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Robert,
Is it really necesary to tell the whole of the country that a QLD weather
report is available?
Do you not have a mailing list for your State association? If not it might be
an idea to start one.
Dave L
met literate
people.
Four list entries per month... keep it up, Robert!
Erich
On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 3:51 PM, David Lawley davidlaw...@hotmail.com wrote:
Robert,
Is it really necesary to tell the whole of the country that a QLD weather
report is available?
Do you not have
ll
I am having trouble connecting my Flarm to my ipaq 4700 PDA.
I have cables that fit, but no input comes through (in the Terminal
window on ipaq)
I think other people have done all this (maybe a few years ago) and
hope there is some advice for me.
I now
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Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:58:54 +1100
From: Scott Lennon sco...@internode.on.net
Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Dittel
To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.
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From: Mike Borgelt mborg...@borgeltinstruments.com
Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Aus-soaring Digest, Vol 78, Issue 25
To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.
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Mike Wrote;
The world's gliding bodies have yet again failed
to cover themselves with glory on this issue as
has happened so many times before.
To paraphrase Yes Primeminister, on the foreign office:
The worlds gliding bodies (Such as the GFA, IGC etc) aren't there to do things,
they
HI All,
DMcd, the past is NOT really the issue in this matter. Bear in mind, if you
want to order your hoses again in a years time it will cost you $400 before you
start, then the cost of the part and freight, not such a bargain at $475 +
freight eh?.
That will get you a year during
HI all..
Further to the DG service contract debacle, this post on the anti contract
facebook group was interesting;
The following text is from the UK Department of Transport and is in response to
an enquiry of them.
Regarding DG Fluzeugbau and their demands for glider owners to sign up
to
Hi all,
Interesting sustainer concept.
http://www.front-electric-sustainer.com/index.php
Looks like a model concept writ large.
Dave L
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Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2010 19:48:07 +1030
From: Christopher Mc Donnell wommamuku...@bigpond.com
Subject: [Aus-soaring] Climate Issues
For Mike David.
A Congressman(a USA politician who could also be a Senator as they are both
members of Congress) was seated next to a little girl on
I have a feeling I am going to regret it, but Terry Nuemann wrote
fwiw, ymmv, ACTBNR
What does that ACTBNR mean?
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There were also less electronic distractions inside the cockpit back
then too
Stuart Ferguson
Interesting, personally I find using a moving map GPS/PDA less distracting than
paper maps and either using a mechanical (Plastic circle over the map type) or
B24 style final glide
Hi all,
No David, you've got five to go. If you take out the
medically caused incident (he could have done that in his shower or
car, so it doesn't count) that's 5 to go. - the multi-list page
actually only had two accidents.
And just to refresh your memory;
'I can post at least 10 links
I wish you would post the links. Using Google I can find no coherent
list of links about glider accidents.
Sure Peter,
There is no coherent list on goolge, just have a look at links below, which are
from a search for glider crash on google.
Hi all,
I saw the gliding segment of the Jack Osbourne adrenalin junkie show last night
on ABC2, and to my surprise it was quite good, 4 flights shown including loops
and a spin and both winch and aerotow launching. A twin Astir waqs used, alond
with some shots of a K13 in the air.
For those
Hi all,
Dave Donald wrote;
I thought it was absolute crap, and did nothing for the
image of gliding. The segment started with (words to the effect) sure
it's dangerous, they crash all the time. Great stuff.
Crap? The great pity it is that statement is true, or dont you see the regular
HI all,
I have worked in various tech support roles for many years, and a lot of it
under such contracts and have been somewhat amused to see the discussion of DG
introducing a large FLAT minimum fee for support and spare parts.
Going by what I have read this is similar to what we used to
HI Aptch,
I had my a20 repacked by a local supplier power cell, cost $70.
A better option is the AA battery box they make now for the A20, takes 8 AA-nad
I use 2300mah cells.
You can then replace the cells yourself as required or use dry batteries in an
emergency.\
Regards
Dave L
But why would you take Puchatek wings to the nationals?
Dave
A bonfire perhaps?
It is a little known fact that Puchatek's don't actually fly, they are so ugly
the ground repels them! (-:
Dave L
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Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:34:53 +1100
From: DMcD slutsw...@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] How to get SPOT to send an SMS
To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.
HI all,
Another take on electric cars, this one is powered by a turbine base generator.
See;
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2009/12/01/cmt_380_microturbine/.
Regards
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Hi all,
A tip regarding download support for loggers in SeeYou.
