Re: [Aus-soaring] Lego

2006-09-05 Thread Jason Armistead
At 06:42 PM 5/09/2006, Dave Long wrote: - Original Message - From: Texler, Michael [EMAIL PROTECTED] The memories of a man in his old age are the deeds of a man in his prime Pink Floyd? Dave Long Apparently so Dave. Doing a Google search for those words reveals the song is

[Aus-soaring] Virtual LEGO

2006-09-05 Thread Jason Armistead
Following on from the Airfix / Humbrol / Lego topic, it seems even LEGO has gone virtual. I found this site quite a while back, and had a bit of a play around. http://www.ldraw.org/ and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LDraw and also http://www.lm-software.com/mlcad/ It's a lot cheaper than

[Aus-soaring] Fwd: NSWGA President Eric Sweet's funeral

2006-06-29 Thread Jason Armistead
FYI, especially those in NSW From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 17:39:53 +1000 Hi all Thank you for your patience. I now have details of Eric's funeral ... Date: Wed 5 July 2006 Time: 2.30pm Service:South Chapel, Rookwood Crematorium Afterwards: The Gables, 59

[Aus-soaring] Fwd: Eric Sweet's funeral

2006-06-12 Thread Jason Armistead
FYI Subject: Eric Sweet's funeral From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 11:16:59 +1000 Hi all Many of you have been enquiring as to details of Eric's funeral - as some of you may know, Eric's only relatives are overseas - due to the need to contact them, his funeral will be delayed

[Aus-soaring] Passing of NSWGA President Eric Sweet

2006-06-06 Thread Jason Armistead
FYI The following received from Kerrie Claffey, NSWGA Secretary on Tuesday 6th June. Armin Kruger is associated with Bathurst GC. Sorry but I do not have a contact number for him. Regards Jason Hi all It's with great sadness that I learned this morning that NSW President, Eric Sweet,

Re: [Aus-soaring] What the?!

2006-05-09 Thread Jason Armistead
Just remember that could be what you look like in 25 years too !!! At 10:45 PM 9/05/2006, you wrote: This is crazy. This months 'photo of the month' in kiwi gliding land is the one attached... What sort of image are they trying to portray - the PW5, the blue blocker sunnys, the flannel hat

Re: [Aus-soaring] FLARM mandatory update news.

2006-02-17 Thread Jason Armistead
Nigel Are you saying that the OzFlarms have some sort of software time-bomb that renders them useless or partially so after the 28th February ? Jason At 08:25 AM 17/02/2006, you wrote: To all Ozflarm owners, The Feb 16th update has been delayed a week due to some last minute changes. Your

[Aus-soaring] Suggestion for adding aircraft information to Wikiglide wiki

2006-01-30 Thread Jason Armistead
All I've noticed a few people putting information about various gliders onto the Wikiglide wiki site - most probably ones from their club fleet or their personal aircraft. Can I suggest the following etiquette for doing so: 1. Upload any photos of gliders using filenames that reflect the

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

2006-01-24 Thread Jason Armistead
, feel free to contact me directly rather than via Aus-Soaring. Regards Jason Armistead At 11:45 PM 23/01/2006, Gus wrote: I think wikis are a great idea. I've gone ahead and registered the name http://www.ausgliding.comwww.ausgliding.com and in a day or two once I have it set

Re: [Aus-soaring] Introducing www.ausgliding.com !

2006-01-24 Thread Jason Armistead
All Gus is still wrangling with getting the Help pages migrated across from Mediawiki's main site. I'm trying to lend a hand as time permits - I worked mainly on an earlier version of the software that did things a little differently to the way it's done right now. Hopefully this will be

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

2006-01-22 Thread Jason Armistead
Ulrich While Wikipedia already has some topics relating to gliding, I think we would do better with our own soaring-only wiki, and then get some interwiki links to it from Wikipedia. Maybe we invite the HGFA members to join in with submissions ? I'm sure there's a lot of things we could

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

2006-01-20 Thread Jason Armistead
of permanent internet hosting ability to do this, though I'd be glad to help out a Mediawiki newbie to get it up and running. Cheers Jason Armistead ___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To check or change subscription details

Re: [Aus-soaring] DVD on promoting soaring

2005-12-28 Thread Jason Armistead
Ian Several people out there in GFA are reading this list. Terry Cubley, Ian Grant, Richard McLean and myself are all Marketing Development Committee members, and several of the items which are discussed on Aus-Soaring make it into our own discussions. I am not sure about which GFA office

