[Aus-soaring] Model helicopter - amazing trick flying

2007-07-18 Thread Richard Neale
I've never seen anything like this: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8996836251682690877 http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8996836251682690877hl=en hl=en Richard. ___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To

Re: [Aus-soaring] time waster

2007-07-14 Thread Richard Neale
110.536 using the 'cheat' described. About 93m 'by hand'. Richard. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of McLean Richard Sent: Saturday, 14 July 2007 16:02 To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring]

Re: [Aus-soaring] time waster

2007-07-14 Thread Richard Neale
113.363 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of McLean Richard Sent: Saturday, 14 July 2007 16:02 To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] time waster

Re: [Aus-soaring] Many hours wasted on this flight sim

2007-06-28 Thread Richard Neale
92.406m, 91,292 in the world. Do I get another diamond? Unless it stops raining in Sydney and the strips at Camden dry out, this may be all the flying I do for a while... Can you take an AEF passenger? Richard. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On

RE: [Aus-soaring] Pilot Eyesight

2007-03-27 Thread Richard Neale
Interesting site (pun intended). When the subject was discussed some time ago on this list, nobody expressed opposition to polarised lenses in such strong terms as the referenced article. I guess that's because glider canopies are NOT polarised, but I infer from the article that some aircraft

RE: [Aus-soaring] Help Accountant please

2007-03-18 Thread Richard Neale
link? -Original Message- but here's a photo on Al McDonald's site with a Pawnee, engine off wave soaring ___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To check or change subscription details, visit:

[Aus-soaring] Resource explaining Skew-T Log-P diagrams

2006-12-03 Thread Richard Neale
I hadn't seen this resource before. Some useful information. http://www.personal.psu.edu/smd293/meteo482/ Richard. ___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To check or change subscription details, visit:

RE: [Aus-soaring] Zeiss lenses for sunglasses

2006-11-08 Thread Richard Neale
for these babies - they are NOT cheap. Richard. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richard Neale Sent: Sunday, 17 September 2006 9:21 To: 'Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.' Subject: RE: [Aus-soaring] Zeiss lenses

RE: [Aus-soaring] GPS units - opinions please...

2006-11-07 Thread Richard Neale
Does the insurer offer any premium reduction when FLARM is fitted in a glider? Richard. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Philip Ritchie Sent: Wednesday, 8 November 2006 16:52 To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.

RE: [Aus-soaring] Zeiss lenses for sunglasses

2006-09-16 Thread Richard Neale
Thanks to all for comments on Zeiss Skypol lenses a few weeks ago. I found an optometrist in my area able to order and supply (no mean feat as the big chains deny all knowledge of whatever isn't 'in the system'). I have ordered a pair of lenses for my existing frames. They have to be

[Aus-soaring] Zeiss lenses for sunglasses

2006-08-16 Thread Richard Neale
Some time ago (October 04), this list hosted a discussion about lenses for sunglasses that provide optimal performance for glider pilots. There seemed to be support for the Zeiss Skylet range of lenses. These lenses have the brown-ish tint that enhances contrast and which apparently

[Aus-soaring] Nice DG-1000 video shot at Southern Cross Gliding Club

2006-05-26 Thread Richard Neale
Hi, everybody, A few weeks ago, one of the marketing reps for Ulead Systems, a maker of video editing software, was in Australia to launch a new version of one of their apps. Tobie (the marketing guy) participates in a video editing discussion list quite like this one, and I met him on

RE: [Aus-soaring] Obsessed...

2005-09-08 Thread Richard Neale
I guess staring out the window from 35,000' on a Sydney-Melbourne flight, kidding yourself that you might be able to see a Wave Camp glider over the Snowy Mountains would count, too... Richard. ___ Aus-soaring mailing list

RE: [Aus-soaring] Glider crash footage

2005-08-09 Thread Richard Neale
Nope. But I reckon the guy with the white hat is * PROBABLY * a Glider Pilot. ;) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Peter Stephenson Sent: Wednesday, 10 August 2005 11:27 To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. Subject:

Re: RE: [Aus-soaring] IS28 ADs (was Reasons NOT to spin for fun)

2004-09-22 Thread Richard Neale
I was trained on Southern Cross's IS28s. I remember the first time a spin was demonstrated to me: I had no idea it would be so fast and so (comparitively) violent. I recall putting my hands up onto the canopy to brace myself -- all I could see out the front was the ground, rapidly rotating. Of