Re: [Aus-soaring] new weather site

Yes, UI is a bit nicer on windyty. After climbing in S/E shear NW of Mt Kaputar then contacting weak SE wave above it while a friend flew broken thermals to the Gurley turnpoint, we found that the wind directions had been forecast and visible on Nullschool. Now that Keepit has more Internet b

[Aus-soaring] Schempp-Hirth AD

Posted this morning by US Schempp-Hirth rep, Heinz Weissenbuhler on RAS: http://www.schempp-hirth.com/index.php?id=25&L=1 Jim Airbrake system AD To all Duo Discus, Nimbus 4D, and Arcus operators in the US and Canada: Please visit the Schempp-Hirth web page www.schempp-Hirth.com

Re: [Aus-soaring] Aerodynamics

Apparently it lands like a Diana 2. Jim On 8/26/2015 5:50 PM, Ross McLean wrote: Beautiful! And despite what CASA says, these guys had no problems mounting GoPro's on the wings. ROSS _ *From:*aus-s

Re: [Aus-soaring] How to get older drum wheel brakes to work better

Perhaps Geoff Sim or other motorcycle enthusiasts may know of brake shops that still reline drum brakes for classic bikes. I've had a couple of different bike shops in California turn glider drum brakes into something capable of putting an LS4, LS6 or Libelle on the nose. The brake shops reline w

Re: [Aus-soaring] more on ADSB

Matthew et al: InReach is a good device. I owned the original SPOT from prior to their creation of the "shared page" and then had a SPOT2. Delorme introduced InReach a couple of years ago. A friend still uses the original (cube-shaped) one. I switched to InReach when my SPOT contract ended at

Re: [Aus-soaring] Jet powered gliders

It was at Bob's home field, Moriarty, NM. Elevation is 6200'. 2000' or so AGL. Bob ran the turbine a bit long, as he wanted to shut down in a round thermal and there weren't any. Jim On 5/23/2015 4:26 PM, Mike Borgelt wrote: Where was this, Jim? Takeoff airport AMSL? How high above the airp

Re: [Aus-soaring] Jet powered gliders

Bob Carlton's TST-14 Bonus Jet climbs at about 1000FPM using 100% thrust for first 500ft, then back off to about 80% for the rest of the launch. We burned about 10 liters of Jet A to self-launch then went soaring. The turbine is a PBS TJ-100, same as on his Salto and latest toy the Sub Sonex.

Re: [Aus-soaring] flarmin' hell

According to many users, the latest update of PowerFLARM seems to have cut the range down. Between that, there only being a few FLARM equipped gliders where I fly, and antenna placement problems in a carbon fuselage, I've not been pleased with the results and will likely remove mine. Jim O

Re: [Aus-soaring] Aus-soaring Digest, Vol 140, Issue 7

It would be worth putting a map together of wave areas at various sites. Stitched together they may form a useful XC corridor. Google Maps can be set up to share information like this. Jim On 5/9/2015 8:02 PM, John GWYTHER (BigPond) wrote: Re: Aus-soaring Digest, Vol 140, Issue 7 Apart from t

Re: [Aus-soaring] varios, redundancy

Mike was the first to include this feature, but... Every electric vario can have a backup battery. Pardon the Text-O-CAD. Jim SPDT ON/ON Switch | Main Supply + _ \__ Instrument + B

Re: [Aus-soaring] Obtaining a CASA Glider Pilot License on the way to an FAA Glider Pilot's License

Thanks, Simon. Might try the process is for doing it the other way around: Getting a CASA GPL through the FAA one. Is there a Commercial GPL? According to the (insert explicative here) manual, a plastic card licence is not ICAO compliant. Would imagine the FAA card especially out of complia

Re: [Aus-soaring] wow

Newspapers reported rubbish like "the high wind broke one of the wings off". It was in really strong wave conditions, and not blue so clouds may have been a factor. An example of the conditions: Jim Payne will be submitting a World 1000k O/R claim at 255kph. At high altitude, VNE is easy to

