Mike
You say It was I who mentioned Roger Woods, yes I did it once but not in a
derogatory manner. You mentioned him about a dozen times including the
following paragraph.
Roger's "personal" letter under GFA jottings to Boyd Munro is full of
halftruths, self contradictions, exagge
I too, like Robert Bradley cancelled my AOPA membership during the Boyd
Munro era. The reason for this was
Boyds continued attack on the funding the GFA
received annually from CASA.
This grant was given to assist in the financial costs of running the
GFA. It must be recognized here
Mike
The only limits applying to autotug are: No flying over built up areas
where the height is insufficient to glide to a suitable landing area should a
malfunction occur. No entry into controlled airspace (who wants a transponder in
a tug anyhow) . We are presently limited to
There is no problem in obtaining a limited certification
for an auto engine for dedicated glider tugs. The cost is not excessive,
estimated to be from $20,000 to $50,000 (about the price of one Lycoming engine
o'haul)depending on how much we can do ourselves such as paperwork, manuals
etc.,
The Rotax is a very good engine but why all the
sudden interest, Autotug has done it all, can someone tell me what's
wrong with the concept or why no interest in Autotug. The following are some
figures.
1. The engine (an automotive V6) is now fast closing
in on 500 hours.
2. It is fi
Kingaroy make good money running economical tugs, although the average costs
charged to 2000ft AGL is only $20.00
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Sent: Friday, June 27, 2003 1:57 PM
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Hi Colin & Yvonne
No the Autotug is not for sale, the advertised one is another Pawnee owned
by a crop sprayer who included an unfitted engine which may have created more
interest in the sale. The Autotug is closing in on 500 hours engine time
as is performing up
eveloped is
available for others to use - which is great - but is that right or
wrong?
Cheers,
Simon
At 1:58 PM +1000 30/1/03, Dave & Glenys Sharples wrote:
>Robert
> I don't know where you get it from that the autotug is
>effectively dead. The present one has be
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On 30 Jan, Dave & Glenys Sharples wrote:
> Robert
> I don't know where you get
A Pawnee is of rag and metal tube construction, it is easily and
economically rebuilt back to new quality, then there must be another 30-40
years of good work in it. We did it (the airframe was not at GFA expense)
and our 100 hourlys require little work.
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From: "Mark
Robert
I don't know where you get it from that the autotug is
effectively dead. The present one has been fully utilised for a long
time now, is having no problems and is very economical. It is the club's #1
tug and will clock up it's 500 hours within a few months. There is nothing
Sent: Saturday, November 16, 2002 8:08 AM
Subject: ANOTHER WORLD RECORD BROKEN IN NEW ZEALAND
Hans Werner Grosse's long standing World record for the 500 km speed
triangular task (171.1 km/h 31/12/1990) was broken by Kiwi pilot Terry
Delore and Steve Fossett (of round the world ballooning fame)
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Chris
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Subject: [aus-soaring] Contact Details,
Peter Holmes
Does anyone have the Email address of Peter Holmes
please.
Chris Runeckles
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Subject: INTERNATIONAL GLIDING CONVENTION IN NEW ZEALAND
John Roake, President of Gliding New Zealand has asked me put their
convention program on these pages so Australians are aware that the
convention is being staged at the James Cook Hotel, Wellington on June 1, 2,
3. (Best rooms $NZ100. P
Bob
What you say is right. If we could eliminate just mid-air and
outlanding problems we would be rid of a large percentage of accidents.(And
insurance costs)
Dave.
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Jason
You say the autotug was finally killed off. This is somewhat
misleading, the company is being wound up but the tug itself is running
perfectly and has been for some time. Just ask anyone who was at the
recent QSA comps where it towed every day withou
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