Re: [aus-soaring] birdman rallies

2001-11-09 Thread Ulrich Stauss
aunch to give an extra 2m of height... Can anyone supply some estimates? Ulrich Stauss -- * You are subscribed to the aus-soaring mailing list. * To Unsubscribe: send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] * with "unsubscribe aus-soaring" in the body of the message * or with "help" in the body of the message for more information.

RE: [Aus-soaring] Anyone interested in creating a gliding Wiki ?

2006-01-21 Thread Ulrich Stauss
There is quite a bit there already: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glider http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Segelflug And probably others. Ulrich Stauss ___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To check or change subscription details

RE: [Aus-soaring] Anyone interested in creating a gliding Wiki ?

2006-01-23 Thread Ulrich Stauss
equipment, etc, (the kind of stuff that gets asked from time to time here on Aus-Soaring) is really not what Wikipedia is all about. Cheers Jason At 05:36 PM 22/01/2006, you wrote: >There is quite a bit there already: > >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glider >http://de.wikipedia.org/w

RE: [Aus-soaring] GPS units - PDA

2006-11-11 Thread Ulrich Stauss
Has anyone tried Soaring Pilot (http://www.soaringpilot.org/)? Ulrich Stauss -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richard Hoskings Sent: Thursday, 9 November 2006 17:13 To: 'Jim Kelly'; 'Discussion of issues relating to Soari

RE: [Aus-soaring] JoeyGlide 2007

2007-02-17 Thread Ulrich Stauss
Hi Nick, What prompted this? I thought Leeton was almost a done deal? Ulrich Stauss Phone: (08) 8339 5881 Mobile: 0421 151 412 Email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nick G

RE: [Aus-soaring] Macquarie withdrawal

2007-05-01 Thread Ulrich Stauss
JR, 75:1 with or without the horse? Ulrich -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of JR Sent: Tuesday, 1 May 2007 20:14 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Macquarie withdrawal S

Re: [Aus-soaring] Parachute repacking

2007-06-01 Thread Ulrich Stauss
In Germany many years ago we had two members who had a parachute packing ticket. Voluntary work - minimal cost to the club other than the occasional refresher course etc. Not sure how other clubs did it and whether this is still the same. The idea might have merit; perhaps under the airworthiness

Re: [Aus-soaring] Visit to the Adelaide Air Traffic Control Unit

2007-07-07 Thread Ulrich Stauss
le about the sailplane pilots who shot themselves in the foot as they throw themselves off a cliff with a paraglider or switch on the ignition of a Jabiru. Ulrich -Original Message- From: Ulrich Stauss [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 5 July 2007 23:04 To: 'Future Aviation Pt

Re: [Aus-soaring] Visit to the Adelaide Air Traffic Control Unit

2007-07-07 Thread Ulrich Stauss
Ooops, Looks like I shot myself in the foot just then! It's late. I've been instructing during the day, had a committee meeting, then a long drive home. To the aus-soaring mob: please disregard my previous post. (Simon, Mark please delete - surely you have moderator rights.) Ulrich _

Re: [Aus-soaring] Straw Poll, Gliding Music ;-)

2008-01-23 Thread Ulrich Stauss
"One More Climb" is by Ed Kilbourne, He's American. Ulrich -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of JR Sent: Wednesday, 23 January 2008 18:00 To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Straw Poll, Gl

Re: [Aus-soaring] Wheel up or down?

2008-04-28 Thread Ulrich Stauss
under your backside. Ulrich Stauss -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Roger Druce Sent: Monday, 28 April 2008 12:07 To: 'Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.' Subject: [Aus-soaring] Wheel up or down? T

[Aus-soaring] Austrian Gliding Grand Prix Live Tracking

2009-05-18 Thread Ulrich Stauss
http://gliding-grandprix.lokf.at/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=23&Itemid=29 [1] Ulrich Stauss Links: -- [1] http://gliding-grandprix.lokf.at/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=23&Itemid=29 ___

Re: [Aus-soaring] My

2009-06-09 Thread Ulrich Stauss
This might be a neat alternative at least in some areas: http://tracklog.streckenflug.ch/ [1] Ulrich Stauss On Tue 09/06/09 07:01 , "Ross McLean" ross...@bigpond.net.au sent: When we used the SPOT at Benalla during the Multi Class Nationals we fou

[Aus-soaring] Human Factors talk at Balaklava, Sunday 14 June 2009, 10:00

2009-06-10 Thread Ulrich Stauss
On SUNDAY 14 JUNE 2009 AT 10:00 for a few hours. Darrell Ingham will talk to us on "HUMAN FACTORS in Aviation" and gliding in particular. ANYBODY MOST WELCOME! Lunch available at small cost. Please spread the word. Ulr