Re: [Aus-soaring] Bolts

A step up from Bunnings, but perhaps useless to you... Just called McMaster and found out they will ship to Australia if it's to an Australian branch of a company that already has a US account with them. It may also be possible for an Australian company to start up an account. For this contac

Re: [Aus-soaring] Wool tuft testing

I've helped with this on a couple of gliders. This was back in the days of VHS camcorders! Lots of lead ballast weights required. The answer to the legalities question back then was essentially "ignorance is bliss". In today's terms, you can get field approval if you want to go that route.

Re: [Aus-soaring] Compass Swinging

No, but they have pampas grass in the front garden. Jim On 1/6/2015 1:30 AM, Ben Jones wrote: Do compasses throw their keys in a bowl also ? ___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To check or change subscription details, v

Re: [Aus-soaring] ASK21 spinning was Re: Spin training

Regarding the USAF TPS spin report and the dual fatality at California City: One of the pilots involved in the flight test (P25, Reference 4) was in the Cal City Puchacz. It's not as if Russ hadn't done spins before. I didn't know the other pilot. Any posts by Cindy Brickner about the Puchacz

Re: [Aus-soaring] IS-28B CQC's last flying day:

For reference, it isn't just GFA / CASA. Even though EXP registration is much more common in the USA, FAA is not interested in moving an aircraft to EXP for life extension purposes. It has of course been tried with the Centrair Pegase.* Under FAA regulations, an EXP aircraft can be flown by

Re: [Aus-soaring] Aus-soaring Digest, Vol 133, Issue 11

Just got off the phone with a glider instructor who put an astronaut through the paces to get his glider rating in the last 6 days. Evidently the shuttle was quite an upgrade from Soyuz' 0.38:1 glide ratio, but still topped out at 4:1. The mighty Schweizer 2-33A "Drag Master" gets 23:1 if y

Re: [Aus-soaring] Unsubscribe

But using Catherine Conway's "selective deafness" technique is an option too. Jim On 9/16/2014 7:05 PM, Simon Hackett wrote: Hello Jim (and anyone else with the same request) - please read the bottom four lines of this message. Cheers, Simon On 13 Sep 2014, at 9:31 am, jim crowhurst

Re: [Aus-soaring] Batteries

Wrong chemistry? You probably want LiFePO4. 2000 cycles. 12.8V 10A/H is ~1.2kg. I've put 30AH LiFePO4 in the last 2 gliders. Running a full panel including flight computer, full VGA display, backup vario, COM, TXP (even the old Mode C rubbish), FLARM it'll go for about 18 hours. Jim On 9/

Re: [Aus-soaring] New CASA board

This is fantastic news. Not many places in the World have such representation for GA, let alone gliding. Jim On 8/28/2014 11:02 PM, Future Aviation wrote: /*Congratulations, Anita -- your hard work has paid off!*/ /**/ /*According to this news clip recreational aviation has a strong voice

Re: [Aus-soaring] 20M gliders

The Russians mine Erudite in the Erud mountains. It's use is classified, but believed to be part of the formula for those "Gorby Dolls". Reynolds is an American manufacturer of tin foil and plastic wrap, useful if you're laying something up on a wing. Sometimes they're sold at "two for the price

Re: [Aus-soaring] Hmmm....

