On 11/3/05, Raj Bholanat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> You tell me. Was it poor circuit planning, or pilot fatigue, or poor
> paddock selection or pilot dehydration or an unsighted star-picket or
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> I think this is the sticking poing between the two trai
On 11/9/05, Peter Creswick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> You may be on the right track there Michael. It may well be that under
> reporting is the real bottom line issue here.
> Perhaps glider pilots in general are (for legal, pride and / or peer
> ridicule reasons) unwilling to be forthcoming wi
On 11/29/05, Jim Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Essentially all of these devices suffer from being difficult to read in
> sunlight . . . especially when we wear sunglasses . . .
So what do people do about this? Taking off the sunglasses to read the
display is not an option.
Do you just get so
Hello,
I've just noticed that there is going to be a lecture about XCSoar (technical
lecture mainly for programmers about the Open Source alternative for gliding
software) at the Open Source Developers Conference 2005 in Melbourne.
The summary of the lecture is available at
http://osdc2005.cgpubl
On 12/7/05, Peter Stephenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> As a gliding instructor with ab initio students on a 1000 foot circuit with
> only PTT's on the joystick, it is exceedingly difficult to instruct and do
> the calls with out taking over the joystick and we are in situation 2.
That's the rea
On 12/8/05, Scott Penrose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> One product already exists. No good for Australia because it uses GSM
> - and it needs to use CDMA (probably) and SMS, rather than constant
> GPRS over GSM.
> We do have a problem in Australia though - GSM is not spread out
> enough and will ne
Hello,
I've accidentally recorded this program last Saturday and it turned out
to be a disgusting commercial for over-priced touristic attractions and
flight deals BUT in their promo for next week (Saturday Dec 17th 18:30-19:30
eastern summer time) they show that they are going to fly on a glider
On 12/14/05, Christopher Mc Donnell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> So for a bit of fun I thought I would start a trivia list that we could all
> add to.
Interesting stuff, keep them coming.
It would be even more interesting if accompanied by some references...
Thanks,
--P
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On 12/14/05, Graeme Cant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >From: "Christopher Mc Donnell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> I'm puzzled by 4. Which ones did you have in mind Chris? Swing noses?
> Folding ramps?
This reminds me -
The Antonov 2 airplane was the first powered plane designed by Oleg Antonov,
the fo
On 12/14/05, Graeme Cant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I really don't care whether gliding in Australia is growing, shrinking or
> tying itself in knots. I would like MY OWN CLUB to continue in existence
> and it seems to be doing that very nicely, with relatively stable numbers -
> perhaps slightl
Another mis-representation?
Here is news.com.au about this - they say it was an ultra-light
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,17621638-29279,00.html
got this from Google News in:
http://news.google.com.au/news?q=brisbane+glider+crash
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On 12/20/05, Ian McPhee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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On 12/30/05, Reg Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> Today, Friday, was a boomer at Gawler the cloud base was at least 14,000ft.
(long list of impressive flight distances deleted)
Any chance of seeing the fligh logs on a site like
http://www.paraglidingforum.com/modules.php?name=leonardo&op=
There is a new "Trading Post" forum at:
http://www.ausgliding.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=9
Good luck,
--P
On 1/24/06, Anne Elliott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> An LS8a (GKU) is available
for sale – presently based at Narromine. If you
--"I was being prosecuted for my beliefs I believed people wo
On 1/27/06, Brett Kettle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I recall several postings a while back on cabin pressures in commercial
> flights. The discussion was around typical cabin pressures. I'm interested
Could you be refering to the thread which contains:
http://www.mail-archive.com/aus-soaring@
On 1/30/06, David Lawley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> With all due respect, What a crock of shit Mark, The Reg was the first
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> It still looks like crap!!!
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Please people - let's calm down - whatever is your opinion:
1. Nobody forces anybody to use his prefered method.
2. There is nothing
On 2/2/06, Kittel, Stephen W (ETSA) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> OK,
> I'll be the bunny.
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> On many pages it says "please make a new article" or words to that
> effect.
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> HOW?
Maybe it's not the most stright-forward way but there are two ways I
can think off:
1. Create an internal link from
A photo from Google Earth showing two gliders practically on top of
each other, probably thermaling.
http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/2006/02/gliders_crashin.html
Enjoy,
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Hi,
In context of the recent discussion about ASIC, here is something I found
today:
http://tinyurl.com/obqml
Cheers,
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David Conway wrote:
> > Hi Folks
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> > Just looking for any ideas and suggestions for how we can improve the
> > functionality of the GFA website.
> >
> > For example, on-line membership renewal and payment by credit card.
> >
> > We would need to identify that we are providing an improved s
Hello,
I've been trying to contact the webmaster of the GFA web site for the
last couple
of weeks, even had a message forwarded to him by the GFA secretary, but never
got a reply.
Does anyone here know their direct contact, or in the name of privacy, ask them
to return to me at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi,
I've just read about a company called "Red Balloon Days" which specializes
in "Gift Experiences" (don't know how exactly to put this, there is a short
description in http://seven.com.au/todaytonight/story/?id=27806, search "Naomi
Simpson" for the paragraph about them).
They already have a pag
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