Re: [Aus-soaring] Argentinian Worlds

2012-07-01 Thread Peter F Bradshaw
Hi; Has anybody investigated the possibility of landing the aircraft in Brazil or Uruguay and on shipping to Argentina - or even just driving it across? On Sat, 30 Jun 2012, Tim Shirley wrote: Hi Ron, As I understand it there have been significant problems with the costs and bureaucratic

Re: [Aus-soaring] Argentinian Worlds

2012-07-01 Thread Paul Bart
So who was genius that awarded the WC to Argentina? Cheers Paul On 1 July 2012 16:44, Adam Woolley aussiejuniort...@hotmail.com wrote: I spoke with a Brit in 2010 after the SK worlds, he travels to Argentina every year for a gliding holiday - Every time he said was an expensive exercise.

Re: [Aus-soaring] Argentinian Worlds

2012-07-01 Thread Mike Borgelt
At 05:18 PM 1/07/2012, you wrote: So who was genius that awarded the WC to Argentina? Cheers Paul The IGC. Everything you need to know about the quality decision making abilities of that body may be summed up in one short 3 character alphanumeric designator. PW5 --

Re: [Aus-soaring] Argentinian Worlds

2012-07-01 Thread Mike Durrant
Hi Folk, Argentina applied to run the comp and I understand they were the sole applicant for Std Class and Club Class, everyone else focussed on the flapped comps, IMHO this does raise the question about priority and continuance of the Std class at a IGC/WGC level. I think the Argentinian

Re: [Aus-soaring] Argentinian Worlds

2012-07-01 Thread Mike Borgelt
At 06:15 PM 1/07/2012, you wrote: Hi Folk, Argentina applied to run the comp and I understand they were the sole applicant for Std Class and Club Class, everyone else focussed on the flapped comps, IMHO this does raise the question about priority and continuance of the Std class at a IGC/WGC

Re: [Aus-soaring] Argentinian Worlds

2012-07-01 Thread gstevo10
Mike, Nicely put. I was hoping that you would get around to putting pen to paper. Thanks for the update. Gary - Original Message - From: Mike Durrant To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2012 6:15 PM Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring

Re: [Aus-soaring] Argentinian Worlds

2012-06-30 Thread gstevo10
in this venture! Regards, Gary - Original Message - From: Ron Sanders To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2012 2:00 PM Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Argentinian Worlds With 10,000 USD required as graft to get a glider thru customs I think

Re: [Aus-soaring] Argentinian Worlds

2012-06-30 Thread Paul Bart
@lists.internode.on.net *Sent:* Saturday, June 30, 2012 2:00 PM *Subject:* Re: [Aus-soaring] Argentinian Worlds With 10,000 USD required as graft to get a glider thru customs I think the IGC should have cancelled the event and held it some where where corruption is not the name of the game

Re: [Aus-soaring] Argentinian Worlds

2012-06-29 Thread Ian Mc Phee
Think Allan Barnes will be there. Ian M On Jun 29, 2012 9:07 PM, Ron Sanders resand...@gmail.com wrote: I was just wondering if Australia has any pilots at all attending the Argentinian Worlds in January 2013? ___ Aus-soaring mailing list

Re: [Aus-soaring] Argentinian Worlds

2012-06-29 Thread Ron Sanders
ONLY Alan?? On 29 June 2012 20:04, Ian Mc Phee mrsoar...@gmail.com wrote: Think Allan Barnes will be there. Ian M On Jun 29, 2012 9:07 PM, Ron Sanders resand...@gmail.com wrote: I was just wondering if Australia has any pilots at all attending the Argentinian Worlds in January 2013?

Re: [Aus-soaring] Argentinian Worlds

2012-06-29 Thread Ron Sanders
With 10,000 USD required as graft to get a glider thru customs I think the IGC should have cancelled the event and held it some where where corruption is not the name of the game. On 30 June 2012 11:37, Tim Shirley tshir...@internode.on.net wrote: Hi Ron, As I understand it there have been