Re: [Aus-soaring] Fw: Undelivered mail: User unknown

2005-11-08 Thread Jason Armistead
Peter The address is correct. Anne only posted to this list yesterday about Narromine Cup week. Suspect maybe her ISP is having some technical problems. Anne's phone number is listed inside the front cover of Soaring Australia each month under GFA Sub-Editor. Cheers Jason At 03:10 PM

Re: [Aus-soaring] EW Logger and USB-Serial Adapters

2005-10-31 Thread Jason Armistead
EasySync cable a go. Cheers Jason Armistead At 09:22 AM 31/10/2005, you wrote: Peter, Did the Belkin work with an EW logger? The EW seems to be particularly sensitive in its dealings with Serial ports - I suspect the problem is not just the USB adapter; the EW plays a part as well. Regards, David

Re: [Aus-soaring] Media reporting of Byron drifter accident

2005-10-24 Thread Jason Armistead
At 09:27 PM 24/10/2005, Michael Cole wrote: Journalists get paid for writing stories. The worse (gory, horrid, sad) the better. They do not get paid for a) getting it right or b) for truth or c) public good or d) pursuit of honourable and uplifting goals. Last news poll of the public's most

Re: [Aus-soaring] The best outlanding kit contents?

2005-10-11 Thread Jason Armistead
Dave I'd add to that 1. a small mirror (carefully wrapped to prevent breakage) for signalling 2. a spare set of fresh batteries for my Garmin GPS-12 - always nice to be able to navigate back to the glider via Man Overboard if you must walk a long way to find civilisation 3. mobile phone with

Re: [Aus-soaring] OT: Self Launching Motor Bike!

2005-10-10 Thread Jason Armistead
Jim Forget the bike, and look at this one http://www.flyingthingz.com/products/skycutter_green.html Be sure to look at the video of it in action, and check out the other weird flying craft these guys make Now you can go flying AND do the lawns at the same time - the perfect way to marital

Re: [Aus-soaring] satellite imaging

2005-05-22 Thread Jason Armistead
All While the US military may have such grand plans to keep the civilian population in the dark, there are a number of commercial, non-US companies who are quite happy to sell high resolution satellite imagery to whoever is prepared to pay for it. The French had a company (SPOT ?) who have

Re: [Aus-soaring] EXCITING GLIDING CONDITIONS AT Cooma Hardly a BORING REPORT

2005-04-03 Thread Jason Armistead
results included and you will discover there are about 380 entries listed. Imagine if it said something more positive than Boring Cheers Jason Armistead On Sun, 03 Apr 2005 16:32:48 +0930, Mark Newton wrote Alan Wilson wrote: There is a group discussion trying to excite people into gliding

Re: [Aus-soaring] mining past glider pilots

2005-03-25 Thread Jason Armistead
at Cambewarra were the original Sky Surfers, jumping with boogie boards many years before it became fashionable on the Coca Cola TV advertisements. Regards Jason Armistead ___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To check or change

Re: Fw: [Aus-soaring] Targeting Youth

2005-03-25 Thread Jason Armistead
to things such as Joeyglide. I even contemplated driving down to Temora for just 1 day to check things out, but my plans went pear-shaped due to a work crisis that just couldn't be ignored. Such is life ! Regards Jason Armistead ___ Aus-soaring mailing

RE: [Aus-soaring] The list is... irrelevant!- Boring

2005-03-20 Thread Jason Armistead
Maybe someone could send Princess Mary a few copies of Come Gliding to distribute to all her adopted countrymen (and women) who are frustrated by the poor gliding conditions at home ... LOL Jason On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 09:18:07 +0800, John Welsh wrote Here you go! -Original Message-

Re: [Aus-soaring] Re: ZR Good Start

2005-01-16 Thread Jason Armistead
. Cheers Jason Cheers Jason Armistead ___ 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] Zulu Romeo, Good Start - making the firstmoves to sort this out

2005-01-15 Thread Jason Armistead
copies for the GFA he had nothing to do with it otherwise. McG From: Jason Armistead [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To: aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net Subject: RE: [Aus-soaring] Zulu Romeo, Good Start - making

RE: [Aus-soaring] Zulu Romeo, Good Start - making the first moves to sort this out

2005-01-14 Thread Jason Armistead
to this chap that many of the rest of us. Otherwise this Rod Kinnear chap could end up with dozens of glider pilots all phoning him ! Regards Jason Armistead At 06:38 PM 14/01/2005, John Parncutt wrote: I agree that if there is any possibility of finding the copyright owner we should obtain

