Re: [Aus-soaring] BORING

2012-07-02 Thread Adam Woolley
Video of the fun had on the weekend: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxoVHG1vuT0 Cheers, WPP On 2012-07-02 01:40:05 + Bernie Sue size...@iprimus.com.au wrote: How nice to have a flying report on this forum, especially during winter. Thanks Adam.

[Aus-soaring] Harry Medlicott

2012-07-02 Thread iandownes
Good evening all Some of the local coverage we got for Harry's 80th. http://au.prime7.yahoo.com/n2/news/a/-/national/14103490/almost-80-and-flying-high-video/ http://blogs.abc.net.au/nsw/2012/06/harry-medlicott-still-gliding-at-80.html?site=newenglandprogram=new_england_from_the_hill Regards

Re: [Aus-soaring] BORING

2012-07-02 Thread Arie van Spronssen
So that's what a cloud street looks like. It's been so wet down here (NSW Central Coast) I got excited about 1 knot to 2500 in the blue a few weeks back. Arie On 2/07/2012 5:32 PM, Adam Woolley wrote: Video of the fun had on the weekend: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxoVHG1vuT0

[Aus-soaring] Gliders for Joeyglide

2012-07-02 Thread tom claffey
Hi All, Just spoke with a Kiwi mate, the Kiwis are sending over two juniors for joey-glide at Keepit this December. They are looking for gliders to rent. I will probably give our 28 to one of them, anyone got one for the other? They came 1/2 at the last Omarama Nationals in club class and one

[Aus-soaring] gliders for joeyglide

2012-07-02 Thread tom claffey
Hi All, One glider found! Unfortunately ours will be at the NSWs the week before at Narromine and the guys want to practice. If anyone has any leads for another glider [Club class glider fine.] for an excellent young pilot then please let me know. [especially if you ever want to fly Omarama!]

Re: [Aus-soaring] gliders for joeyglide

2012-07-02 Thread Ian Downes
What's your email address? Ian D LKSC p.s. I'm at home - Original Message - From: tom claffey To: aus-soaring Sent: Monday, July 02, 2012 8:58 PM Subject: [Aus-soaring] gliders for joeyglide Hi All, One glider found! Unfortunately ours will be at the NSWs the week

[Aus-soaring] Alternative to the OLC

2012-07-02 Thread Peter F Bradshaw
Hi; There is an alternative to the OLC at: http://skylines.xcsoar.org/ IGC files may be uploaded and scored here. In addition it is planned to implement a realtime tracking feature in conjunction with XCSoar (v6.4). Cheers -- Peter F Bradshaw: http://www.exadios.com (public keys avaliable

[Aus-soaring] Tail dolly

2012-07-02 Thread Christopher McDonnell
Update US incident.http://www.chron.com/news/article/Dispatcher-radioed-abort-abort-abort-3679265.php___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To check or change subscription details, visit:

Re: [Aus-soaring] Tail dolly

2012-07-02 Thread Mike Borgelt
At 06:32 AM 3/07/2012, you wrote: Update US incident. http://www.chron.com/news/article/Dispatcher-radioed-abort-abort-abort-3679265.phphttp://www.chron.com/news/article/Dispatcher-radioed-abort-abort-abort-3679265.php ___ Aus-soaring mailing list

Re: [Aus-soaring] Tail dolly

2012-07-02 Thread DMcD
None of which tells us about the actual weight and balance state of the aircraft at the time. Still sounds like a stall /spin. The engine on a DG-400 weighs about 60 kgs and sits entirely behind the CofG of the glider. If you remove it completely, to compensate, you fit just a 1 kg weight just

[Aus-soaring] Contact please

2012-07-02 Thread Ann Woolf
Has anyone got any contact details for Stuart Lodge please. Please reply offlist Thanks, Ann Woolf ___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To check or change subscription details, visit: