at of a Duo Discus, considering
navigational opportunities on a long XC flight, has little need
for your draconian lockout policy!
With regards,
Jim Kelly
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No need to decide if it's a day for the bike - - -
or for the sky - - - anymore!!
http://www.ulflyingmag.com/oct.web/flite.html
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http://www.borgeltinstruments.com/B500advert.html
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88mm).
Essentially all of these devices suffer from being
difficult to read in sunlight . . . especially when we wear sunglasses . . .
Paul Remde has a useful software analysis on his
website: http://www.soarmn.com/cumulus/software-pda.htm
Hope this helps.
Jim Kelly.
- Origi
Jason,
I feel very very sorry for you.
>>>
Flying for 5 hours in close proximity of someone throwing up is
not the
most pleasant of experiences :(
<<<
Of no consequence compared to the way Jason must have felt.
Regards,
Jim Kelly
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D] On Behalf Of
Penedo
Sent: Tuesday, 29 November 2005 12:03 PM
To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.
Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Re Glide NavigatorII, Pocket SeeYou
and
WinPilot
On 11/29/05, Jim Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Essentially all of these devices suffer
ith no thought built into their design for such
necessities (some gliders have nowhere to even put drinking water
either!!!).
Cheers,
Jim Kelly
VMFG
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))
Cheers,
jk
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issues relating to Soaring in Australia."
Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2005 9:45 AM
Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Air-sickn
attitude of seeing gliders before FLARM be adopted, sort of a private
competition. If FLARM alerts you before you saw it, heads up!!
Just my 2c.
Jim Kelly
VMFG
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To: Soaring List
Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2005 11:25 AM
Subject:
this NAME entry as clear as possible or people may dismiss your
email without even looking further.
Cheers,
Jim Kelly
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Sent: Monday, December 19, 2005 9:26 AM
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NZ Gliding Grand Prix is well under way . . .
http://www.gp06.com/
Cheers,
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Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2006 10:08 AM
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Well, I finall
cover the gadgets with a cloth kept damp.
Cheers,
Jim Kelly
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Mike,
Are the newer Sirf-III GPS units any better for gliding in these
regards??
Thanks,
Jim Kelly
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Sent: Friday, November 10, 2006
s' to sort your incoming mail. It works well
and is easy to do . . just a series of multi-choice questions. Try it!
And keep your anti-virus up to date. Norton-AntiVirus 2003 is working
very well at the moment ($89 for 12mths of automatic updates). Watch
out for v2004 soon.
Cheers,
Jim Ke
Greetings!
Fwiw, here is an interesting presentation of the current weather at
Aspendale, including recent history.
It may need cable or ADSL . . give it a try!
http://www.dar.csiro.au/weatherwall/wwall_files/wwall.html
Cheers,
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want to see as you fly (and better maps than the standard one can be
purchased for this model, if required).
Now I am reminded that I have too many toys!
So, best offer over $700 before end of September . .
Detailed notes below.
Cheers,
Jim Kelly
(Melbourne).
[
rrain map turned on, which
is a shame.
Cheers,
Jim Kelly
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To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, September 29, 2003 8:39 AM
Subject: RE: [aus-soaring] Field Landings Web Page - Fly within
capture zone of ai
Has anyone coordinated/updated GPS data in Victoria recently? I
understand that the Geelong Gliding Club (Bacchus Marsh) may have a
good database? This could be the basis for a landout and task planning
manual in our region.
Thanks
Jim Kelly
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Thanks Jarek. I checked out the Geelong Club list and it is very
comprehensive . . pity it doesn't have altitude included . . makes me
wonder if someone out there has seriously added to this file and could
offer to upload it for us all??
Cheers,
Jim Kelly
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| Does anyone see the specific exemption for gliders against the
transponder
| requirement above 10,000 feet or in Class E?
I remember seeing it in the fine print of the glossy handout from the
recent public meetings.
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'maintenance', the outlook express messages will disappear after a few
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. . .
Merry Christmas all,
Jim Kelly.
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What a laugh! The acronym TCP is normally followed by "IP" (as in
TCP-IP). Keep flying above this glider!!!!
;-)
Jim Kelly
| > But tell me, who did you have to bribe to get "Transmission
Control
| > Protocol", and how much? (lol)
|
| P.s. For those wondering what
aking into account the elevation
of the field (along with altitude, polar, winds, bugs, water, etc).
Obviously the data accuracy has a big bearing on it's usefulness!
Comments anyone?
Jim Kelly.
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others can contribute comments from their knowledge of other
file types?
Cheers,
Jim Kelly
VMFG, Vic.
|
| No attempt whatsoever to make VERY marginal final glides - anyone
who knows
| me would know that I've NEVER taken that approach with my flying. I
want to
| arrive with a few thousan
t before hoping to get some
memorable shots of that outdoor party, etc! The better models can
have a powerful flash added that apparently helps greatly
(expensive).
Useful product info can be found here:
www.dpreview.com Don't get stuck on the first page - many reviews
are 12 or more pages lo
Well spotted. Denis has told me that they are NOT the same
glasses.
And his are not polarized.
Jim Kelly
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To: "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia."
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M harvesters.
Now I hope that I have been able to help you!!!
Cheers,
Jim Kelly.
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issues relating to Soaring in Australia."
&l
if they have Stephie Mull's (spelt wrongly
perhaps . .) contact details.
Cheers,
Jim Kelly
* * * * * *
Dear Mr Kelly
Thank you for your enquiry in regards to Carl Zeiss lenses.
The lenses where we have had most success with gliding etc. are
our Skylet series of coatings.
The Skyle
ter (with big ice
blocks that last) is best. I make the blocks in half beer cans -
the size just fits through the hole!
Good luck with your gliding and I really hope that your
enthusiasm rubs off on heaps of other folks along the way!
Cheers,
Jim Kelly.
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Fro
t:
instruments at 50cm, map on lap is at 45cm
All measured with parachute worn and no cushions
(I am 6'3" = 190cm).
I wonder if 40 to 80 cm will be possible in a bifocal . .
And Cath, did you get yours polarized? And which tint?
Cheers,
Jim Kelly
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(you might have to cut and paste the link if it breaks)
Well worth
get used to anything!
If anyone knows of an optometrist in Melbourne who is "aviation
aware" I would gladly change to him/her!
Thanks for all of your thoughts - most appreciated!
Cheers,
Jim Kelly
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ur side-and-down view.
Cheers,
Jim
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issues relating to Soaring inAustralia."
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, September 29,
Thanks for all the ideas!
I heard from Denis Cummings by email, sadly OEE are not polarized
but can be bi-focal. His number is now 02 6685 7957.
Jim Kelly
> The manufacturer of Ol' Eagle Eyes glasses is Denis Cummings, a
> <
_
Whoever dreamt up this idea hasn't thought much about
aerodynamics have they!!
jk
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To: "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia."
<>
Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2004 10:57 PM
Subject: RE: [Aus-soaring] li
>> Chimney - Base Diameter - about the size of the MCG (or
>> Telstra Stadium for the QLDers) <<
Perhaps they have thought about aerodynamics but forgot to
communicate to the artist!
I guess there would be a case for mounting turbines on the
outside of the chimney too!
o know if it's possible to get
"clear", that is non-tinted polarizing glasses (or clip-ons) as used in
photographic polarizing filters<<
What a great idea Terry!
This has been a most interesting thread, I hope
that we all get to benefit in the air! Thanks to all for yo
iking . . .
And, what was the 'fields test' comprised of Terry?
Cheers,
Jim
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From: Terry Neumann
To: Jim Kelly ; Discussion of issues relating
to Soaring in Australia.
Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2004 11:22 AM
Subject: Re: [aus-soaring] Best
Hi Adam,
The American's rave about SunTigers from time to time on the
recreation.aviation.soaring newsgroup. Did your Dad get his in
Australia? - would be good to know where the best place for
Aussies is to get them.
Cheers,
Jim
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From: "Adam Woolley" <[EMAIL PRO
Talk about chasing shadows!
Following the SunTigers link shows the Ol' Eagle Eyes glasses on
the same page. Ol' Eagle Eyes is claimed on that page to be
polarized - but Denis Cummings has emailed me that they are not!!
The SunTiger page promotes SunTigers for aviation including
soaring, and Ol
ap up this thread with
some good advice/conclusions and get up there flying again
(with new sunglasses of course) ;-).
Cheers,
Jim Kelly
Melbourne.
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To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, October
ead moves just a bit. Is
this a fact of physics or does the lens maker have control over
this sort of thing?
Thanks again.
Cheers,
Jim Kelly
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From: "Graeme Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Jim Kelly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Disc
Well put Simon, and John Ashford.
The very open nature of this focussed forum can make the
information less 'marketing' and more 'accurate'. Those vendors
prepared to contribute in such a public manner are doing us all
an excellent service.