Re: [Aus-soaring] Zulu Romeo, Good Start

2005-01-13 Thread Jason Armistead
Owen/Nick Who produced the video in the first place, and are there any copyright issues to consider ? Are GFA interested in obtaining a relatively fresh copy (I'd say a 3-times played one qualifies !) and getting a copy from that which could be used as a master (maybe capture straight to DV

RE: [Aus-soaring] Zulu Romeo, Good Start

2005-01-13 Thread Jason Armistead
, but it may also yield a better end result for us and future generations of glider pilots. Cheers Jason Armistead On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 09:03:48 +1100, John Parncutt wrote I have the facilities to create DVD's directly from a VHS tape (without having to go via DV tape) this will produce the best

[Aus-soaring] Video footage of JoeyGlide 2004

2005-01-06 Thread Jason Armistead
advise via direct e-mail back to me. We may have a use for some of the footage that was obtained (if any). Thanks Jason Armistead GFA Marketing and Development Committee Rep for NSW ___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net

Re: [Aus-soaring] Tow Force in KG's

2004-12-23 Thread Jason Armistead
and then try and find someone who can build you a ruggedised instrumentation package for the winch later on. It should be an interesting project indeed. Regards Jason Armistead On Thu, 23 Dec 2004 10:36:24 +1100 (added by [EMAIL PROTECTED]), Michael Derry wrote Is there anyone out there who uses

[Aus-soaring] Analysis of problems downloading ADs and ANs

2004-11-14 Thread Jason Armistead
on this message, and will no doubt sort out the e-mail re-direction problem (Nikki look at the following URL for details http://www.mail-archive.com/aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net/msg07158.html ) Regards Jason Armistead On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 10:05:52 +1100, John Giddy wrote On Sun, 14 Nov 2004 22

[Aus-soaring] Anyone with mini-DV video of the Dalby Nationals ?

2004-10-25 Thread Jason Armistead
to host it at a reasonable size and quality, I'll let you all know and you can see if you can spot your aircraft or faces in the mix. Regards Jason Armistead ___ Aus-soaring mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To check or change subscription details, visit

[Aus-soaring] Funny flying video to give you a chuckle

2004-10-25 Thread Jason Armistead
Here's one that give you a bit of a laugh. It's around 4.8 Mb in size, so you're advised to right-click and choose Save As if you are on a 56K modem link http://media.hugi.is/hahradi/fyndnar/skycutter40.wmv Not great in the L/D department ... Cheers Jason

Re: [Aus-soaring] Emailing: Sunset1

2004-10-25 Thread Jason Armistead
involved and had seen the photo that they said oh, that's Ron Sanders. Regards Jason Armistead On Sat, 16 Oct 2004 10:42:10 +1000 (AUS Eastern Standard Time), Anne Elliott wrote The attached photograph appeared in an edition of Soaring Australia maybe three years ago. To jog my memory, does

[Aus-soaring] Joey Glide entries so far ?

2004-10-04 Thread Jason Armistead
Adam How many entries does Joey Glide have so far ? Just interested to see how things are progressing with this venture. Regards Jason ___ Aus-soaring mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To check or change subscription details, visit:

Re: [aus-soaring] Best sunglasses for gliding ?

2004-09-27 Thread Jason Armistead
very well when driving (which was never really explained in the TV ads) Cheers Jason Armistead On Mon, 27 Sep 2004 22:51:21 +0930, Mark Newton wrote Jim Kelly wrote: The sun's finally beginning to emerge :-) Anyone know if these (prescription) sunglasses are available in Australia

Re: [aus-soaring] Best sunglasses for gliding ?

2004-09-27 Thread Jason Armistead
Peter Your talk of pterygium and blue eyed people got me worried because I've got blue eyes (with no others for 2 generations up the family tree), and so have my 2 kids (even though my wife has brown eyes which should be dominant, I guess she carries a recessive blue eye gene). For others

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

2004-09-23 Thread Jason Armistead
On Thu, 23 Sep 2004 22:03:31 +1000, Graeme Cant wrote From: Jason Armistead [EMAIL PROTECTED] A similar problem exists for LS-6 versus LS 6 and DG-100 versus DG 100 and other numerically identified aircraft types. I will have a chat with the webmaster and GFA office to see if we can get

