Re: [Aus-soaring] Nymph

Barry Bowerman flies a Ximango out of Camden, NSW (VH-ZBF) and his address is in the CASA aircraft register. Or phone them as Mark suggests (see http://bowermans.com.au/). -Original Message- From: aus-soaring-boun...@lists.internode.on.net

Re: [Aus-soaring] Aus-soaring Digest, Vol 137, Issue 21

0437 769 765 the same -Original Message- From: aus-soaring-boun...@lists.internode.on.net [mailto:aus-soaring-boun...@lists.internode.on.net] On Behalf Of aus-soaring-requ...@lists.internode.on.net Sent: Monday, 16 February 2015 11:50 PM To: aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net Subject:

[Aus-soaring] One Perfect Climb, One Perfect Final Glide

Great article; skip straight to the flight description of the maths bores you. https://www.scribd.com/doc/252510679/Solving-the-Speed-Run-How-We-Broke-the- 200kph-Barrier?fb_action_ids=10152981613359334fb_action_types=og.likes ___ Aus-soaring

Re: [Aus-soaring] Aus RASP

Hi Chris, Johnny Wharington was the administrator of Aus-RASP last I heard, but I think he may have lost interest in RASP. You might be able to contact him via his vario website: http://wharingtonsmith.com/ Scott Penrose also may have access, but I am not sure of that. Perhaps these guys are on

Re: [Aus-soaring] RASP issues

Hi Bernie, I was wondering what has happened to the blipmap version developed by Morgan Sandercock which animated the program. I found it useful and easy to use, but it doesn't seem to be on the web any more. Regards Glenn Hi Glenn, it's there, linked to from the NSW RASP home page:

Re: [Aus-soaring] RASP issues

I'm hopeful that this afternoons NSW RASP automated run will be successful; should be complete by 1815. I have manually run regions NEWSOUTHWALES, CAMDEN and JWGC and they seem OK now. It's still using 0.5 degree data for the time being (but in the new format/naming convention) as I probably

[Aus-soaring] RASP issues

FYI: RASP instances world wide are experiencing problems due to NCEP making a change to the seed data that RASP uses. NCEP changed both the naming convention for the data files and the internal structure. Lots of people working on this world wide but no formal resolution yet. Regards, Bernie.

[Aus-soaring] New Vario

Alan, check out this new vario, fits your spec, Australian made too (well maybe just Australian designed)! I have no idea if it is production yet, and am surprised I have not seen it mentioned anywhere but perhaps I missed an ad in the magazine. Regards, Bernie.

[Aus-soaring] Android SkewT app

Alan Walls has written a nice little app which will generate a SkewT trace at 3 hourly intervals: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ajw.skewtrdid=com.ajw.skewt Australian users will need to go into settings and select GFS as the model, and enter Lat/long for the location. There

[Aus-soaring] 1500 Km wave flight in progress now.......... (USA)

News Flash: Gordon Boettger to Attempt Another Record Flight - Monday, February 17th by Gordon Boettger . February 17, 2014 At sunrise on 17 January, we are planning on launching in the Duo Discus glider from Minden at sunrise and aiming for Rapid City, SD as our goal, a distance of over 933

Re: [Aus-soaring] BUNYAN RASP

No, it won't Mal. Attached is an example of the Vertical Slice through Bunyan (which is at about the 50 NM point). There is a plan view also but I didn't save an example. Regards, BB. Bernie as a matter of interest will the Bunyan Wave have the SMWSA overlayed on the map? Thanks Mal

Re: [Aus-soaring] Contact lenses, laser surgery etc

Hi DMcD, thanks for the comments. However, as stated in the first sentence of my original post, I already have bifocal sunglasses, and they work very well. I am always acutely aware of the fact that should I lose them, break them, drop them in the drink, etc. etc. I am up for an expensive

Re: [Aus-soaring] Contact lenses, laser surgery etc

Thanks for the feedback guys, much appreciated. Like Niall I have used reading glasses since my early 40's but only in the last year felt I needed help with long distance as well. I also used to use regular sunglasses with stick-on lenses for close up work (tying knots when fishing, reading PDA's

[Aus-soaring] Contact lenses, laser surgery etc

For a year or so now I have been using bi-focal glasses for driving at night, and the same prescription in sunglasses for flying, fly fishing and driving on sunny days. On a recent fishing trip to a remote Pacific atoll I spoke to a guy who had had laser eye surgery to correct his long

[Aus-soaring] SkewT popup on NSW RASP blipmaps

FYI: After a few months of frustration I've finally managed to fix the SkewT popup on the NSW Univiewer: (Left click anywhere on any map and it will generate a SkewT chart for that point) http://blipmap.walsys.net/UNI/univiewer.html Regards, Bernie.

