsubstantiated rumours

2014-01-27 Thread Future Aviation
Hi Justin Please accept my apology, but in all correspondence relating to this contract there is only a reference to the “Australian Air Force Cadets”. I can’t explain why not a single document was referring to the Royal Australian Air Force. Can you explain that? Kind regards to all

Re: [Aus-soaring] unsubstantiated rumours

2014-01-27 Thread Christopher McDonnell
Why wasn’t I told? From: Future Aviation Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2014 6:36 AM To: 'Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.' Subject: [Aus-soaring] unsubstantiated rumours Good morning all Judging by two recent telephone calls there appears to be some misinformation in gli

Re: [Aus-soaring] unsubstantiated rumours

2014-01-27 Thread Justin Sinclair
Bernard, If you are going to be precise about information on this site and others, would you kindly refer to the organisation you and your business is supporting as the Royal Australian Air Force as that. It is not the australian air force, it is the RAAF. Many men and women have died fighting

[Aus-soaring] unsubstantiated rumours

2014-01-27 Thread Future Aviation
Good morning all Judging by two recent telephone calls there appears to be some misinformation in gliding circles on the latest Australian Air Force order for new training aircraft. The following is fact - the rest is unsubstantiated rumours: . The Air Force has ordered 11 (eleven