Re: [Aus-soaring] Trailer

2004-09-22 Thread Jason Armistead
Ron I have some friends that live on Commenarra Parkway, and will be seeing them this weekend, so perhaps I could ask them to door-knock the address on the brochure you attached and a couple either side to see if anyone knows what became of David Hart. According to the GFA's online

RE: [Aus-soaring] 2 seat basic trainers

2004-09-21 Thread Jason Armistead
. Tom Gilbert is the DG and AMS agent in Australia (see http://www.tjsailplanes.com/) Cheers Jason Armistead On Wed, 22 Sep 2004 12:11:56 +1000, Roger Druce wrote Robert DG505 Email me direct if you want more info on two-seater comparisons and evaluation reports as VMFG has been through all

[Aus-soaring] Revamped GFA web site now online

2004-09-14 Thread Jason Armistead
to make it a bit simpler and to point to the right place (hey, we're all only human, and complete site makeovers are no easy thing !) As you will notice, the site changover is still a work in progress, so stay tuned. Regards Jason Armistead SCGC Membership Secretary GFA Marketing Development

Re: [Aus-soaring] Schweizer

2004-09-01 Thread Jason Armistead
the mains. Ain't nature wonderful ! Cheers Jason Armistead See http://www.otis.com/ On Wed, 01 Sep 2004 21:16:34 +0930, Leigh Bunting wrote With Paul Schweizer having been laid to rest recently and the company he founded not having made any gliders in the last couple of decades (??), I

RE: [Aus-soaring] XCOM radios

2004-09-01 Thread Jason Armistead
So let me get this straight. The man behind the Microair is now installing an Xcom. Care to elaborate on the reasons why ? Cheers Jason On Thu, 2 Sep 2004 11:37:56 +1000, RF Developments Pty Ltd wrote I am putting my Xcom just purchased, in Saturday as well - we can have an Xcom to Xcom

[Aus-soaring] Seeking NSW/ACT input to Marketing and Development

2004-08-29 Thread Jason Armistead
replies to this list, please e-mail your responses directly to me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Regards Jason Armistead ___ Aus-soaring mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus

Re: [Aus-soaring] Seeking NSW/ACT input to Marketing and Development

2004-08-29 Thread Jason Armistead
the innaugural meeting had already been held (with Aaron Stroop kindly filling in for NSW), so I'm still working on the Who's Who of the M.A.D. committee. Anyone from SAGA care to comment on who there representative is ? Emilis ? Regards Jason Armistead On Mon, 30 Aug 2004 14:21:28 +1000

RE: [Aus-soaring] Hypoxia Oxygen use

2004-08-26 Thread Jason Armistead
will react at altitude on each and every flight ? Cheers Jason Armistead ___ Aus-soaring mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring

Re: [Aus-soaring] Oxygen safety issues

2004-08-24 Thread Jason Armistead
Brian CASA NPRM 216 gives some insight (pardon the pun), but doesn't go into the exact causes: http://rrp.casa.gov.au/nprm/nprm0216and.pdf I believe the effectiveness of the rods in the eye (the bits that provide us with peripheral vision) are very sensitive to the level of oxygen in the

Re: [Aus-soaring] Oxygen

2004-08-23 Thread Jason Armistead
Brian In this day and age of litigation and fine print get out of jail free clauses, I would think that any savvy insurer's lawyers would pick up on the pilot being above 10,000 ft without oxygen and try to invalidate the cover. Even more worrying, when I asked about how oxygen (or lack

[Aus-soaring] RE: Oxygen

2004-08-18 Thread Jason Armistead
I have seen a number of relevant articles about oxygen usage on AVWeb (www.avweb.com). One describes the use of a pulse oximeter to look at O2 saturation, and give you an idea of how quickly our blood starts getting deoxygenated as altitude increases (even well below the magical 10,000 ft

[Aus-soaring] Fw: Motion for NSWGA AGM 28 Aug 04 at Camden

2004-08-17 Thread Jason Armistead
FYI - the following message (forwarded below my signature line) was sent to all NSW gliding clubs, and to the GFA Please note that the Notice of Meeting and associated documents (previously forwarded to this list) are now listed under "What's New" on the GFA web site. Regards

Re: [Aus-soaring] contacting Graeme Parker

2004-08-17 Thread Jason Armistead
Ron If he's a member of the GFA, why not ask the Secretariat to contact him and ask him to call/e-mail you ? For privacy reasons, they can't give out his address, hence the need to act as an intermediary instead. Jason On Wed, 18 Aug 2004 13:05:13 +1000, Ron Sanders wrote Can