Re: [Aus-soaring] New Hi-Res RASP for Temora and Narromine areas

Thanks to feedback from the contest director of the World Hang Gliding championships at Forbes, I have discovered an error I made when setting up these two new regions. Specifically, the Land Surface Model specified was incorrect and consequently the hi-res Temora and Narromine maps were

Re: [Aus-soaring] PMET FORECAST SITE ERRORS

[Querying whois.audns.net.au] Domain Name: pemet.com.au Last Modified: 10-Aug-2011 20:30:50 UTC Registrar ID:Crazy Domains Registrar Name: Crazy Domains Status: ok Registrant:

[Aus-soaring] Fw: pemet errors

FYI - Original Message - From: Ian Boag To: Bernie Baer Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2012 2:21 PM Subject: Re: pemet errors Yeah they changed the NAIPs interface and it broke my script. I'll get back to it in a week or so . On Sun, Nov 18, 2012 at 2:53 PM, Bernie Baer bb

Re: [Aus-soaring] Volkslogger with incorrect date

From Google: If the internal battery has died, then the Private Key would be corrupted and any Security Check would fail. Try uploading to the OLC and see if the security check fails. Message: 3 Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2012 16:34:52 +1030 From: Peter Robinson nimb...@internode.on.net Subject:

Re: [Aus-soaring] New Hi-Res RASP for Temora and Narromine areas

Mal, no plans for any other regions at the moment due to hardware restrictions but it could happen in the future. Regards, Bernie. ___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To check or change subscription details, visit:

[Aus-soaring] New Hi-Res RASP for Temora and Narromine areas

Hi all, I have added two new RASP areas to the NSW RASP ; Temora and Narromine. Still in the testing stage, and only work for the 'Current' forecast period but these maps are at 6Km resolution compared to the full NSW maps at 12Km. Takes a lot more computing time, hence they cover a smaller

Re: [Aus-soaring] Nexus 7 Integration with Flarm, 12V supply

Hi Paul, what most people do is build an adapter that converts the serial RS232 data from the Flarm (or suitable vario) to USB host using a device called a IOIO board (pronounced yo-yo). https://www.sparkfun.com/products/10748? You can see the one I built here:

Re: [Aus-soaring] Nexus 7 Integration with Flarm, 12V supply

Glider tools have a cheap cable adapter Euro$43 http://www.glidertools.com/products/converter-rs232-to-usb-for-pna-with-swit ching-power-supply-5v/ http://forum.xcsoar.org/viewtopic.php?f=3t=342p=1293hilit=glidertools#p1293by max » Tue Feb 14, 2012 2:05 am Nikitovich

Re: [Aus-soaring] Nexus 7 Integration with Flarm, 12V supply

There is a device called a k6-mux that is programmable to do what you needThe K6-mux is a multiplexer which combines data streams from multiple devices (Flarm, vario). It still has serial output, OK for PDA's but not Android/USB devices.Some people use the K6 BT (Bluetooth) device but then you

[Aus-soaring] First 750+ KM hang glider flights

Queenslander Jonny Durand and American pilot Dustin Martin flew 760Km today in Texas, surpassing the previous Open Distance record of 700Km. See the Spot tracks at: http://chorlton.homeip.net/spotmap/zapata.html (Need to select Jonny and Dustin on the LHS). Looks like Jonny is driving around

Re: [Aus-soaring] Easements in the air

Here you go: http://2009.gfa.org.au/Docs/ops/Outlanding%20Legal%20Advice.pdf___ 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

Re: [Aus-soaring] Handicaps

A little earlier (1974) but lots of good Nimbus 2 vs. Std. Cirrus data here: http://www.ssa.org/usteam/adobe%20pdf/1974%20WGC.pdf ___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To check or change subscription details, visit:

[Aus-soaring] Blanik fix (EASA)

  http://www.aircraftdc.de/ENG/visionen_blanik.htm ___ 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

Re: [Aus-soaring] No RASP data?

The problem is that the plotting software needs an upgrade, the RASP administrator for Aus-RASP needs to download and install the latest NCL tarball from Dr Jack. If you are in NSW or SA you are sweet as those States still provide independent RASP instances:

Re: [Aus-soaring] Meteorology for Glider Pilots C E Wallington

Search on www.abebooks.com, there are 16 copies available from US$15.80 upwards. http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?an=Wallingtonsts=ttn=Meteorologyx=47y=21 ___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To check or

[Aus-soaring] Small change to the NSW RASP Blipmaps

FYI: A small change to the NSW Blipmaps: A stipple (ie, dots) has been added to the Cu Cloudbase where CuPotential 0 blipmap to provide an indication of the variability of the cloud forecast instead of simply presenting a simple yes or no cloud forecast. It may be quite useful for us to be