To add support for a logger type one only has to place it's .dll file in the
C:\Program Files\Naviter\SeeYou folder.
For example, to add 302 support, the file CAI302.dll is copied to the above
directory.
The device will then
Hi all,
On the subject of visibility markings.
Some years ago I found one of my comp F3B models hard to see at a distance in
its all white paint scheme.
I put large flurescent geen/orange and red stripes on the wing-and it made no
difference.
Even gliders with red noses and rudders are no
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/jamesdelingpole/100017393/climategate-the-final-nail-in-the-coffin-of-anthropogenic-global-warming/
Could get interesting if it is true
Nah, saw them thoroughly debunked as any kind of evidence late last week.
Less than 1% of the stolen hacked files
Hi all,
Another interesting development, this time a fuel cell powered UAV.
See:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091013123350.htm
Regards
Dave L
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From: Paul Bart pb2...@gmail.com
Anonymity.
MikeB ignores the perfectly good reasons for anonymity stated in my
previous post
I participate in many forums that allow anonymity, and do not see the
problems you atributre to anonymous postings.
Just because you say iot does
From: Kevin McGowan kevbm...@hotmail.com
If you think the HGFA system works then you can't be reading the same Soaring
Australia as the rest of us, not only do committee members seem to quit
within months of being elected now the General Manager has apparently also
quit. Page 38 of the
Hi all
Mike B wrote;
No instructors above 70 sounds like a good idea to me.
Cripes Mike we would lose half our chaps!
Whilst I like most on this group have an email address that contains my name, I
have no problem with anyone who wishes to remain anonymous. Some posters would
not perhaps
Hiall,
Just a couple of giggles, I was talking to a visiting Japanese glider pilot who
owns several electronics/Pc peripherals companies the other day.
He was talking about options and so forth for his recently ordered ASH30 or 31
(Cant remember which) at one stage he was trying to describe
I had a bit of a problem with hotmail and a proxy server that lead to one post
repeating 3 times, sorry guys.
Dave L
From: aus-soaring-requ...@lists.internode.on.net
Subject: Aus-soaring Digest, Vol 74, Issue 13
To: aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net
Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2009 12:00:13 +1030
Hi all,
HAve a look at this;
http://www.xkcd.com/652/
It seems DMcD's accurate comments regarding assasination by UAV have upset some
of the readers on the list.
Excellent.
Clearly the killing done by these UAV are not provably terrorists as victims,
we only have the word of the
From: rolf a. buelter rbuel...@hotmail.com
They reckon the club, like others, has been hit by the demographic time
bomb.
What a load of hogwash! If the GFA would have done it's job this wouldn't
have happened!
Rolf
Sigh Oh how I wish this was not true. Then again, its not
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Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:00:15 +1030
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Hi all,
Tim wrote;
Please note that a separate barograph must still be carried unless
the pressure sensor in the Flarm unit has been calibrated by an
official calibration lab - in other words, the barograph is to be
considered exactly as if it was a separate mechanical barograph.
An interesting cloud photo of what is proposed to be a new type of cloud.
http://www.wired.com/science/planetearth/magazine/17-10/st_clouds
Dave L
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Regarding non secure loggers, yet another great decision from the people who
thought a PW 5 based world class would be popular.
Really, the IGC/FAI didnt make a decision at all.
Seemingly, like the GFA, the IGC/FAI is not there to do things, they are there
to explain why things cant be
Hi Tim,
Does the older version still work OK for scoring?
Are you coming to the multi class nationals?
I will not be there for the whole time, so I cannot score it (Thank goodness, a
state comp is enough for me!).
I always seem to have one day that does not work out right.
Regards Dave L
Hi all,
I am no expert on polish, so the last time I needed to polish I talked to an
expert glider repairer.
He recommended NuFinish. I cant find it right now, but reading old AG's, but I
have seen other repairers say the same thing silicon polishes are no longer an
issue when the correct
Hi all,
Mike said:
I think EASA has gone past the stage of hammering nails in gliding's
coffin. They're throwing the dirt on it in the grave.
Sigh yes,and gravestone will read in part Its only a dollar a day the new
buzz phrase trotted out to justify fees rising to $365 per year
at some
Hi all,
This material possibly looks interesting as a safety cushion material.
See:
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/blogs/2009/08/27/the-wonderful-world-of-d3o-orange-goo/
Strange stuff
Dave L
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1. XCsoar landing fields ertc (David Lawley)
2. Re: XCsoar landing fields ertc (DMcD
Hi all,
Mike wrote;
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Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 08:56:01 +1000
From: Mike Borgelt mborg...@borgeltinstruments.com
Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] any Glide Computer iPhone apps?