Re: [Aus-soaring] terminology

2004-08-12 Thread Jason Armistead
Wayne What did the rest of the world say a ground loop was ? Please give specific web site references. Then we can compare notes ! Cheers Jason On Fri, 13 Aug 2004 13:55:04 +1000, sales wrote Hi gliderfolk, after rotating in a few internet thermals, I am confused as to what the rest of

[Aus-soaring] Music for videos - info from APRA Australian Copyright Council

2004-08-04 Thread Jason Armistead
unconvinced that any of these uses licensed music. The Domestic Use license referred to is not really what we could use for a gliding promotional video that was distributed far and wide on CD/DVD or streamed on the Internet. Cheers Jason Armistead --- Start of forwarded reply --- Hi

Re: [Aus-soaring] Flying Flicks and attracting members

2004-08-04 Thread Jason Armistead
to the knack or a natural flair which you just can't learn, just like some of us can write software (more than hacking around the edges with Visual Basic) and the rest never will regardless of how many computing courses they do. Cheers Jason Armistead ___ Aus

Re: [Aus-soaring] Old handheld with a broken LCD display

2004-08-04 Thread Jason Armistead
Simon Looking at a picture of the unit on http://www.seaerospace.com/king/kx99.htm I would have to think that the LCD is a custom job made specifically for that unit (or a family of very similar ones). It's definitely not a straightforward generic alphanumeric or dot matrix one that might be

RE: [Aus-soaring] Calls for Gliding Footage - stop and think a minute !

2004-08-01 Thread Jason Armistead
launcing on a XC gliding flight. Cheers Jason Armistead ___ Aus-soaring mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring

Re: [Aus-soaring] Gliding Movies

2004-07-30 Thread Jason Armistead
gliding, then not only does the flying on the video need to be lawful, but the use of the background music also. Otherwise the GFA Millions might be eroded by a single lawsuit claiming breach of copyright. Cheers Jason Armistead On Fri, 30 Jul 2004 15:09:07 +1000, Nick Gilbert wrote Lisa

Re: [Aus-soaring] GFA Marketing Committee (was re: Wicket Cameras, etc)

2004-07-30 Thread Jason Armistead
On Fri, 30 Jul 2004 15:19:08 +1000, Brian Wade wrote This thread is timely as the newly created GFA Marketing Committee has its first meeting this weekend. Who is on this Committee and how did they get nominated ? As a member of one of the largest clubs in the country, I can't say that I've

RE: [Aus-soaring] Gliding Movies

2004-07-29 Thread Jason Armistead
that it could be viewed by those interested in this sort of project. Regards Jason Armistead On Fri, 30 Jul 2004 11:14:26 +1000, Adam Woolley wrote G'day SDF and all, I've got a great clip of the UK Juniors just doing 'Competition Finishes', close formation flying and aerobatics! Goes for 15

Re: [Aus-soaring] container space

2004-07-14 Thread Jason Armistead
Rob Define Europe ! Are you talking Germany, Slovenia, or where exactly ? Please specify your proposed port of departure. And when is your container due to depart ? Cheers Jason - Original Message - From: Boonahgliding To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2004 12:57

[Aus-soaring] GPS for the masses / Taiwanese GPS invasion ?

2004-07-08 Thread Jason Armistead
One of my colleagues pointed out to me a GPS being advertised in the latest Super Cheap Auto catalog. At $149 ($50 off the RRP) would be hard to ignore if you are a bush walker or 4WD enthusiast. See http://www.fortuna.com.tw/GPSmart.htm Not a bad list of features, but a bit vague on how the

[Aus-soaring] SPAM on the list - what's going on ?

2004-06-18 Thread Jason Armistead
All I noticed that my Inbox contained 4 e-mails addressed to Aus-Soaring with all sorts of spam subjects relating to mortgages and dating horny women. All were sent in the wee small hours of the night. IIRC, this is the first time that Aus-Soaring has been bombed by such e-mails. Is

Re: [Aus-soaring] Bulk Flying Schemes

2004-05-20 Thread Jason Armistead
respondents to your question. Cheers Jason Armistead Southern Cross Gliding Club Visit http://www.gliding.com.au/ ! On Mon, 17 May 2004 23:14:47 +1000, Colin Yvonne Campbell wrote I am researching bulk flying schemes. Could anyone with details of a Club's experience please respond

