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>>and fairly easy to maintain
Does this need some qualification?
I know people who have handed in their form 2 ticket for metal
aircraft based on working in Blaniks. While a Blanik may not be
technical, it requires a lot of time consuming maintenanc
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"I would suggest your major problem is the Blanik, the glider equivalent to the
1961 VW beetle."
I dont think thats very fair. 1961 beetle is a classic! much more sought after
than a blanik.
Tom
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> Kindest Regards
> Grant Davies
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> Borgelt
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> On 07/07/2011, Grant Davies wrote:
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> >> Being onl
At 12:43 PM 8/07/2011, you wrote:
I would suggest your major problem is the Blanik, the glider
equivalent to the 1961 VW beetle.
The weather you cannot control.
Tom
They are in Bundaberg, home of the Jabiru. There's a RAAus flying
school at the airport that uses Jabs. How about a little late
ubject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Gliding Australia!
On 07/07/2011, Grant Davies wrote:
>> Being only new to Gliding and seeing and hearing about membership issues
my
>> two bobs worth is the if Gliding isn't in people's faces how do we expect
it
>> to flourish. I look at magaz
At 09:35 PM 7/07/2011, you wrote:
On 07/07/2011, Grant Davies wrote:
> Being only new to Gliding and seeing and hearing about membership issues my
> two bobs worth is the if Gliding isn't in people's faces how do
we expect it
> to flourish. I look at magazines on flying while in the
newsagenc
At 09:39 AM 8/07/2011, you wrote:
Some years ago I produced monthly statistics for the interest of the group.
At that time there were around 300 people on the list, but of course
I had no way of knowing their names or GFA membership status. In
those days some 60-70 (about a quarter) made at l
My guess is about 1/2% and getting smaller.
Tom
From: Laurie Simpkins
To: Aus Soaring
Sent: Thursday, 7 July 2011 8:27 PM
Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Gliding Australia
Many thanks to those who posted today to make my point "we have a
bunch of glider p
I got mine Ulrich, and I did notice the pigeon heading your way, but with the
head winds and everything it could still be a day or two.
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On 07/07/2011, Grant Davies wrote:
> Being only new to Gliding and seeing and hearing about membership issues my
> two bobs worth is the if Gliding isn't in people's faces how do we expect it
> to flourish. I look at magazines on flying while in the newsagency and think
> if I saw one about Glidi
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> Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2011 13:24:59 +1000
> From: DMcD
> Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Gliding Australia
> To: "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia."
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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
See below;
On 07-Jul-2011, at 4:39 PM, emilis prelgauskas wrote:
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> On 07/07/2011, at 10:05 AM, Mike Borgelt wrote:
>> It is 2011. Faced with a redo of the official magazine an organisation in
>> 2011 decides to keep doing it the way it has been done since the 1950s and
>> we have a bunch of
At 04:39 PM 7/07/2011, you wrote:
Amongst the current ways to do things, the UK has 'aviation sport tv' on-line
I suspect we have enough Oz talent to supply material for a local version?
(Nice Peter Temple interview there)
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On 07/07/2011, at 10:05 AM, Mike Borgelt wrote:
It is 2011. Faced with a redo of the official magazine an
organisation in 2011 decides to keep doing it the way it has been done
since the 1950s and we have a bunch of glider pilots exhibiting the
same failure of imagination and unwillingness to
>>I personnaly like the hard copy mag (havent seen the new one yet as in
>>outback WA)
H. I'm 30 km from Sydney GPO and have not seen it either!
D
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Keep up the good work with a great looking new magazine!
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Hi,
I might be a bit of a luddite, but I wish that
the new magazine format retained the
classifieds. I always turned to the classifieds
page first to see who was selling what, and to
ing to Soaring in Australia.
Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Gliding Australia!
Hi,
I might be a bit of a luddite, but I wish that the new magazine format retained
the classifieds. I always turned to the classifieds page first to see who was
selling what, and to dreamhence my confusion when I
Hi,
I might be a bit of a luddite, but I wish that the new magazine format
retained the classifieds. I always turned to the classifieds page first to
see who was selling what, and to dreamhence my confusion when I stated
at the back of the mag as usual, and got to the front thinking that would
It would most likely stay wrapped in its plastic if I was still receiving it as
well as aviation safety and the RAA mag as well.
AG was a fine publication its small size was great to slip in your pocket and
read in spare time.
These days no time for reading mags or gliding.
