Re: [Aus-soaring] smokinvid 2004

2013-05-14 Thread AJ Wesley
I have a complaint: The content provider had not made this available on mobile devices ;) On Tuesday, 14 May 2013, jim crowhurst wrote: enjoy or complain..whatever. it was fun making it! http://youtu.be/29WFB83UYB4 ___ Aus-soaring

Re: [Aus-soaring] Funny USA

2013-04-23 Thread AJ Wesley
The comical variable in all these formulaic newspaper reports of outlandings is the obligatory policeman's description of why the pilot outlanded. This time he appears to have lost his draft :) I suppose he can't say The day died and he outlanded either. AJ On 23 April 2013 16:44,

Re: [Aus-soaring] Storms on the East Coast

2007-08-22 Thread AJ Wesley
Hi Dion, We got 30 knots, gusting 41 knots this morning in Toowoomba (~120km inland) but it appears to be getting better. This will have hopefully all passed by the time you want to go glide. Dont forget to check out DDSC (www.ddsc.org.au) , and Kingaroy (http://www.kingaroygliding.com ) as

[Aus-soaring] OLC (was: narromine wireless)

2007-07-03 Thread AJ Wesley
Hi Everyone, Everyone who visits rightfully tries to promote their own club by continuing to use their home site as the site on OLC, but this is a negative for Narromine as the locals are very technofobic and tend not to use this medium. 1) Your GPS records your take off site. Its in the .igc

Re: [Aus-soaring] Stormy landing

2007-06-28 Thread AJ Wesley
From the comments section: This is a very well built glider. It is a Genesis 2 manufactured in Lithuania. * http://www.youtube.com/user/sfdavis50* Marked as spam There was no structural damage to the wing, landing gear or tail boom and the glider flew in a contest the next two days coming in

Re: [Aus-soaring] Glider wanted to $20 k

2007-04-16 Thread AJ Wesley
Would that be the second last glider on this page? ;) http://standardcirrus.org/galleryaustralia.html David Lawley wrote: Coincidentally only this morning I was reading a safety corner article in AG October 1975 entitled Harness Instruments Parachute, of a pilot who ended up under a

Re: [Aus-soaring] Dalby Easter Comps?

2007-04-12 Thread AJ Wesley
I cannot comment on why there are no results, but after spending the weekend there and flying the Sunday, I do know they're having a great time and my impression of the event is that winning and the _results_ are not the main focus of the gathering. I learned heaps from the experience and I think

RE: [Aus-soaring] PDA's and Windows Vista

2007-03-27 Thread AJ Wesley
Funny enough, I did not actually find myself entirely disagreeing with your original statement. But that’s just me ;) Rgds A.J. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:aus-soaring- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Lawley Sent: Tuesday, 27 March 2007 1:41 PM To:

RE: [Aus-soaring] Joeyglide

2007-01-02 Thread AJ Wesley
Hi JR, a good year to you too :) Interesting question. I just read a fellow club members chat email post whose flight started at 8:45 local (AEST)(Its not a rounded time with respect to minutes) By the mention of a time zone and the variable of Daylight Savings Time I had to think a touch more

RE: [Aus-soaring] O2

2005-12-23 Thread AJ Wesley
SWK is correct. Oxygen piped from the hospital walls or from medical cylinders is definitely _physiologically_ dry. Should humidified oxygen be required there are various (and some interesting) methods of humidifying this before it reaches the patient's airways. Where the natural