Re: [Aus-soaring] NOT a glider -was a drifter fatal at Byron

2005-10-23 Thread Boyd Munro
Fair go, Ian.  Family and friends are grieving.  The pilot is not here to defend himself.    Boyd Munro - Original Message - From: Ian McPhee To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. Sent: Sunday, October 23, 2005 8:19 AM Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] NOT a

Re: [Aus-soaring] RE: Aus-soaring Digest, Vol 27, Issue 50

2005-12-18 Thread Boyd Munro
roceedings are kept secret one has to wonder whether the real reason is to be found elsewhere. Boyd Munro ___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailma

Re: [Aus-soaring] RE: Aus-soaring Digest, Vol 27, Issue 50

2005-12-19 Thread Boyd Munro
Hello Ian, When you say "has never been reported" do you mean that no-one ever reported it to ATSB or GFA, or that there was no public report of the findings of either of those bodies? Boyd Munro - Original Message - From: "Ian McPhee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: [Aus-soaring] FLARM mandatory update news.

2006-02-17 Thread Boyd Munro
delivers a faulty update, or goes out of business, or decides to charge $1000 for an update? It seems to me that a time-bomb strikes at the very heart of the system. Boyd Munro - Original Message - From: "John Wharington" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Discussion of issue

[Aus-soaring] Tragedy

2006-08-27 Thread Boyd Munro
Last Update: Sunday, August 27, 2006. 5:32pm (AEST) Two killed in Sydney glider crash Two people have died in a plane crash on Sydney's south-western outskirts. A glider crashed earlier this afternoon near the suburb of Camden. Both occupants were found by emergency crews inside the wrecka

Re: [Aus-soaring] Rear Vision Camera

2007-03-12 Thread Boyd Munro
innovative-cctv-video-camera?osCsid=1579c78299d70e9198f58e9277cbcee7/ There are many other affordable cameras, screens, and combos on that website. Cheers, Boyd Munro ___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To check or chang

Re: [Aus-soaring] Glider pilot licence

2009-11-12 Thread Boyd Munro
You cannot legally fly on any kind of FAA pilot certificate without first passing an FAA flight test or satisfactorily completing an FAA flight review. The FAA will issue a Pilot Certificate on the basis of another country's licence without any requirement for a flight test. However, before a pil

Re: [aus-soaring] Thank you Emilis

2003-08-20 Thread Boyd Munro
Thanks for the warning, Emilis. - Original Message - From: "Emilis Prelgauskas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2003 1:01 PM Subject: [aus-soaring] emilis virus > I'm not sending out files with attachments, so don't open emails ostensibly > from m

Re: [aus-soaring] RE: National Airspace System

2003-08-31 Thread Boyd Munro
constituted those recent personal attacks? Cheers, Boyd Munro [EMAIL PROTECTED] AIR SAFETY AUSTRALIA PO Box 172 Unley SA 5061 - Original Message - From: "Mike Cleaver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2003 3:01 PM Subject: Re: [aus

[aus-soaring] Rocket launching of gliders may not be efficient, but ...

2003-09-08 Thread Boyd Munro
Rocket launching of gliders may not be efficient, but it sure would get media coverage and bring many new recruits through the door. If rocket launching were on offer I'd be over at Lake Keepit at first light tomorrow. Boyd Munro -- * You are subscribed to the aus-soaring mailing

[Aus-soaring] NAS

2003-11-21 Thread Boyd Munro
Hello Leigh, Sadly, you are spot on. More accurately, you would have been if you had said "... concern from a small but noisy minority of power pilots". Most power pilots welcome these changes because they keep responsibility where it belongs, in the cockpit. Boyd Munro [EMAIL PROT

[Aus-soaring] A CASA-free celebration of the joy of flight on 17th December

2003-11-22 Thread Boyd Munro
www.airsafety.com.au/db22abxx.htm You do not have to be a member of AIR SAFETY AUSTRALIA to get an invitation to fly in. Boyd Munro [EMAIL PROTECTED] AIR SAFETY AUSTRALIA PO Box 172 Unley SA 5061 PS It would be nice if someone flew a tug in. The You Yangs are only 3 miles away