O well back to the
>>it was legally necessary for GFA to have a means of communicating with all
>>members
I think if you talk to the editorial team from this current emanation,
there is no intention of filling the mag with this stuff. It is to be
communicated by the internet.
If we pay for Gliding Australia throug
I have a friend in texas, that deals with deceased estates, and he emailed me
to say he was sending me some gliding magazines, they turned up on friday, the
magazines are AG's , 11 of them from 1965 to 1968.
I think that is pretty amazing, history is good.Great to see the Oly winning
league 2 in
{those uninterested in history can delete...}
A long time ago in a universe far far away, a magazine called Australian
Gliding (AG) was created by a keen group of glider pilots. It was a
private venture, not an official magazine published by the GFA. It was
not compulsory, and to the best o
I wasn't having a go about the magazine being compulsory, just pointing out
that it is, and I prefer the hard copy, not that I've seen the new one yet
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On 3/07/2011 9:21 AM, JR wrote:
The magazine is not free to us, you pay for it in your membership
The original reason for it being compulsory came about in the early
1980's when the first GFA Incorporation was being negotiated. In the
original arrangement and under the ACT Companies Act,
t;JR"
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The magazine is not free to us, you pay for it in your membership
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> Sent: Sat, 2 July, 2011 10:50:29 PM
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> Hi;
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> On Sat, 2 Jul 2011, DMcD wrote:
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> > The question is, if the mag is free to us, why not publish it
The magazine is not free to us, you pay for it in your membership
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> Sent: Sat, 2 July, 2011 10:50:29 PM
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> Hi;
>
> On Sat, 2 Jul 2011, DMcD wrote:
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> .
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> > The question is, if the mag is free to us, why not publish it
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From: Peter F Bradshaw
To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.
Sent: Sat, 2 July, 2011 10:50:29 PM
Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Gliding Australia!
Hi;
On Sat, 2 Jul 2011, DMcD wrote:
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>
> The question is, if the mag is free to us, why not publish it in
> paralle
>
> The question is, if the mag is free to us, why not publish it in
> parallel on the GFA site or give us the option to take either version?
> After all, it's only one click of a button in something like Indesign.
>
The mag is not free, it is a component of the GFA fee @ $42 for individual
Hi;
On Sat, 2 Jul 2011, DMcD wrote:
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>
> The question is, if the mag is free to us, why not publish it in
> parallel on the GFA site or give us the option to take either version?
> After all, it's only one click of a button in something like Indesign.
>
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Exactly!
Cheers
--
Peter F B
> Even daily's like "The Australian" are mainly useful as fire lighters and pet
> litter tray liners. Unfortunately glossy colour magazines don't seem to burn
> well or be absorbent.
The glossies are better for use in post mortems to replace the
contents of the abdominal cavity just because they
At 09:02 PM 1/07/2011, you wrote:
Hi;
The content does look good. What I do not understand is why it has to be
delivered on paper. It is so inconvenient. It would be much better if it
was distributed as a PDF once every month.
Yes I get "Kitplanes" as an online subscription. Cheap (USD27.00
p
Yes certainly a great improvement on the old combined format.
It might be useful to distribute in pdf format to members who specifically
request it but I think the majority of people would still like the conventional
paper format.
Well done to all concerned in it's production!
Cheers,
John
S
Hi;
The content does look good. What I do not understand is why it has to be
delivered on paper. It is so inconvenient. It would be much better if it
was distributed as a PDF once every month.
On Fri, 1 Jul 2011, Ben Loxton wrote:
> Just received the first issue of the new GFA "Gliding Australia
Ditto,
What a great cover shot! :]
Tom
From: Ben Loxton
To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.
Sent: Friday, 1 July 2011 1:51 PM
Subject: [Aus-soaring] Gliding Australia!
Just received the first issue of the new GFA "Gliding Aust
I agree; congratulations to the new editors and contributors.
Stuart FERGUSON
Phone - 0419 797508
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On 01/07/2011, at 13:51, Ben Loxton wrote:
> Just received the first issue of the new GFA "Gliding Australia" magazine -
> and i just wanted to say WOW!!! - Beautifully laid out in
Just received the first issue of the new GFA "Gliding Australia" magazine - and
i just wanted to say WOW!!! - Beautifully laid out in full colour, with some
great sections and content :)
I can only imagine how much work has gone into this well done to everyone - its
a great result! i am certai
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