Re: [Aus-soaring] Insurance alternatives

2004-05-04 Thread Jason Armistead
Dave The Aus-Soaring archives at Mail-Archive.com contain the answer you seek. See http://www.mail-archive.com/aus-soaring% 40lists.internode.on.net/msg05450.html Jason On Tue, 04 May 2004 17:12:24 +1000, Dave Boulter wrote Hi, I remember a post by I think Dave Shorter ref alternate

Re: [Aus-soaring] Insurance alternatives

2004-05-04 Thread Jason Armistead
Dave The Aus-Soaring archives at www.mail-archive.com has the answer you seek see http://www.mail-archive.com/aus-soaring%40lists.internode.on.net/msg05450.html Cheers Jason On Tue, 04 May 2004 17:12:24 +1000, Dave Boulter wrote Hi, I remember a post by I think Dave Shorter ref

Re: [Aus-soaring] gliding weather webcams

2004-05-03 Thread Jason Armistead
traces from around Australia. Mark Newton kindly makes them available via http://slash.dotat.org/cgi-bin/atmos There might be one near to your area that is of some use to you. Cheers Jason Armistead On Mon, 3 May 2004 21:03:58 +1000, kelvin stingel wrote Does anyone know of some webcams which

Re: [Aus-soaring] Strepla versus SeeYou, which is better?

2004-03-05 Thread Jason Armistead
On SeeYou 3D view mode, press Ctrl-F7, which then allows you to alter the 3D camera point. Using the mouse (a combination of moves with left and/or right buttons held while sliding it) to move the camera to be in the cockpit, effectively sectioning the cockpit with the screen's surface as the

Re: [Aus-soaring] MARS Emergency Parachute AD

2004-03-01 Thread Jason Armistead
On Fri, 27 Feb 2004 13:12:23 +1100, skf1 wrote PDF Attachment removed OK Stuart, I'll bite. It sounds legit, but is it really an early April Fools Day prank leaning heavily on the bad experience of the European Space Agency Beagle 2 lander that didn't make it ? Jason

RE: [Aus-soaring] Bad Media problem

2004-02-16 Thread Jason Armistead
owners, who may then be able to assist with identifying pilots, etc. It does not have trikes, ultralights or other non VH registered aircraft, but at least it's a start, and easy to do. Does anyone know of a web-accessible database for these other aircraft types ? Regards Jason Armistead

Re: [Aus-soaring] The ultimate glider launch/flight?

2004-02-16 Thread Jason Armistead
I reckon a flight in the Turbo Raven would have done me See http://www.waynehandley.com/archive.html and http://www.waynehandley.com/index.html The idea of being able to do 78 inverted flat spins, climb to 3000m in 1 minute 9 seconds (from brake release), and an minus 18 degree reversible

Re: [Aus-soaring] a 1000K that went Horribly wrong!

2004-01-31 Thread Jason Armistead
Adam The idea of hiring a rent-a-rocket/wreck and using it to tow a glider like an LS-8 sounds laughable and more than a bit risky as you nearly found out. But if the FAI ever create a category for slowest speed around a retrieve task I reckon you're in with a chance, IF, and ONLY IF, you can

Re: [Aus-soaring] Waikerie Prang

2004-01-21 Thread Jason Armistead
The following from ABC Riverland online: Glider pilot hospitalised after crash landing Wednesday, 21 January 2004 A pilot has been taken to hospital for observation after crashing her glider on landing at the Waikerie Aerodrome in the Riverland. Witnesses say the female pilot suffered only

RE: [Aus-soaring] Elevation data for Australian Turnpoints

2004-01-11 Thread Jason Armistead
as reference points might not be the same as the ones accepted as turnpoints, some of which are, for example, terminal buildings, or simply runway intersections. Regards Jason Armistead ___ Aus-soaring mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

Re: [Aus-soaring] Elevation data for Australian Turnpoints

2004-01-11 Thread Jason Armistead
On Mon, 12 Jan 2004 09:38:56 +1030, Mark Newton wrote On Mon, Jan 12, 2004 at 08:53:37AM +1000, Jason Armistead wrote: In any case, the points that are used as reference points might not be the same as the ones accepted as turnpoints, some of which are, for example, terminal

[Aus-soaring] Elevation data for Australian Turnpoints

2004-01-08 Thread Jason Armistead
and local air pressure varies from that at your home airfield. I am specifically interested in the NSW data as that's where most of my XC flying is likely to take place. Cheers Jason Armistead ___ Aus-soaring mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

Re: [Aus-soaring] Soaring Costs for a newby

2003-12-05 Thread Jason Armistead
as more experience is gained, provide a continuing series of opportunities to hone your gliding skills. Regards Jason Armistead Membership Secretary Southern Cross Gliding Club Inc Camden NSW Visit http://www.gliding.com.au/ ! On Fri, 05 Dec 2003 09:50:39 +, Andrew Sandra Wetzel wrote I

[Aus-soaring] Gossamer Albatross / Condor or similar human powered aircraft in OZ ?