To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.
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HI all,
DMcD, XCSoar supports landable fields files, and the XCSoar terrain generator
allows you to generate images of all waypoints, I guess from google earth, and
includes them in the files needed to run XCSoar on a PDA.
One simply uploads the waypoint file to the Terrain generator and
Hi all,
Have a look at this;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YGc4zOqozofeature=related
It is aviation related (slightly) and very funny.
Dave L
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Hi all,
Adam wrote;
Here is the blog: http://finland09.ausglidingteam.com/;
Errmm no it is at http://finland09.ausglidingteam.com/
The semi colon was killing the link!
Regards
Dave L
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Hi all,
More news on Lithium air batteries mentioned by Mike redently, they offer 10X
the capacity of current lithium cells.
See http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/22926/
See headline at www.slashdot.org
Regards
DAve L
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Hi all,
Weekend before last we finally got to see the ASW20 tri jet fly.
There is a description on the Waikerie website at
http://waikeriegliding.com/news/?p=140
More pics at;
http://waikeriegliding.com/cgi-bin/album.pl?album=thingsflying/alsjet20
I tried to make a video following Alan
HI all,
Below post contains humour and some mac user abuse.
(-:
Message: 3
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 13:22:47 +1000
From: DMcD slutsw...@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Aus-soaring Digest, Vol 69, Issue 46
To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.
-soaring Digest, Vol 69, Issue 48 (David Lawley)
2. Re: Antireflective film for PDA / PNA (gregw)
3. Re: to Cambridge 302 vario 302A logger users (Ian Mc Phee)
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Hi all,
Matt said;
And I'll repeat - get a MAC ! In 3 years I estimate it has saved me 15
weeks of re-installing windows and software - the 2-3 weeks it took to
get used to it has been worth it !
Matt
LOL!
Except for when you wish to use flight analysis software, or active sysnc or
HI all,
A few point about waypoint files.
Cambridge .dat files are the same as .CSV too. I fing it best to edit waypoint
files in Excel.
The procedure is.
1. Make sure woindows is set to show file extensions for known files. (See
Tools/folder options/view to set this)
2. Change the .dat
HI all,
There is no cable available for converting a USB to seral port.
The commonly avalable usb-serial adaptors will not work with these sort of
PDA/PNA, as the 312/312/314 is a USB client NOT a host.
I have seen a post on the XCSoar group that this has been done but I cant find
the
Hi all,
Well done Jim.
Most of the car GPS units these days run a form of Windows CE 4 or 5. This is
the underlying operating system on IPAQ
PDA's (Known as Pocket PC2002/2003 etc or Windows mobile)
These PNA (Personal Navigation Apliance) in SOME cases can be booted from SD
memory cards
Hi All,
Sean said;
Mike,
If you really hate the GFA so much why do you expend so much energy bagging
it. Why not simply do what other have done (and I believe you have) go and
fly under CASA. GFA has not tried to stop you doing so, and when I was on
the board was certainly there was no
Hi all,
Patch said;
Smart arses like you just love pulling peoples comments apart as if you
believe you are right and nobody else should have a view.
I do not love pulling apart comments, the reply you saw took nearly an
hour to write that I will never get back, I just want to see
Hi all,
Harry Meldicotts post sums up the issue brilliantly, and succintly, I wish I
could have put it that well!
Highlight for me was;
Credulity is stretched by those who seek to justify this position.
Arguments such as we know best, can't trust the members to elect the right
people
Hi all,
Mark worte;
If a change does not get made to the constitution all corporate knowledge
will be lost by mandate every 2 years, (Thats Bad).
This being the 5 + years of corporate knowledge that has made the GFA the utter
failure it is in retaining members? Frankly, I would rather see
Hi all,
The reasons the GFA resisted the CASA alternative are based on non
publisised arguments that i should not go into, needles to say some
want to have their cake and eat it also.
Maybe suporting the organisation that suports your wants would make
things seem more fair and
Mike you would know bogeymen, you are the one that is scared of them, going by
your own post
You can try and push your childish Henleinesque libertarian rubbish, which has
so much public support(Didnt Ron Paul do well? -Thats right he didnt)
You can try and laugh off the truth Mike, but it
Hi all,
Mike wrote.
based on verifiable facts such as that we in the
West are currently under attack by a 1400 year old political movement
masquerading as a religion, whose adherents want us dead or converted
to their totalitarian cause and are the cause of much strife in the
Robert,
You hit the nail on the head when you said
One of the reasons that it is so difficult to find volunteers is that those
who do join the Board or take on administrative roles fairly rapidly find
the frustrations of the current system too great to bear - and they
Hi all,
Regarding the request for a Blanik wing, I know of a broken Blanik which has a
good wing , but I am not sure which one it is.