Cheers,
Jim Kelly
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Seen in The Age today:
http://www.cloudappreciationsociety.org/
Cheers,
Jim Kelly
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has made an especially clever
attempt to make it easy to see/use in flight.
Cheers,
Jim Kelly.
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smith
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 11:57 AM
Subject: Re: [aus-soaring] GPS options for iPaq Pocket-PC.
Ideas?
I've used
Hi Mark,
Thanks for all of your good advice. Although I feel
committed to the iPaq PDA the points are relevant to connecting iPaqs
too.
SeeYou seems widely liked 'around the
traps'.
Cheers,
Jim Kelly.
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bles, plugs, bits
& pieces http://www.gpsoz.com.au/";<< Prices seem very reasonable too.
Thanks for helping,
Cheers,
Jim Kelly.
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To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 2:14 PM
S
Hi Stephen,
Not worried about tracking altitude? Guess an aerial socket might be handy
in a car but we get a pretty enviable view of the satellites in our game!
Cheers,
Jim Kelly.
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To: <[EMA
Hi Mark,
This will interest you, and others:
Cheers,
Jim Kelly.
Today SeeYou grew to version 2.0 which features- real-time 3D maps-
connection to loggersVolkslogger, and all Filser/LX Navigation models are
supported already,others will follow.It is free for everybody to try
again even
gator II. Also, we are working
to have Glide Navigator do flight declarations to the 302 and flight log
downloads from the 302.
Thanks too to Jason and John.
Cheers,
Jim Kelly.
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To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent:
ur favourite reasons for having
an iPaq on-board?
Cheers for now,
Jim Kelly.
PS: "iPaq" is a model name, made by Compaq (now owned by Hewlett-Packard,
HP) of a palm sized computer running Microsoft's Windows CE operating
system, current version called "Pocket-PC 2002". Se
re climbing aboard, just
as we have to learn to map read (and indeed aquaint ourselves
with a new map). Any software used in the cockpit needs to be
designed to be used with nothing more than a glance and the
odd 'prod'.
Rolf (and others), perhaps you could add your favourite reasons
Good points Mike. An audio vario makes a big difference. We use them in
all of our club gliders.
Our LS3a has a spare battery isolated by A/B switch so will be able to
report soon. I guess the choice of voltage reducing circuits will make a
lot of difference?
Hadn't taken the flight recorder opti
ne??
I think Stuart Smith uses one?
Pity that the FAI IGC approved GPS/Loggers/Flight-Recorders were
not a reasonable price. Mike has said that Volkslogger is under $1500.
Wonder what price it is, along with Colibri, and the new Themi?
Regards,
Jim Kelly
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Thanks Stuart,
Brian Sommerville reports that the eTrex use 350mw at 3volt (more needed
to reduce the gliders 12v down to 3v) and the better Map76s model
consumes 450mw at 12volt. If you need the backlight on, then power
consumed is about 30% greater. I think iPaqs use about the same?
Now, is thi
Here is a link to some iPaq power estimates
http://handhelds.org/pipermail/ipaq/2001-August/009009.html
Seems that the display can take an extra 1000mw if backlight turned up
fully (though probably not used in flight?).
Jim
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From: "Jim Kelly, Kellwood Techn
>>computer games addicts<<
Wouldn't it be great if we could interest them in
gliding??
In my analysis of expenditure, I will only tolerate
a device that can be scanned in a moment. In fact it IS why I haven't bought an
eTrex - the text is way too small for me when I am geared up to look for
quot; Mobility Pack that includes:
12v Car and synch charger (& cable), BEAUTY :-)
Screen Protector and Screen Cloth,
Extra Stylus,
Thumbpad keyboard,
Combo Case.
I think I have found the end of this torturous maze at last!
Thanks to all who helped me along the way.
Best regards,
Jim Kelly.
ing now will
interface with it meaningfully, I even have a choice of great gliding
software programs to choose from!
Cheers,
Jim Kelly.
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To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 8:33 PM
Subje
Sounds like you're in good hands Alice!
Please thank Robert for sharing his careful thoughts with us.
Jim
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n vanish).
Outlook Express works very well in this regard. The 'threads' of
conversations are all indented heirachially. There is a flag to set to
"watch" an interesting thread, etc, etc.
Hope this helps . . . it is hard to describe without being there!
Have I missed anything?
replayed over a terrain map, in 3d. Anyone tried
this??
Thanks for helping
Jim Kelly.