The US Standard Class Nationals was canceled due to poor pre-registration numbers. Juniors? They won't even try putting a comp together. But it's not a big college town. Jim On 7/6/2014 5:28 PM, Mike Borgelt wrote: I looked at the US nationals results for 2014 20 entrants in 18M 16 in 15M (m

Re: [Aus-soaring] Record Claims - ULTRALIGHT class

Go, Morgan! Serious performance at 13.5m span. Jim On 7/6/2014 2:48 PM, pam wrote: GFA has received the following claim notifications for Australian National Records: >> Sub-Class DU (Ultralight Gliders) Category: General Location: Ely, Nevada USA Pilot: Morgan Sandercock Glider: Sparro

Re: [Aus-soaring] Position Info

Yes. The GlidePort.aero and the derived SSA Sailplane Tracker website that Morgan referred to presently do not link to APRS devices. That is being worked on. Who knows if they'll ever link to the myriad of smart phone applications? Looking at yesterday's SPOT versus APRS tracks, the APRS di

Re: [Aus-soaring] Position Info

SPOT is a good service and has been around for years. I've used it since before they introduced "shared page" tracking. Delorme InReach, especially the InReach SE, is a better product but at a higher operating cost. The Explorer version can also be used for navigation. With InReach you can di

Re: [Aus-soaring] New Generation Vario

If the Butterfly vario (but it's called something else now) detects problems during calibration, it decreases the amount of information used from the inertial sensors. Proximity to anything electrical can cause errors. The only one I have flown had passed all the calibration tests so had go

Re: [Aus-soaring] Ventus 3.

Unfortunately, John Shelton is no longer flying sailplanes. John sold the Ventus C quite a few years ago. The last owner didn't initially know about John's alter ego Pez, couldn't understand why people referred to his glider as "The Lingus". Most of the characters (from US Region 12, Souther

Re: [Aus-soaring] Ventus 3.

Perhaps you read the cartoons! Jim On 5/14/2014 12:46 AM, Derek Ruddock wrote: Will that make the winner of a comp a cunning lingus? *From:*aus-soaring-boun...@lists.internode.on.net [mailto:aus-soaring-boun...@lists.internode.on.net] *On Behalf Of *Jim Staniforth *Sent:* Wednesday, 14 May

Re: [Aus-soaring] Ventus 3.

Still hoping it will be Lingus. Pez D. Spencer Sailplane Racer cartoons at: http://archive.soaravenal.com/Pez.htm Jim On 5/13/2014 7:07 AM, Redmond Quinn wrote: et tu Brutus Redmond *From:*aus-soaring-boun...@lists.internode.on.net [mailto:aus-soaring-boun...@lists.internode.on.net] *On Beha

Re: [Aus-soaring] Ventus 3.

Not according to Tilo and Biggo. The name is retiring, like Duo Ventus and Nimbus 5. Jim On 5/11/2014 1:53 AM, Adam Woolley wrote: Will it be named the V3 though? Not sure. Cheers, WPP ___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net T

Re: [Aus-soaring] FW: Glider Distance Record Attempt 5/4/14

A great flight. It's Gordo and Hugh's third (or perhaps 4th) attempt at Rapid City. The last one ended in Logan, Utah. They made it to Casper, Wyoming on an earlier declaration. The task covers some rather forbidding terrain. Large mountain ranges, many of the smaller airports are too narrow

[Aus-soaring] Some photos from 1970 Worlds

Hello all: You may find someone you recognise in the photos George Uvegas took at the Worlds in Marfa, TX in 1970. Kevin Christner has permission to upload them. Who flew the Phoebus "SX" with a kangaroo on the tail? http://www.flickr.com/photos/49579078@N03/sets/72157642545270585/

[Aus-soaring] Renamed: Woodstock control deflections

The best I can come up with so far is this link. Woodstock tab, then construction notes tab. Jim http://www.ihpa.ie/carbon-dragon/index.php/cd-builders/jim-maupin-s-prototype-cd#plans ___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To c

Re: [Aus-soaring] Woodstock weak link

Jim Maupin used to live a few k from home.A few of us would have Saturday breakfast with him in his later years (he'd be smoking while on Oxygen). Several locals know a lot about his designs, so I'll ask about deflections when I get home. Unfortunately Lockheed Skunk Works engineer Irv Culver, w

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

Walt Rogers e-mailed yesterday that this was the plan. It was nice to be able to check in on Gordo's progress using the tracking site for his Delorme InReach. I fly with a SPOT, but the InReach is better. The flight plan was filed with ATC, so his transponder was also trackable: http://flighta

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

10 minutes to sunset, and 25,000' just SE of Riverton, WY. Too bad it was a bit slow going earlier. A blue day. Jim On Mon, 2/17/14, Rob Wintulich wrote: Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] 1500 Km wave flight in progress now.. (USA) To: "Discussion

Re: [Aus-soaring] Simultaneous Record Claims

Matt, just cross-posted your message to Rec.Aviation.Soaring in the thread about the two identical flights. May upset a few people with the remark "the US team has a lot to learn about pair (team) flying." Jim On Wed, 2/12/14, Matt Gage wrote: Subj

Re: [Aus-soaring] Simultaneous Record Claims

Here's a video of the two flights played in SeeYou, made by a US comp pilot. Jim http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jRbYpEk1Ic&list=UU2NFMsZX3qpRuwIHczpkR7A&feature=sharenoembed On Wed, 2/12/14, Peter (PCS3) wrote: Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Simultane

Re: [Aus-soaring] Where are they

Neville If you have no luck in Australia, contacts are on the US based Experimental Soaring Association's website, below. There are still plans available for some Hall and Marske gliders, but I think no more by Maupin. HP and other Kits also available. Jim http://www.esoaring.com/ ---

Re: [Aus-soaring] Astir CS 1000k

I fell in love with soaring in that glider, N131SS "GV". George flew the 1000k on the Appalachian ridges of Pennsylvania. He wrote the introduction for Tom Knauff's 1981 book "Ridge Soaring The Bald Eagle Ridge" about that flight. The book may not be available in Australia. Jim

[Aus-soaring] FWD: Big News from Cambridge and ClearNav

From RAS, Paul Remde of Cumuluus Soaring posted 1:40 PM (2 hours ago) *** Big News from Cambridge and ClearNav *** ClearNav Instruments and Roy A. Ridgeway are pleased to announce that they have reached an agreement under which RR will sell to CNi a large inventory of CAI 300 Series parts and asse

Re: [Aus-soaring] Bernard Eckey shared "Interview with U. K..doc" with you

Wielen danke, Jim On Sat, 12/28/13, Bernard via Dropbox wrote: Subject: [Aus-soaring] Bernard Eckey shared "Interview with U. K..doc" with you To: aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net Date: Saturday, December 28, 2013, 3:28 AM _filtered #yiv1

Re: [Aus-soaring] Oxygen bottle to a 29

I have tried to fit a MH AL- cylinder into the standard ASG29 O2 mounting tube. It would not fit. The steel D cylinder is smaller in diameter and works. Jim ___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To check or change subscription

Re: [Aus-soaring] One person rigging

  Having used various riggers on a few Std, 15m, 18m, and with the other pilot 20m 2-seaters, they seem to be a fantastic tool. The cheapest one I found was a used Udo for $300. Needed some paint, and dirt removing from the worm gear. It's just a Bilstein jack as used on Mercedes. Solo rigging th

Re: [Aus-soaring] European transport

There are three different riggers on this web page. One American, one German and one Czech. http://wingsandwheels.com/page47.htm And another one here. http://wingrigger.com/index.html I always thought the Canadian Udo rigger with lateral adjustment option to be best. Udo Rumpf passed away a f

Re: [Aus-soaring] ASICS are also useless overseas

Watched that flight unfold on the multiple Inreach / SPOT devices. According to the first report on OLC Magazin you were both American. Now corrected to: "the Australian/American team" Had similar luck using a US "Malibu Grand Prix Racing Licence", essentially a toy, when traffic police stopped

[Aus-soaring] Weight and Balance app

A while ago there was a link to a W+B program. Looked in the archives but didn't find it. Believe there was a mobile app associated with it. Is that app currently available? Thanks, Jim ___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To

Re: [Aus-soaring] [FWD: Interesting article on research into dynamic soaring.]

Believe the video in Cath's post was previously used by Paul MacCready in his presentation at the 2005 SSA convention. The RC glider speed record video appears to be from Parker Mountain, a "D-S" site for a decade or more. You can imagine how many RC gliders have hit the dirt there at a vast

Re: [Aus-soaring] NOAA

  The Grand Canyon is closed (does that mean you can fly through it?), and all air shows on federal property have been cancelled even if everyone has been paid. So far NOAA satellite imagery, Unisys, BLIPMAPs and XC Skies still work. The FSL Java Sounding plots do not.   Perhaps the GPS constella

Re: [Aus-soaring] OLC Map wanted of heaviest sailplane over longestdistance

Not exactly a sailplane either. In flight the shuttle looks more like a brick, with a glide ratio to match. But it was impressive to see one land about 12 hours after seeing it as a satellite. Jim From: Justin Sinclair To: "m...@harbaskin.com" ; Discussion o

Re: [Aus-soaring] Gliders, glider manufacturers, service

VH-WPP Excellent! Jim From: Adam Woolley To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. Sent: Friday, August 23, 2013 2:50 PM Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Gliders, glider manufacturers, service G'day Gary, I bought Louis Solomon's, Ventu

Re: [Aus-soaring] Pretty clever....

Nice toy...   A friend compared the IGC log from his iPad to that from his CAI model 20 and recollections of reading the altimeter. The fruity one had many altitude errors. Jim From: "jo...@optusnet.com.au" To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Austr

Re: [Aus-soaring] Importing a glider from the USA

  Shipping USA to Aus you will likely use an American freight forwarding company, whether it's organised through a local contact like Gary Brasher or not. My last experience with rates was that the price fluctuates with demand. Allow for a large window of time and the actual cost to ship can be

Re: [Aus-soaring] Wanted: 2nd hand glider radio?

Adam the best deals seem to be on segelflug.de at the moment, due to new radio regulations in Europe. For example there was an AR4201 with new form one for 400 Euros, probably snapped up immediately. Jim From: Adam Woolley To: Discussion of issues relating t

Re: [Aus-soaring] Wind Turbines cause turbulence risk?

  One 45-minute flight last week (testing a new vario) I flew with three eagles, no condors and dozens of hawks, etc. There are only 5 or 6 thousand wind turbines within 50km. Jim From: Mike Borgelt To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.

Re: [Aus-soaring] Bad day

Jacumba, CA: http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/2-Killed-Glider-Plane-Crash-Jacumba-Airport-213707451.html Pemberton, BC: http://www.theprovince.com/news/Four+killed+crash+between+plane+glider+near+Pemberton/8598307/story.html From: Christopher McDonnell To:

Re: [Aus-soaring] FW: Cambridge

Sad.   My 302 was stuck at their "new address", which turned out to be a storage unit, until it was forwarded to Cumulus Soaring for logger recalibration. There's at least one company interested in picking up the CAI inventory and doing repairs. No guarantees of that. Although you'd think he's

Re: [Aus-soaring] ASW20's

iring and a tail tank!   Good comparison. Both at MGW, the LS6 will climb with an ASW20 but leave the 20 behind. Seen it me against a good 20 pilot so it had to be the glider. Jim From: Mike Borgelt To: Jim Staniforth ; Discussion of issues relating to Soari

Re: [Aus-soaring] ASW20's

  Since all the ASW20BHs have passed their time as an H, isn't the biggest performance difference between stock ASW20s the MGW of the 20B? Doesn't mean much at reference weight. Heard of people who have removed the pitots, put the turbulator tape over the blow holes of the C. There's a "Franken

[Aus-soaring] Wanted: Libelle water ballast fittings

Need a pair of wing fittings for H201b, possibly the fuselage fittings too. Jim (from 15 to 28 April on 0428 237-147)___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.

Re: [Aus-soaring] Low cost avionics

Bernard, your customer is having a laugh! Believe there is no flight computer/vario/display costing more than 3% of the basic price of an ASH31Mi... Without considering trailer or any options, shipping, etc. Jim From: Ross McLean To: 'Discussion of issues rel

Re: [Aus-soaring] Flight recorders/planning software

  SeeYou may run fairly well under Parallels or Crossover. Achieved inferior performance to a Pentium 3 laptop on what was a the time the top of the line Macbook Pro. The only native software I ended up using on OSX was Firefox. Twenty or so programs had to run via Parallels or Crossover, so the

Re: [Aus-soaring] glider register

  Closest I can come is holding a third class FAA medical certificate. The third class medical requires no real physical exercise. An FAA second class medical (for commercial pilot rating) is valid for 12 months, third class (for private rating) 24 months like the biennial flight review. A benef

Re: [Aus-soaring] LiFePo4

Repeat of old info?   The batteries in the new Schempps are sold on the accu-24.de website.   Bernard, Schleicher #27053 has the Tenergy LiFePO4 batteries in the usual place. Still has the old school batteries in the tail, which needs the weight.   The Shorai is the wrong chemistry, unless you're

Re: [Aus-soaring] Glider 4 sale - $3M

  It's painted in a more recent Air Canada scheme than in the photograph. Now sitting on the ramp at Mojave, California with many other airliners that are for sale. Mojave is the home of Scaled Composites, who produced the X-Prize winning Space Ship One glider and are currently building the Virg

Re: [Aus-soaring] Argentinian Championships

If there is an ES59 in the USA, it isn't registered. Unfortunately it's about three years since FAA required re-registering every three years to purge wrecked, etc aircraft from the registry. Each registration number has a history, so finding lost aircraft in USA is easier using the N number. Jim

Re: [Aus-soaring] 50' obstacle clearance rule

It was done a decade or so in the USA. You could log on to DUATS - Direct User Access Terminal Service - and choose "plain language" weather briefing. Unfortunately, plenty of things were "rost in transration", with multiple choices given for their own translations. Really shows how silly the ab

Re: [Aus-soaring] Trunpoint Exchange

The xinqu link (a mirror site) works too. Jim http://soaring.xinqu.net/TP/ From: Mike Borgelt To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2012 4:24 PM Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Trunpoint Exchange Thanks, peop

[Aus-soaring] Cambridge GPS10/20/25 now have OLC approval again

>From today's Soaring Society of America E-news. Download the validation tool from the ClearNav website. Jim Great New OLC Deal for Old Cambridge Flight Loggers       Wonderful news for the many pilots still using legacy Cambridge loggers - the original Model 10 and the 20 and 25 versions. 

Re: [Aus-soaring] LiFePo4 batteries

Yesterday's test of two Tenergy #31383 12V 10AH LiFePO4 batteries run in parallel. These batteries fit in a standard Schleicher, Schempp-Hirth, etc. battery mount. Perhaps 15 minutes of pre-flight use. 6:30 of flight A few minutes of post-flight use. Equipment:   ClearNav VGA   CAI302   Becker A

[Aus-soaring] Uvalde feedback

After flying today I had dinner with Uvalde WGC weather man, Walt Rogers. He seemed quite impressed with the whole Australian team. Jim ___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To check or change subscription details, visit: http:/

[Aus-soaring] No Tech Note (yet): Libelle spar spigot crack

Libelle lovers! I know of two Libelles which had this crack. Michael Reid has documented his discovery and repair. Jim http://soaringlab.blogspot.com/2012/08/libelle-201b-return-to-flight.html___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.ne

Re: [Aus-soaring] GFA Logbook: Poor

  Not solely a GFA thing... Soaring Society of America logbooks have no columns for Motor Glider hours, Distance or Speed. And many power logbooks don't have a column for taildragger time. Jim From: Adam Woolley To: aus soaring Sent: Monday, August 27, 2012

Re: [Aus-soaring] LiFePo4 batteries by K2 energy

I thought anyone buying a new glider from Kirchheim could get AirBatt LiFePO4 batteries delivered in it. All complete / nearly complete gliders seen in the workshop had these installed (except for the motor starting battery). No, they are not STC'd. http://www.accu-24.de/de/Flugzeubatterien/Seg

Re: [Aus-soaring] Oxygen systems

Check to see which cylinder you can get hydro tested locally. I have thrown away a German cylinder because nobody nearby would test it. Jim From: Pam Kurstjens To: DDSC ; Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. Sent: Sunday, July 8, 2012 10:15

Re: [Aus-soaring] Mandl extractor - Is it snake oil or is there something to it?

  Hank Nixon built the ASW24/W27/W28/G29 kits now approved by Schleicher at his shop in New Jersey. It can be found on USA Schleicher rep John Murray's website. http://www.easternsailplane.com/eastern/eastern.php/EasternSailplane/TheVent I had theNixon/Murray/Butler ventinstalled in the 27. The

Re: [Aus-soaring] Duckhawk

Greg Cole at Windward has been talking about these developments for a while now, and had the Duckhawk (at that point still bare Cabon) on display at the SSA convention in Reno.   Perhaps one of the first pilots to fly the 200Kts+ version hard will be Jim Payne. Jim already has seven World recor

Re: [Aus-soaring] self declared fitness

  Excellent point, Stuart. Same situation as a Form 2 or pilot Flight Review. Many medically-induced aviation accidents have happened to pilots holding current medical certificates, just as there have been failures of aircraft systems after a major inspection.   More points of reference from an

Re: [Aus-soaring] Easements in the air

ted in buying. Jim From: Mike Borgelt To: Jim Staniforth ; Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2012 4:32 PM Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Easements in the air So what? There are plenty of wind turbines built where nearby residents don't like t

Re: [Aus-soaring] Easements in the air

Hello from Zurich:   The proposed wind turbines near KTSP and KL94 are above the FAA obstruction-free zone for both airports. Those on the ridge would put a line of obstructions between the normal glider release point and the airport, above the glide angle for any glider. There's no safe landing

Re: [Aus-soaring] Easements in the air

  Many friends and I have been involved in the arguments against this lot putting tall wind turbines in the vicinity of airports and on the ridge where we routinely fly. We prevented the project from just getting an OK stamp of approval, so now they're fighting back.   We've got the support of

Re: [Aus-soaring] Never assume - always check!!!

The Traumahawk... My girlfriend bought one 7-8 years ago for $5000, which is about what they're worth. A departure stall waiting to happen. Jim > I wonder how he would do in say a Piper Tomahawk? Not that anyone in their right mind wants to fly one. Mike__

Re: [Aus-soaring] Gliders - transponders - USA - new recommendation

That change was supposed to go into effect 8th of February, but FAA didn't get their stuff together.   Code 1201 was issued for use in gliders a couple of years ago, but many ATC centres already had 1201 reserved for other uses. Some centres would not allow the change, which means changing TXP c

Re: [Aus-soaring] Ramp Check on Tug at Beverley

Whilstat Mindendelivering an experimental glider a couple of years ago to it's new owner, I met an FAA airworthiness man. Shoved the logbook at him and called out "ramp check!". He didn't want to do it, but I asked if he could let me know if I was prepared for one. All was good. Everyone had a la

[Aus-soaring] No more "photoshop vario"

The CN variometer now appears as a photograph no clearnav.net. Jim ___ 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] CPL exams

WPP: Why not Szechuan Factors? Adds more spice. Jim From: Adam Woolley My only addition to it would be to leave one easy one (for me, Hunan Factors) as a confidence exam.___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists

Re: [Aus-soaring] Invitation to try the SoarAbility gliding simulator

What a fantastic project we've been following. Glad to see it's now a reality. Jim From: "tom.wilk...@internode.on.net" To: Discussion issues relating to Soaring in Australia. ; augc-peo...@lists.internode.on.net Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2011 3:57 PM Subje

Re: [Aus-soaring] Correction Nrm a/f

Seen lots of mistakes like that at work, usually ending with "sent from my i-phone"... Jim sent from a typewriter with some sort of television set on top From: Anne Elliott To: 'Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.' Sent: Sunday, November 6,

Re: [Aus-soaring] Acrifix

Hello Jenny:   I'll be at Keepit Jan 10th. There's room in the suitcase for such hazardous stuff (according to the "Thousands Standing Around" mob anyway). http://www.wingsandwheels.com/glider_canopies.htm Jim From: Jenny Ganderton To: Discussion of issues rel

Re: [Aus-soaring] SZD-48 Jantar main tyre

A new Goodyear Flight Custom 3 is a large tyre. The 500x5 does not fit in an ASW20, which has more room than the Jantar gear. The doors of the 20 won't fully close. Soon to find out if FC3 fits ASW27. Plenty of room in ASH26, probably the best tyre for SLSPs. While you're investigating tyres, co

Re: [Aus-soaring] Clearnav new software

Sounds like someone has just invented the Assigned Area Task.  Only 10 years late :) > >Cheers >Tim >tra dire e fare c'è mezzo il mare > >On 29/09/2011 12:52, Jim Staniforth wrote: >I've had a few flights with beta software .525 now. No problems. >>T

Re: [Aus-soaring] Clearnav new software

I've had a few flights with beta software .525 now. No problems. The HW/TW component is nice. Tasks on the main ribbon is convenient, but it's a lot of clicks from there to the IGC declaration page. Didn't try anything else. Still no "North up while circling" option. But it's coming. Jim _

Re: [Aus-soaring] Glider visibility-UK-BGA

A friend has a daylight-visible passive strobe on his hang glider. To most, it would look like a small mirror ball hanging from the kingpost. Jim From: "gstev...@bigpond.com" To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. Sent: Tuesday, September 2

Re: [Aus-soaring] Aging Glider Fleet article

Some foreign observations for reference or the bin:   Annual SSA dues are currently less than 25% of GFA dues, but it would have been about 50% if the US dollar was worth the paper it's printed on. No pile of paperwork needs to be purchased for an Annual Inspection for Standard registration or a

Re: [Aus-soaring] Another airport conflict

Perhaps because something like 2% of the people have 90% of the money. It's called the trickle-down theory. Jim From: Mike Borgelt To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. Sent: Sunday, September 4, 2011 2:11 AM Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Ano

Re: [Aus-soaring] Media (sigh)

  It doesn't always go sideways. One friend landed a Craponi on a ranch in Nevada and was issued food, water, a pickup truck, a blanket and a gun by the rancher. I only understand the first four things.   There's someone with the contest letters 666 often flying in Utah, a Mormon state, oh dea

Re: [Aus-soaring] Media mangling

It's a standard Schweizer release, there are thousands of them in use. Pretty simple, and easy to inspect. Jim From: Drew GMail To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2011 11:54 PM Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Media

Re: [Aus-soaring] Handicaps

  While comparing speeds of late 70s comps, bear in mind that at this point in time competition glider sealing techniques were not what they are today. Watch an older racing film (Zulu Romeo, Sun Ship Game) and listen to the howling noise when a glider finished.    A friend rebuilt an ASW12, p

Re: [Aus-soaring] Aus-soaring Digest, Vol 95, Issue 49

Perhaps I don't understand. Thought the aforementioned Europeans and Pre-Worlds were FAI 15m and 18m class comps.   "P7" Gary Ittner (second in 18m at Uvalde) used to fly his 17.6m Ventus C/A in the then-handicapped US Open Nationals and score very well on the fast days. Gary still has a Discus

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