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

2004-02-02 Thread Leigh Bunting
Great yarn. Retrieve stories have filled in many an hour at the bar and I still hear them. Great for a laugh. Adam Woolley wrote: Thought I'd tell you all of my latest retrieving adventure! -- Leigh Bunting Colonel Light Gardens South Australia Open Windows and let the bugs in

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

2004-01-31 Thread Adam Woolley
G'day Peoples, Thought I'd tell you all of my latest retrieving adventure! Would love to here if anyone can top this one! So here I go... There I was eating a lovely chilly concarn with lovely company at the Gliding Club of Victoria's clubhouse when the yellow phone wrang. I answered the

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] a 1000K that went Horribly wrong!

2004-01-31 Thread fibremites
- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Adam Woolley Sent: Saturday, 31 January 2004 9:57 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Aus-soaring] a 1000K that went Horribly wrong! G'day Peoples, Thought I'd tell you all of my latest retrieving adventure! Would