Re: [Aus-soaring] Glow sailplane & AUS legislation

2015-04-24 Thread jonoh
Al might. Others may not. Could you enlighten us Mike? From: Mike Borgelt Sent: Friday, April 24, 2015 5:48 PM To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Glow sailplane & AUS legislation Al, You know there is no safety case. I'm sure

Re: [Aus-soaring] Glow sailplane & AUS legislation

2015-04-24 Thread Mike Borgelt
Al, You know there is no safety case. I'm sure you know what is really going on. Mike At 04:47 PM 24/04/2015, you wrote: > GloW actually fits in 95.10 under RAAus. However very soon when > RAAus puts out their new ops manual it will be prohibited to turn off > the engine in flight deliberate

Re: [Aus-soaring] Glow sailplane & AUS legislation

2015-04-23 Thread Al Borowski
> GloW actually fits in 95.10 under RAAus. However very soon when > RAAus puts out their new ops manual it will be prohibited to turn off > the engine in flight deliberately. I'm sure all my RAAus customers > for varios, flying their motorgliders under RAAus will immediately > cease this practice.

Re: [Aus-soaring] Glow sailplane & AUS legislation

2015-04-23 Thread Mike Borgelt
I should also say that 95.10 is the "anything goes, open slather, we don't want to know about it class" except for gross weight under 300Kg and wing loading (<30 Kg/sq.m.) RAAus is discouraging people from putting aircraft in it even though they qualify. If CASA totally deregulated sport avi

Re: [Aus-soaring] Glow sailplane & AUS legislation

2015-04-23 Thread Mike Borgelt
Hi Dave, GloW actually fits in 95.10 under RAAus. However very soon when RAAus puts out their new ops manual it will be prohibited to turn off the engine in flight deliberately. I'm sure all my RAAus customers for varios, flying their motorgliders under RAAus will immediately cease this prac

[Aus-soaring] Glow sailplane & AUS legislation

2015-04-21 Thread David Kinlan
So where would the GLOW sit with the current legislation for gliders in Australia ? Is it similar to the UK legislation and the fact that its an ultralight glider means it may be kept off CASA's radar ? Or is that wishful thinking Dave Kinlan ___