Re: [Aus-soaring] Airline involvement

2013-11-18 Thread Justin Sinclair
How rude :) It's just the well stocked bar at KRY and the odd meal provided by the club members, Justin Sinclair 17 Queen st. Scarborough Qld 4020 Hm 07 3885 8949 Mob 0421 061 811 Email jjsincl...@optusnet.com.au Sent from my iPad On 18 Nov 2013, at 5:45 pm, Peter Champness

Re: [Aus-soaring] Airline involvement

2013-11-18 Thread Peter Champness
Sorry Justin, I am bigger than you, so I would not go anywhere either. For much the same reason. Yours Peter Champoness On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 8:03 PM, Justin Sinclair jjsincl...@optusnet.com.au wrote: How rude :) It's just the well stocked bar at KRY and the odd meal provided by the

Re: [Aus-soaring] Airline involvement

2013-11-18 Thread Peter Champness
By the way, You have done a very nice job on VH-ZAF ...kstein1 Peter Champness On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 10:03 PM, Peter Champness plchampn...@gmail.comwrote: Sorry Justin, I am bigger than you, so I would not go anywhere either. For much the same reason. Yours Peter Champoness On

Re: [Aus-soaring] Airline involvement

2013-11-18 Thread rolf a. buelter
Guess that's Backstein = Brick. Rgds - Rolf Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2013 22:14:15 +1100 From: plchampn...@gmail.com To: aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Airline involvement By the way, You have done a very nice job on VH-ZAF ...kstein1 Peter Champness On Mon, Nov 18

Re: [Aus-soaring] Airline involvement

2013-11-17 Thread Peter Champness
Well it doesn't look like Justin Sinclair is going anywhere during a winch launch. There is no room for him in the luggage compartment.. Peter Champness On Sun, Nov 17, 2013 at 10:39 AM, Mike Borgelt mborg...@borgeltinstruments.com wrote: I'd want to look at the structure and controls

Re: [Aus-soaring] Airline involvement

2013-11-16 Thread Mike Borgelt
I'd want to look at the structure and controls behind and under the seat and recontour the seat pan if possible. Mike At 01:24 PM 16/11/2013, you wrote: Phoebus's have a seatpan which is conducive to sliding backwards - particularly on a winch launch. I used to hang on to the undercarriage

Re: [Aus-soaring] Airline involvement

2013-11-15 Thread Catherine Conway
Phoebus's have a seatpan which is conducive to sliding backwards - particularly on a winch launch. I used to hang on to the undercarriage lever so I didn't end up in the luggage compartment on launch. -Cath On 14/11/2013, at 12:28 PM, Mike Borgelt wrote: At 06:40 AM 14/11/2013, you wrote:

Re: [Aus-soaring] Airline involvement John Parncutt

2013-11-13 Thread DMcD
D -So you obviously misidentified the operator Justin works for as one of those small or Regional airlines No, I did not make that mistake. He did say In the Airline I work for the GMGFO ( Boss of 148 aircraft from 777 to F50 including cadet program) looks at the GFA ads monthly. SFAIK,

Re: [Aus-soaring] Airline involvement John Parncutt

2013-11-13 Thread Darin McLean
Good points Justin, I'm 100% with you. I've done lots of different forms of GA flying and the biggest problem that I see is there are too many small aviation organisations in Australia. From Warbirds, RAAus, SAAA, GFA , Hang Gliding Federation, Gyro group, Parachuting, etc... All have different

Re: [Aus-soaring] Airline involvement John Parncutt

2013-11-13 Thread Stuart Kerri FERGUSON
Darin, nice idea and i hear you BUT. ...and the BUT is, how can we except to achieve your proposed position when we have at least 3 airfields that I'm aware of in Australia (there may be more) where there are more than 1 gliding club operating? Stuart FERGUSON Phone - 0419 797508

Re: [Aus-soaring] Airline involvement John Parncutt

2013-11-13 Thread Justin Sinclair
Hi Mike, I originally flew from Cunderdin in the 80's so you can blame Orton, Painter, Cooper, Saunders and Repton for my early training. I now fly and instruct from Kingaroy and you can now blame Schmidt, Kolb, Sommerfeldt and the other recalcitrants for my current predicament. I still

Re: [Aus-soaring] Airline involvement John Parncutt

2013-11-13 Thread Rob Wintulich
that be to make it happen in the best interests of all aviation. Rob Wintulich. From: Darin McLean Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 11:20 PM To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Airline involvement John Parncutt Good points Justin, I'm 100% with you

Re: [Aus-soaring] Airline involvement

2013-11-13 Thread Mike Borgelt
At 06:40 AM 14/11/2013, you wrote: I have shares in ZAF Phoebus C. Although I am about to give up on it having tried every comfort trick in the book and have failed dismally. What kind of parachute are you using? Mike Borgelt Instruments - design manufacture of quality soaring

Re: [Aus-soaring] Airline involvement John Parncutt

2013-11-13 Thread Christopher McDonnell
While you are about it get State Parliaments abolished too. You have about as much chance for much the same reasons. From: Rob Wintulich Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2013 9:29 AM To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Airline involvement John

Re: [Aus-soaring] Airline involvement John Parncutt

2013-11-12 Thread DMcD
So perhaps talking on the radio in a professional manner… Wrong forum! You want to be posting that on the forum which Rex and most other GA pilots read. Talking as rapidly as possible when transmitting aviation related stuff and at a normal speed and tone of voice when just chatting appears to