Re: [Aus-soaring] A CASA-free celebration of the joy of flight on 17th December

2003-11-23 Thread Boyd Munro
h as that great alchemist and aviator, the Abbot of Tungland - about whom see http://google.com/search?q=cache:Br6bSy4GHQgJ:www.firstfoot.com/Great%2520Scot/damien.htm   Cheers,   Boyd Munro [EMAIL PROTECTED] AIR SAFETY AUSTRALIAPO Box 172Unley SA 5061 - Original Message -  Dear BoydTrouble

[Aus-soaring] Celebrating the Wright Brothers' Centenary

2003-12-14 Thread Boyd Munro
reach Wooloomanata tomorrow. Cheers to all, Boyd Munro ___ Aus-soaring mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring

Re: [Aus-soaring] club class nationals

2004-01-23 Thread Boyd Munro
Hello Jim, Emilis always signs himself B. ARCH ARAIA on the gliding discussion site. His contributions are usually sensible but for quite a while I discounted them because of the way he signs himself. Is there any reason other than insecurity why he would do so? Cheers, Boyd - Original Me

[Aus-soaring] Best glider for a heavy neophyte

2004-03-25 Thread Boyd Munro
Yesterday I took off in a glider for the first time, and I loved it.   I have been flying powered aircraft for almost 40 years, and have twice landed in a glider, but yesterday's take-off was my very first.   What's the best self-launching glider for a big heavy bloke?  

[Aus-soaring] Roger Bond's details

2004-04-07 Thread Boyd Munro
Hello Luke,   I have faxed Roger asking his permission to give you his contact details.   Cheers,           Boyd Munro AIR SAFETY AUSTRALIA PO Box 172 Unley SA 5061 [EMAIL PROTECTED]     - Original Message - From: Luke Dodd To: Discussion of issues relating to

Re: [Aus-soaring] ELT

2004-06-02 Thread Boyd Munro
also good citizenship. See www.airsafety.com.au/why121p5.htm Boyd Munro AIR SAFETY AUSTRALIA - Original Message - From: "skf1" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday,

Re: [Aus-soaring] Hypoxia & Oxygen use

2004-08-26 Thread Boyd Munro
Hello Mike, There is another reason why Brigadier Brian Wade AM (Ret'd) and others are wrong. The reason is that it is a fundamental principle of criminal law that if there is an ambiguity, the ambiguity is interpreted in favour of the defendant. So if there were an ambiguity in a regulation

Re: [Aus-soaring] Hypoxia & Oxygen use

2004-08-26 Thread Boyd Munro
d to use oxygen no matter how high they are.  It quite escapes me why the GFA should require passengers to use oxygen above 10,000' in Australia (unless the person who wrote the rule was a supplier of oxygen).   Cheers,   Boyd Munro   - Original Message - From: Brian Wade To: D

Re: [Aus-soaring] Flying internationally

2004-09-01 Thread Boyd Munro
American's eyes.   Tell me off-line where and when you are going and I'll tell you who to contact.   Cheers,       Boyd Munro AIR SAFETY AUSTRALIA - Original Message - From: Brett Kettle To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2004 10:03 AM Subject:

Re: [Aus-soaring] lift generator

2004-11-18 Thread Boyd Munro
Very interested in the subject-matter, Leigh. But 320KB is a killer for those of us on very narrow-band. Please put it on a website and send us the link. I can lend you a website if you haven't one, but I'm sure Simon would be delighted to help out. Boyd Munro - Origin

Re: [Aus-soaring] Spam.... I have received ZERO spam via aus-soaring

2004-11-28 Thread Boyd Munro
deal from this list - and wait enthusiastically for more news on how I can use my Toyota and a pulley block to launch gliders!   Cheers,   Boyd Munro   P.S.  Terry, you have listed your e-mail address on your personal homepage www.rbe.net.au/~tfn/Gliding/Gliders.html  That page is listed in Google

Re: [Aus-soaring] The list is... alive!