It is located at a Stonefieield and owned by The Barossa Valley Gliding club,
might be worth giving them a call.
Good Luck.
Dave L.
From:
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 20:34:16 +1100
From: Mal Bruce m...@mals.net
Subject: [Aus-soaring] Mozzie Mike
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Hi all,
From South Australian perspective the results make for some pleasant reading.
Fixed that for ya Bernard! (-;
For some inexplicable reason I keep thinking of it as the upper class
nationals. (-:
Regards all
Dave.
Hi all,
Could everyone please note that the list DOES NOT ACCEPT OR FORWARD ATTACHMENTS
They are automatically removed from the messages by the system.
Regards
Dave L
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On Wed, 24 Dec 2008 13:25:48 D S Baker wrote:
Is anyone else having problems with the AUGC website? Every time I go to a
page within the site, I get an authentication request (login popup box) and
about one in every 3 or 4 times that I hit cancel on it, there is a runtime
error thrown
HI all,
I have for sale 1 IPAQ HX4700 PDA, complete with mounting cradle and suction
cup mount.
The unit also includes a cable to suit a FLARM, 1 gig SD memory card and
anti-glare screen protector.
Theese PDA have a 600Mhz CPU and 640x480 display. I will install XCSoar, and
the Unit has
Hi all,
Mike said;
I guess you'll save on LAME labour costs at the price of the towplane being at
the mercy of gliding club maintenance. It won't take too many
unavailabilities to negate this.
Frankly Mike
I would rather have a gliding person maintain our tow plane. The only
HI all,
A little light humour!
The flight school where I trained had a classic cartoon on the bulletin
board that showed someone looking at a sign at a training school that
read:Learn to fly: $25
Learn to land: $9500
(-:
Regards
Dave
That's a bargain compared to the ETS which will be not
only ineffective but positively harmful.
Drinking the denialist kool-aid eh?. Why cant you accept the fact that most of
the rest of the world thinks you are simply wrong in your denials. Even the
most intellectually
challenged, such as
Hi all,
Interesting soaring related article at
http://nuclearrisk.org/soaring_article.php
Regarding Dions comments on the new filtering scheme, he is quite right it
looks to be an upcoming disaster.
Our own Mr Newton has been on the case of this issue at the whirlpool forums
for a while
Stuart Wrote;
I would prefer the GFA put the funding they currently direct into sponsoring
our international teams, most of whom could afford to pay their own way,
towards sponsoring the Juniors - these guys and gals are the future of our
sport.
I am dead against funding
For those who are interested, a review of most of these small laptops is
available at;
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/09/12/rh_bg_netbooks/print.html
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Mike,
You obviously don't use a 1920x1200 laptop often. Items and font sizes are
about the same size as a UMPC,
you can just have a lot more of them on the screen.
My eyes are fine thanks.
If you have a problem lugging a 2.7kg machine like the NC8230, perhaps you
should get your muscles
HI all,
Yes, there are some nice UMPC (Ultra Mobile PC) around Mike. They became a bit
more attractive with the release of the Ultra low power Intel Atom processor
The ASUS EEE (ASUS are an excellent brand, who also make the Apple ibook
series laptops.) is not the only one by any means.
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2008 09:19:02 +1000
From: Ian Mc Phee [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [Aus-soaring] NK CLEARNAV
To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.
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Hi all,
Ian, in my limited experience, 99% of LAME's make the other 1% look
bad..(-:
The only time we seem to have problems with our tug is just after maintainance.
Regards
Dave
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Hi all,
Terry said:
As for turnbacks at 200 ft? Not if I'm around thank you! Especially if
I'm on the inside of the aircraft.
Having done the exercise several times myself from 200', and seen both my son
and another junior complete it multiple times, I am surprised at the attitude
HI all,
This thread has made me think of my aerotow rope break training. I was a
releatively inexperienced pilot at the time, just solo if I recall.
But I hadn't done a real low level cable break. I asked the instructor of the
day and he gave me a through briefing.
Luckily the day had
Hi All,
Some things never change.
Came across this Jack Iggulden quote, from 1960 AG, when he retired as GFA
secretary regarding the GFA.