Track Analysis, etc=Three
issues, often best handled by different programs:A. Manage Waypoints to/from
GPS, preferably using a scanned mapB. Extract tracks and waypoints from (and
to) the
paste together if address is
broken)
Cheers,
Jim Kelly.
The new CSIRO "Sentinel" website at <http://www.sentinel.csiro.au/>
usesthe Auslig/Geosciences Australia 1:250k raster maps to
"navigate"satellite fire hotspot data.Go to <http://www.sentinel.csiro.au/mapping/vie
Subject: Re: [aus-soaring] Australia 1:250k raster maps
"Jim Kelly, Kellwood Technology" wrote:
More info at (although
no mention of rev 3):
I have "2000 Realease 2", which I presume = version 2
This page mentions that version 2 is now version 3. I don't think I'll b
200 dots per inch (from 150dpi) is almost twice
(178%) the detail or clarity when considering the dots per *square*
inch.
Curiously, it still fits on 2 CDs
Jim Kelly
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Bunting
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 11:42 PM
no downwards
cable to hit your knee on, etc.
Cheers,
Jim Kelly
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To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 8:51 AM
Subject: [aus-soaring] PDA/GPS
| I can see a use for this one !!
|
ay.
Best regards,
Jim Kelly (CLUB SHIPS) ;-)
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From: ANDREW WRIGHT
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, March 24, 2003 4:44 PM
Subject: [aus-soaring] Soaring report
Here's a good
ol "Soaring Report" from Gawler for Saturday 30/3/03.
Splendid!
But I am intrigued with the last one . . . the windmills are all
pointing perpendicular to the (upper) air flow!?!?
Or have I missed something?
Jim.
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To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2003 5:19 PM
Hmmm, should we start flying, stop driving, and/or stop buying lottery
tickets???
;-)
Jim Kelly
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To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 11:27 AM
Subject: [aus-soaring] Fatality
Image came through ok but a better scan might be appropriate . . it
shows up as "no" prop!
Cheers,
Jim Kelly
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To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, June 20, 2003 10:32 AM
Subject: Re: [aus
pixels (12kp/sq"), four
levels of gray.
Hope this helps? Or sparks a discussion!
Cheers,
Jim Kelly.
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Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2003 10:27 AM
Subject: [aus-soaring] Garmin GPSMAP 76S
Does anybody own
from gliders!).
It would have taken a lot of work . . I estimate that the credits at the
end list about 1000 people/organisations!
Don't miss it!
Best regards,
Jim Kelly
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avelling Birds (Winged
Migration)", a splendid film
| Probably worth waiting for the DVD version which tells you how it was
done.
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| PeterS
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s length, imo.
Note that Luke is offering a 12v to 5v power kit for the gps and iPaq,
and the GPS, and effectively an external antenna, all for $295. Pretty
reasonable . . just that Jason's points make it worth paying the extra.
Pity the iPaq couldn't power the gps when walking!
Che
/ppc_upgrade.html
Best regards,
Jim Kelly
HP Certified Technical Professional
KELLWOOD TECHNOLOGY, HP-Compaq Business Partner
6 Golf Avenue, Mount Waverley, Vic 3149
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before purchase!
Kind regards,
Jim Kelly.
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ore in
24mb RAM (eg: 'Metroguide' has national coverage of cities & towns, with
limited detail in rural areas ~$270. 'BlueChart' contains offshore info
$$$).
Has a barometric altimeter, and a compass.
More info available soon . . . mine expected to arrive tomorrow!! :-)
ur members!
Ring that bloke you haven't seen for ages!
Gliding isn't for everyone!
Thankfully, I don't think we need it to be.
. . my 2c . .
What keeps you soaring?
Jim Kelly
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areas, due to the need for
their exposed location. Close up they may look artistic, but from a
distance, especially in quantity, they look like a curse.
Jim Kelly
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Sent: Tuesday,
for safety/logistical reasons?
It all seems *very* confusing/daunting for an uninitiated
(competition) glider pilot to get excited about!
Cheers,
Jim Kelly
(VMFG)
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To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2003 10:4
Hi John,
This happened to me frequently until I realised that it seems
sensitive to the email address that you use to send "from".
Have you got multiple email addresses set up in your email system?
Jim Kelly.
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these two being tightly entwined I
guess), and needing to coax a crew along too . . make it difficult for
us to even contemplate getting close to a competition. Why are folks
so surprised to see a lack of support? These factors make competing
seem quite unreasonable to me.
Just my $0.02.
Jim Kelly
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