2003-11-26 Thread Jason Armistead
refer the ad agency to them ? Thanks Jason Armistead ___ Aus-soaring mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring

Re: Re: [Aus-soaring] registering trailers

2003-11-25 Thread Jason Armistead
Miles Do you have a copy of the article to hand (DOC file or scanned TIF is OK), or can you tell us which edition of AG (or whatever the magazine was called at the time) it was published in ? Thanks Jason On Tue, 25 Nov 2003 19:53:04 +0800, mgbsia wrote Hi all, I have been watching the

RE: Aircraft Noise (was [Aus-soaring] Airport Sale by Roger Druce)

2003-11-23 Thread Jason Armistead
of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. Subject: Re: [Aus- soaring] Airport Sale Jason Armistead wrote: Who knows, they might even decide to sub-lease the airport to Camden Council or a consortium of Camden operators to manage for themselves, and focus primarily on making money

Re: [Aus-soaring] Anyone have a canopy for an IS-28 that they'd beprepared to sell ?

2003-11-18 Thread Jason Armistead
the old bit back in using cyanoacrilate to make it last to replacement. Its easier and looks better than acrifix. Regards Ian Linke Aviation Acrylic Mouldings. - Original Message - From: Jason Armistead [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 3:05

Re: [Aus-soaring] RE: registering trailers

2003-11-18 Thread Jason Armistead
in that a copy of the approval is to be carried by the driver and presented to the relevent authorities on demand. Good luck with it all. It's not what I'd call fun ! Jason Armistead Southern Cross Gliding Club On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 11:39:27 +1100, Ron Sanders wrote Can some one put me straight about

Re: [Aus-soaring] Re: Logger approvals

2003-11-18 Thread Jason Armistead
These guys in the FAI / IGC are totally out of touch with grass roots gliding, and the weekend pilot who's happy to get to a few camps every now and again and wants to claim a badge. Is it any wonder that gliding is on the decline worldwide ? One wonders what's really wrong with a Garmin GPS

[Aus-soaring] Anyone have a canopy for an IS-28 that they'd be prepared to sell ?

2003-11-17 Thread Jason Armistead
that they would be prepared to part with ? Or, does anyone know a supplier for these ? Regards Jason Armistead ___ Aus-soaring mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring

Re: [aus-soaring] Weighty problem

2003-10-06 Thread Jason Armistead
Leigh At Southern Cross we have a couple of pairs of scales in the pie cart. Any people which are of questionable size are checked on them first. It is also standard practise that I ask about the potential flyers weight when selling AEF gift vouchers, to avoid potential embarrassment to all

[aus-soaring] Final reminder: Back To Camden Week reunion BBQ dinner Saturday 27th

2003-09-26 Thread Jason Armistead
just look for the Back To Camden Week link. Regards Jason Armistead Membership Secretary Southern Cross Gliding Club Inc Camden NSW Visit http://www.gliding.com.au/ ! -- * You are subscribed to the aus-soaring mailing list. * To Unsubscribe: send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] * with unsubscribe

[aus-soaring] Rocket launching of gliders ? Anyone know if it's been done before ?

2003-09-07 Thread Jason Armistead
dangerous, way to get airborne in a sailplane ! Cheers Jason Armistead Southern Cross Gliding Club Camden NSW Visit http://www.gliding.com.au/ ! -- * You are subscribed to the aus-soaring mailing list. * To Unsubscribe: send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] * with unsubscribe aus-soaring in the body

RE: [aus-soaring] RE: National Airspace System radar coverage

2003-09-01 Thread Jason Armistead
Nigel This might add an interesting dimension to competition tracking if each glider were fitted with an ADS-B transponder, and portable ground stations capable of relaying data to a web site for live tracking feeds could be used to give ground crew back at the launch point some idea of where

Re: [aus-soaring] A Different kind of Mushroom Cloud

2003-08-29 Thread Jason Armistead
The pictures on this page (thanks to Mal Bruce for pointing it out to me) will scare you and make sure you steer your glider well clear of stormy weather http://home.quicknet.nl/qn/prive/f.braaksma/ Click on the More ... link below the picture to see a whole gallery. Jason This is simply

[aus-soaring] What NASA does with their centrifuges in their spare time ...

