I wonder whether there is a place in the new magazine for the kind of
commentary as this thread raises; or if only those approved of by GFA
President and Board have their material published.
Interesting that Classified returned; but I wonder whether members'
letters will.
On 07/09/2011, at 8
I'm really disappointed with the $30 fee. Might be great for Aerotow clubs
charging AEFs off the street at $150-$200 a flight.For a club that charges
$6 launch and can do 5 min circuits if there is no lift and an AEF visitor
generally only manages 2-3 flights. This means they pay more to G
: Wednesday, 7 September 2011 8:50 PM
To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.
Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] our magazine
>From my 45+years in gliding I personally believe people want to learn and
they want to learn NOW and time restraints are far more important than the
bright sleek gl
nt Davies
A small club trying to stay aloft.
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Well they are a rather difficult and quirksome thing to fly, I dont know why I
mentioned it really, perhaps I should have said libelle, or the mini nimbus,
everyone can click with them can't they, oh and I was just thinking, ( I
know I shouldn't) but if the general public dont want to fly in
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Well said Macca,
where we are, flying has been hampered by weather, and my students dont say " I
wish we had something new to fly" they say I wish we could fly, and at the
moment the 2 seater in our clu
Well said Macca,
where we are, flying has been hampered by weather, and my students dont say " I
wish we had something new to fly" they say I wish we could fly, and at the
moment the 2 seater in our club is a kookaburra, and when they can fly they are
damn happy to be in the air, and thats what
>From my 45+years in gliding I personally believe people want to learn and
they want to learn *NOW *and time restraints are far more important than the
bright sleek glass ship in our president article. Take a look at RAAus
1+ members- People get to fly within 15 minutes arrival at airfield.
T
Is'nt the new look magazine unreal,but I must say I was a little disturbed by
the Presidents article on our ageing glider fleet. For starters my club had a
plan to fly our blanik for at least its 3750 hours, which would have put
somewhere near 60,000 dollars in our bank account, but thats not