Sums it up So well.
It has been said by someone – very accurately, I think –
that we tend to eventually resemble whatever it is we oppose.
If this is
HI all,
As a soon to be owner of a self launcher, (but not intending to be L2 Ind. Op)
I've been reading what I can to improve my knowledge of the dangers of this
mode of gliding.Only this morning?while eating my porridge I was reading about
an incident involving a G109 in Longreach almost
Finally he considers (without properly reading or understanding our training
methods) that he would not like to fly with us because we are a bunch of
lunatics
Having read your method, Mike sounds spot on to me.
A 400-500ft circuit should be easy for an experienced pilot.
That said, I am
Hi all,
From: Mitchell Preston [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Oxygen Cylinder's on international flights
To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.
I know bugger-all about oxy etc, however I do know that the subject
line above has been hijacked by an
OH I SEE, I JUST BOUGHT A MAC SO I BETTER GO WITH THE FLOW (:
Dave
BOB WARD SEEMS TO HAVE CHANGED HIS EMAIL ADDRESS. CAN ANYONE HELP
ME WITH HIS NEW ADDRESS?
JOHN ROAKE
NEW ZEALAND
Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2008 22:43:10 +
From: David Lawley [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring
For a moment I thought he'd hit someone's grandma...
Jim
George
Thesinger (one of the hot favourites) outlanded and hit a dear shortly after
the start. His glider has been replaced as the dear was hidden in the grass
and
thus the damages is deemed not to be the pilots fault!. It?s
G'day chaps (:
Does anyone know why John Roake is SHOUTING? (;
Dave
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Hi All,
For those of you who use PDAs, I have finally managed to find a good value
cradle/holder, with built in 5V-12V power supply and RJ socket for GPS.
A suction cup canopy mount is included.
I just got sample units in (IPAQ 5500 and 4700) and they seem very good.
I am in the process of
HI all,
Regarding current draw with PDA backlights, I have done some limited
experimenting.
An IPAQ 5500, with wired gps, without using Wi-Fi and bluetooth, and starting
with a near full charge, drew 168ma at full brightness, measured at 12v input
to 5v power supply.
IPAQ HX4700, 80%
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Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] CRM in Gliders
To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.
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Hi all,
Mark Newton wrote:
Sounds like much ado about process, and precious little consideration being
given to outcomes. Lets postulate that GFA is overcome by electoral nirvana,
and the voting system is reformed to complete perfection. What different
decisions that affect real pilots
Hi all,
Maurice wrote:
The actual process seems to be confused by many. The Board comprises 5
state elected representatives. That is they are 100% chosen by their
constituents (the ordinary members of their region).
I have NEVER been given the opportunity to vote for our state reps-only
Hi all,
Regarding the increase of members in Queensland clubs.
Could it be that the large number of wealthy retirees that move to Queensland
are distorting the figures?
If so such gains a re largely an illusion, once the pool of pilots in this
position will not last forever.
Is the growth
Hi All,
Tim wrote:
One thing I have previously commented on is the fact that we typically
attract people to join during the summer and then send them a big bill
for ongoing membership at the end of winter. Those in the southern
states, who may not yet be fully locked in to the sport
Hi All,
First I would like to thank Simon Hackett and Internode for the great
contibution thay have made and continue to make to our sport.
John ashford wrote:
I agree. The comment overly conservative people could translate into
those that take themselves too seriously. I have seen many
Hi All,
From: D S Baker
Nah, CASA stands for C*(** And Flying A***holes
Ah, Dion (A friend and former trainee of mine) is showing his grasp of
abreviations ( Don't his mention spelling) I would be worried he would come
around and kick my ass for paying him out-but he probably wouldnt
Hi All,
Mike wrote
137.120 Documents to be carried on a flight
(1) The pilot in command of an aeroplane being used for an
application operation must have a copy of the aeroplane's flight
manual, or an approved alternative document, on board the aeroplane
on every flight.
Hi all,
Mark Newton wrote;
Oh, no, not at all. I'm sure there's nobody on this list that's been
behind a pawnee when it's run out of fuel.
Ok. Almost nobody.
Hmm.
- mark
Does being towed behind a tug which takes off witout the fuel turned on count?
(;Roger Browne wrote
I have
Hi All,
Whilst I understand the disgust at the price of diesel, it isnt very relevant
to the discussion.
As I understand it diesel aircraft engines are actually run on kero/JetA1, due
to diesel having high viscosity/wax solidification problems at low temp. (At
least this was the case of a
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