[Aus-soaring] Grand Prix (Chile) on OneHD

The Wednesday and Friday editions of Sports Unlimited on OneHD feaured about 30 minutes of the Chilean Grand Prix, some great air to air footage and interviews with Sebestian Kawa and others. The show repeats today at 4 PM, and Tuesday at 3:15 AM, and the gliding starts about 10 minutes or so

Re: [Aus-soaring] Turning People off Gliding

Dion, the seabreeze site is a kite surfing site and has nothing to do with hang gliding! If your friend can't tell the difference perhaps it is safer that he stays on the ground... :-) http://www.seabreeze.com.au/ Regards, Bernie. No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG -

[Aus-soaring] Added features on NSW Blipmaps

I've added some new functionality to the NSW Blipmaps at http://blipmap.walsys.net/UNI/univiewer.html (Univiewer version only). You will see two new check boxes for 'popups', called SkewT and BlipSpot. (If you cant see them, hit 'Shift+Reload' to reload the page). Select one or the other,

[Aus-soaring] Silicon free polishes?

Hello folks, it's Form 2 time and we plan to give our LS1-f a bit of a buff and polish. A product called NuFinish was recommended, however a quick Google search finds that it contains silicon and I understand that this is not a good thing should any future repairs be required. Is this correct,

[Aus-soaring] Alan Barnes 1st place pre-Worlds Club Class - congratulations!

http://www.soaringspot.com/pre_wgc_2009/results/club/total/day6.html Club class Overall results after day 6 # CN Pilot Team Glider Total 1. VS Barnes Alan AUS LS 1 f 4860 2. 24 Bereczky Ferenc HUN Malev RK MSE Std. Jantar 2 WL 4711 3. MS Schupfer Mario AUT ASW

Re: [Aus-soaring] Vintage Sailplane Video

See http://blipmap.walsys.net/forum/index.php?topic=80.0 The landing was made between what we HG pilots called 'The Point' and 'The Knob' (Stony Batter), in the area that is now occupied by the toilet block, road, and scrub. In those days most of the timber was Red Cedar and was cut down;

[Aus-soaring] 2 day NSW RASP Blipmaps forecasts now available ......

assistance. Bernie Baer http://blipmap.walsys.net/NEWSOUTHWALES/index.html www.gliding.com.au ___ 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] Animated Blipmaps for NSW

Morgan Sandercock has written a very neat little Javascript application which will scroll through a selected time series of Blipmaps.. Thanks Morgan! http://blipmap.walsys.net/NEWSOUTHWALES/index.html___ Aus-soaring mailing list

[Aus-soaring] New Australian gliding forum

Folks, a new gliding forum for your pleasure; post with neither fear nor favour : http://blipmap.walsys.net/forum/index.php Regards, Bernie.___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To check or change subscription details,

Re: [Aus-soaring] New Australian gliding forum

Hi AJ, yes, the Darling Downs forum was the inspiration for this one, and I plagiarised their category headings. I hope they take that as a compliment and not an insult. I saw their site as aimed at DDSC members, not an Australian audience, and hope I didn't offend anyone. Headings can be

Re: [Aus-soaring] Dr Jacks blipmaps and RASP (Regional AtmosphericSoaring Predictions) for NSW

Soundings are now working, added Keepit (4) and Forbes (5). Still working on replacing the numbers with the actual town names on the map. Bernie.___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To check or change subscription details,

Re: [Aus-soaring] Dr Jacks blipmaps and RASP (RegionalAtmosphericSoaring Predictions) for NSW

Added Bathurst (Pipers Field) location (6); will be populated with data after this afternoons run (check about 6:30 PM) Regards, Bernie. ___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To check or change subscription details, visit:

Re: [Aus-soaring] Dr Jacks blipmaps and RASP (Regional AtmosphericSoaring Predictions) for NSW

Same one Mark, how are you doing? Long time since we used to jump off the ramp at Flinders eh? Regards, Bernie.___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To check or change subscription details, visit:

[Aus-soaring] Dr Jacks blipmaps and RASP (Regional Atmospheric Soaring Predictions) for NSW

disappear at any time, should it impact his web server. My thanks to Johnny Wharington for his invaluable assistance, and Dr Jack Glendinning for the free distribution of RASP. Regards, Bernie Baer / Southern Cross Gliding Club, Camden. ___ Aus

[Aus-soaring] New Australian hang gliding distance record: 456 KM

With the World hang gliding championships about to begin at Hay, Rohan Holtkamp flies from Hay to Bathurst (456 KM) . With the World record at over 700 KM, seems it's only a matter of time before 500 Km falls in Australia. Not bad for performance less than a Grunau Baby.