2003-08-27 Thread Jason Armistead
Totally off-topic: Anyone who has seen James Bond in Moonraker will be familiar with the kind of centrifuges used by NASA for all sorts of stress testing. Besides giving actors like Roger Moore a strange looking face as he gets trapped in one by Drax's bad guys, and doing the real work of

Re: [aus-soaring] Giving a glider a creative paint job

2003-08-25 Thread Jason Armistead
Some people would dare to call it art ! Who knows, one of the NSW (or was it National ?) galleries paid something like $10,000 for a painting that was nothing more than evenly applied white paint. Any home handyman could have done the same. Then again, I've also seen a photo of an ASK-13 with

[aus-soaring] NSW Gliding Association AGM this Sunday 24th

2003-08-22 Thread Jason Armistead
bearers, the main topic seems to be the proposal to restructure NSWGA's Articles of Association, so input from all member clubs and their members is requested. Come along and have your say ! Regards Jason Armistead Membership Secretary Southern Cross Gliding Club Camden NSW Visit http

Re: [aus-soaring] Buying Euro's

2003-08-22 Thread Jason Armistead
At 07:04 PM 22/08/2003 +1000, Chris Woolley wrote: Hi, Has anybody had experience buying Euro's on-line. A site I have been looking at is http://www.xe.net/ucc/ which offers on-line trading. The Euro rate from the bank today was 0.578 and on-line was 0.598 Chris Chris If you can get Euros for

Spam Filters / Wind power (was Re: [aus-soaring] emilis virus)

2003-08-21 Thread Jason Armistead
.com/filter-client-win.htm Not gliding, but interesting ! Cheers Jason Armistead -- * 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

[aus-soaring] Re: Mike's long rant

2003-08-14 Thread Jason Armistead
Mike I think it's probably not worth getting into the ins and outs of Roger Woods' role in things. He passed away several years ago and there seems little point in speaking ill of what he did or didn't do when he can't defend your claims. As for favourite scriptures, how about the first half

RE: [aus-soaring] Tow hook

2003-07-30 Thread Jason Armistead
Bob Why not visit www.tost.de and I'm sure the people there can give you the right info. Jason Bob, Are you interested in a Tost retractable system which has only done about 25 tows? (Or anybody else - price negotiable, at around 50% of new price.) We removed it from the Super

Re: [aus-soaring] GFA merchadise

2003-07-27 Thread Jason Armistead
watch out - Don is likely to take a box of gear down and try and sell them to the locals and visitors at Bunyan ! Just kidding (maybe !) If you want to contact Don, drop me a line off the list. Cheers Jason Armistead Southern Cross GC Camden NSW -- * You are subscribed to the aus-soaring

Re: [aus-soaring] Fwd: Winners - 3rd FAI World Junior Gliding Championship

2003-07-24 Thread Jason Armistead
Adam In all your correspondence, I don't recall seeing the name or URL for the Yahoo! Group specifically mentioned. Can you please advise so we can pass it on to the juniors in our neck of the woods. I've also got to say that, for whatever reason the 26 year old limit is the way it is, I

Re: [aus-soaring] Fwd: Winners - 3rd FAI World Junior Gliding Championship

2003-07-24 Thread Jason Armistead
that are out there somewhere. Slightly confused and bemused Jason Armistead Membership Secretary Southern Cross Gliding Club Camden NSW http://www.gliding.com.au/ G'day again all, Sorry for not displaying the web address for the junior_soaring webgroup, as I posted a large e-mail to the [Aus

Re: [aus-soaring] Attracting younger members (was Fwd: Winners - 3rd FAI World Junior Gliding Championship)

2003-07-22 Thread Jason Armistead
between 25 and 45. Comments / comparisons anyone ? Cheers Jason Armistead Southern Cross Gliding Club Camden, NSW In most sports it is recognised that to have continued success at the highest level that you need a strong junior base which also reflects the long term health of that sport

Re: [aus-soaring] Fwd: Winners - 3rd FAI World Junior Gliding Championship

2003-07-22 Thread Jason Armistead
between 25 and 45. Comments / comparisons anyone ? Cheers Jason Armistead Southern Cross Gliding Club Camden, NSW In most sports it is recognised that to have continued success at the highest level that you need a strong junior base which also reflects the long term health of that sport

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