Re: [Aus-soaring] (no subject)

2009-08-10 Thread Ulrich Stauss
A couple of weeks ago on the way to work (car pooling with my two sons) we saw the same phenomenon Bernard describes - exactly like the Caboolture pictures... Maybe this is more common than we think. Ulrich Stauss On Mon 10/08/09 11:30 , "Future Aviation" ec...@internode.on

Re: [Aus-soaring] DG Flugzeugbau strategy

2010-01-26 Thread Ulrich Stauss
Hi Terry, the corresponding thread(s) on the German gliding forum literally exploded since this came up early/mid December. It is by far the largest reaction I've ever seen on any forum. DG would have to call themselves really lucky if this doesn't backfire badly. Ul

Re: [Aus-soaring] Competition licenses - the emperor has no clothes

2014-08-23 Thread Ulrich Stauss
Picking up from Michael Scutter: Will overseas pilots holding an ICAO compliant (glider) pilots license and an FAI Sporting license still require a GPC to fly in Australian competitions? Perhaps more importantly, do the insurances recognise both the FAI Sporting license and the GPC for their

Re: [Aus-soaring] Competition licenses - the emperor has no clothes

2014-08-24 Thread Ulrich Stauss
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Re: [Aus-soaring] Competition licenses - the emperor has no clothes

2014-08-28 Thread Ulrich Stauss
Australia.' Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Competition licenses - the emperor has no clothes Just coming back to an earlier thread regarding Independent Operator Level 1 qualification included in the GPC. I am pleased to say that it IS in fact included: On 24/08/2014, Ulrich Stauss <

Re: [Aus-soaring] Competition licenses - the emperor has no clothes

2014-09-01 Thread Ulrich Stauss
"I have often wondered why one can have all the qualifications in the world but cannot operate a glider in Australia independently and without instructor oversight." [...] "Isn't it time that suitably qualified glider pilots are treated just like glider pilots in other parts of the wo

Re: [Aus-soaring] Competition licenses - the emperor has no clothes

2014-09-01 Thread Ulrich Stauss
Mike, you are probably referring to the L1 IO rating (which in my opinion should be abolished - why should anyone be responsible for my flying unless I am in training). The current MOSP says: "13.2 LEVEL 2 'UNRESTRICTED' INDEPENDENT OPERATOR Unlike the Level 1 Independent Operator authority,

Re: [Aus-soaring] Competition licenses - the emperor has no clothes

2014-09-02 Thread Ulrich Stauss
and touring motorgliders operating remotely or when official ops were not taking place at a home airfield. Rob Izatt On 02/09/2014, at 1:11 PM, Ulrich Stauss wrote: Mike, you are probably referring to the L1 IO rating (which in my opinion should be abolished - why should anyone be respo

Re: [Aus-soaring] Competition licenses - the emperor has no clothes

2014-09-02 Thread Ulrich Stauss
From: aus-soaring-boun...@lists.internode.on.net [mailto:aus-soaring-boun...@lists.internode.on.net] On Behalf Of Mike Borgelt Sent: Wednesday, 3 September 2014 10:19 To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Competition licenses - the emperor has no clot

Re: [Aus-soaring] Competition licenses - the emperor has no clothes

2014-09-02 Thread Ulrich Stauss
nternode.on.net [mailto:aus-soaring-boun...@lists.internode.on.net] On Behalf Of Mark Newton Sent: Wednesday, 3 September 2014 12:55 To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Competition licenses - the emperor has no clothes On Sep 3, 2014, at 12:54 PM

Re: [Aus-soaring] Spin training

2014-12-26 Thread Ulrich Stauss
http://faculty.chicagobooth.edu/john.cochrane/research/Data_and_Programs/CFI/AFFTC-TR-89-27%20Spin%20Test.pdf Ulrich From: aus-soaring-boun...@lists.internode.on.net [mailto:aus-soaring-boun...@lists.internode.on.net] On Behalf Of Ron Sanders Sent: Saturday, 27 December 2014 08:44 To: Disc

Re: [Aus-soaring] Spin training

2014-12-27 Thread Ulrich Stauss
ng speed using the noise levels assessed by your ears. Why hasn't some instrument maker built a better mousetrap than the one we have ? On Sat, 27 Dec 2014 08:56:09 +1030 "Ulrich Stauss" wrote: > This is a multipart message in MIME format. > > ---

Re: [Aus-soaring] Air vent

2010-07-31 Thread Ulrich Stauss
For height gain badge and record flights this should not be a problem because the release height is recorded with "suction on". For max start height that's a bit of an issue but I would have thought there would be a noticeable "step" during the ground roll, both on launch and lan