2005-02-17 Thread Boyd Munro
Thank you Simon for running this list for the benefit of all of us. Happy and safe flying. Boyd Munro - Original Message - From: "Simon Hackett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia." Sent: Thursday, February 17,

Re: [Aus-soaring] The National Party did this to us

2005-02-25 Thread Boyd Munro
e can respond and tell us who he thinks did it. Cheers, Boyd Munro - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Cc: Sent: Friday, February 25, 2005 3:38 PM Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Re: security > My local Federal MP's electorate officer just sent me the security

Re: [Aus-soaring] BORING in California

2005-03-08 Thread Boyd Munro
Mark, thank you for sharing this wonderful story with us. I rather liked the detailed explanation of "one gets what one pays for", and the best bit was the innovative method of de-icing. Boyd Munro - Original Message - From: "Mark Newton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: [Aus-soaring] flying costs - young aussies os

2005-03-13 Thread Boyd Munro
Edinburgh International. I just looked down on a FlyGlobeSpan 737-800 ready to roll on Edinburgh 24 as I passed overhead at 1500' VFR. Cheers, Boyd Munro - Original Message - From: "Mike Durrant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in

Re: [Aus-soaring] Security failures

2005-03-16 Thread Boyd Munro
ing "in a whole lifetime of destruction you can only expect one John Anderson".   Boyd Munro     - Original Message - From: Brian Wade To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2005 5:06 AM Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Securing G

Re: [Aus-soaring] Accident news reports

2005-04-21 Thread Boyd Munro
information about accidents - you only have to look at how Wayne Carter's head was bitten off a month or two ago when he suggested in this forum it would be wise to do so. Boyd Munro AIR SAFETY AUSTRALIA - Original Message - From: "Kevs Drafting" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To:

Re: [Aus-soaring] From Avweb

2005-04-22 Thread Boyd Munro
. I have great respect for the accuracy of Avweb, where I first read this quote. It would be great if a gliding expert could make sense of this. Boyd Munro - Original Message - From: "Leigh Bunting" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Soaring List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: [Aus-soaring] Safety and GFA - and independence

2005-05-08 Thread Boyd Munro
ative responsibilities, it can hardly be seen to be independent if the Minister for Transport has ultimate responsibility for investigating possible failings in CASA and the Airservices.   Boyd Munro   - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net Sent: S

[Aus-soaring] Airmanship not numbers

2005-06-20 Thread Boyd Munro
Well said, Terry.  Our Australian predilection for quantitative rules can all too easily inhibit the development of skill and judgement.   Boyd Munro - Original Message - From: Terry Neumann To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2005

[Aus-soaring] Bring home the trophies

2005-06-30 Thread Boyd Munro
Good luck and very best wishes, Adam and Dave. Leave the bacon over there but bring home the trophies. Boyd Munro - Original Message - From: "Adam and Dave" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2005 11:33 AM Subject: [Aus-soaring] Blast Off G'day A

[Aus-soaring] What's that again?

2005-08-13 Thread Boyd Munro
What's that again, Geoff? - Original Message - From: Geoff Kidd To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2005 9:23 PM Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Sad news reports from junior worlds I think John must be away from his office. Can anyone

Re: [Aus-soaring] John's messages

2005-08-16 Thread Boyd Munro
sequence is now in use.  When poor John returns he will be puce with embarrassment and we can all demand a comprehensive description of his time away.   I am out of the office myself as it happens, in a 747 just North of Tehran.  Expect further bulletins as the flight progresses   Boyd Munro

Re: [Aus-soaring] Supreme Being

2005-08-16 Thread Boyd Munro
Good on you Christopher.  Remember that Australians are (or used to be) proudly self-reliant and prefer not to ask the Supreme Being to do things they can do for themselves - unless of course they pay the Supreme Being to do what they ask.   - Original Message - From: Christopher Mc

Re: [Aus-soaring] Well done, Supreme Being!

2005-08-19 Thread Boyd Munro
Congratulations from Oban Scotland to Aus-Soaring's Supreme Being, Simon Hackett.   Boyd Munro   PS Simon I hope this award for entrepreneurship has a better track record than having one's blissful marriage chronicled in Hello Magazine. - Original Message - From: &quo