Re: [Aus-soaring] theory

2010-08-12 Thread Ulrich Stauss
Fantastic resource! _[Did your instruction cover all these topics and test you on them?] _YES, and more. Did I retain most of it even shortly after the exams? NO. Was I able to apply it all in practice at the time? NO. Was I interested

Re: [Aus-soaring] Death of a Movement

2010-08-26 Thread Ulrich Stauss
I would also add a pitch to get the parents roped in. For the near to medium term we want the mums and dads - they have the disposable income and some of the skill sets we need. Getting to them through the schools works two ways: it sows the seeds in the kids (most of whom we lose again when t

Re: [Aus-soaring] Death of a movement - start of a sport

2010-08-28 Thread Ulrich Stauss
ping out - think of what you'll be missing out on... Ulrich Stauss On Sat 28/08/10 17:53 , Andrew Hallam ahal...@digitalearth.com.au sent: Hi Simon, > Andrew, it really shits me when people say that it's hard to learn to fly competitively in this country. I didn't mean

Re: [Aus-soaring] Service contract

2010-08-30 Thread Ulrich Stauss
es it binding in the US) but as airworthiness advice then I imagine our DG/LS owners may have a way out. I am not a DG/LS owner so I only read these things peripherally. I am just passing this on in case some of those who are affected may want to look into it further. Ulrich Stauss O

Re: [Aus-soaring] ADS-B for R/C models and other air traffic

2010-11-29 Thread Ulrich Stauss
ssues with the request to reconsider. If the Dutch disaster repeats itself here, maybe an entrepreneurial lawyer can be convinced to help with a class action...? Ulrich Stauss On Mon 29/11/10 09:38 , Terry Neumann tfneum...@internode.on.net sent: On 29/11/2010 8:56 AM, Mik

Re: [Aus-soaring] ADS-B for R/C models and other air traffic

2010-11-29 Thread Ulrich Stauss
#x27;ll actually do the job, my responses to these >proposals will be to politely point out the issues with the request >to reconsider. If the Dutch disaster repeats itself here, maybe an >entrepreneurial lawyer can be convinced to help with a class action...? > >Ulrich

Re: [Aus-soaring] Blurring the lines

2011-01-24 Thread Ulrich Stauss
...PW5, Phöbus anyone? Ulrich On Mon 24/01/11 16:55 , ian mcphee mrsoar...@gmail.com sent: No a K8 would be the way to go! Ian Mcphee - From: anthony.sm...@adelaide.on.net Sent: Monday, 24 January 2011 13:28 To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Aust

Re: [Aus-soaring] New frontier: XC wave along the GreatDividingRange

2011-03-18 Thread &#x27;Ulrich Stauss'
the fare paying passengers than enduring airframe fatigue tests and in many cases nursing sick bags for much of the "ordeal". Cruising a few kms upwind would have made the skies a lot friendlier.. Leave the "unexplained tubulence" to the glider pilots any day I say! Ulr

Re: [Aus-soaring] Gliding Australia

2011-07-07 Thread Ulrich Stauss
Neither have we - with the usual spread of opinions here I'd love to see for myself. With four payed up GFA members at the same address shouldn't we get priority treatment...? Ulrich On Thu 07/07/11 12:54 , DMcD slutsw...@gmail.com sent: >>I personnaly like the hard copy mag (havent s

[Aus-soaring] Austria: Gliding instructor fined €2000 after crash landing

2011-09-16 Thread Ulrich Stauss
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Re: [Aus-soaring] Alternative to the OLC

2012-07-13 Thread Ulrich Stauss
Like Rolf I've been following the OLC discussions for some time. It is sad to see how commercial interests and personalities have created this rift. Unlike Rolf though, I'm with the Skylines camp for the following reasons: The data uploaded to the OLC is owned by them (s

Re: [Aus-soaring] Alternative to the OLC

2012-07-15 Thread Ulrich Stauss
Whilst I don't tend making use of it, I did not at all mean to slag the GFA decision to use the OLC platform for its decentralised competition and pay for it with some of my money - on the contrary! However, now that there may be an alternative it surely is worth exploring the opti

[aus-soaring] Safety Seminar

2003-07-15 Thread Ulrich Stauss
Mark, please add 3 from the Stauss family. In your experience, is there any way to change the wind-direction on weekends at Lochiel (sheer will-power...)? The BGC decided to take a '21 along (it's already in the trailer) for a bit of ridge fun after the seminar and the forecast promptly changed t

RE: [Aus-soaring] Spin Training

2004-09-23 Thread Ulrich Stauss
tor so he might as well show us how it's done safely and properly lest we kill ourselves going it solo. It would make us better pilots anyway. Not that he encouraged us in any way. On the contrary, he came down hard on any known transgressions. Ulrich Stauss -Original Message- Fr