Re: [Aus-soaring] ABC report benalla accident.

2015-01-02 Thread Ross McLean
David is on the ground at Benalla. 1558 km in 11 Hr 45. What a fantastic flight. He over shot Benalla and turned back at Lake Eildon in the hills to the south adding another 100km then overshot again to the east and turned back at Wangaratta. If the day is still going then keep going! No

Re: [Aus-soaring] David Jansen Record Flight In Progress

2015-01-02 Thread Peter Champness
Looks like Australia ran out. He turned near Euroa and went back north to land at Wangarratta. He should have started from Townsville instead. Fantastic flight. On Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 7:24 PM, Ross McLean ross...@bigpond.net.au wrote: David Jansen launched from Kingaroy at 08:30 this morning

Re: [Aus-soaring] David Jansen Record Flight In Progress

2015-01-02 Thread Christopher McDonnell
Will the daylight saving down there help? Sorry, I really am becoming a Queenslander but. -Original Message- From: Ross McLean Sent: Friday, January 02, 2015 6:24 PM To: 'Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.' Subject: [Aus-soaring] David Jansen Record Flight In

Re: [Aus-soaring] ABC report benalla accident.

2015-01-02 Thread Ron Sanders
I hope we find out very soon what happened. Ron On 2 Jan 2015, at 5:25 pm, opsw...@bigpond.net.au opsw...@bigpond.net.au wrote: not good http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-01-02/person-killed-in-gliding-accident-in-vic-chesney-vale/5997616 ___

Re: [Aus-soaring] ABC report benalla accident.

2015-01-02 Thread Mike Borgelt
HeraldSun report has image including rego. Nimbus 2 GOV Mike On 2 Jan 2015, at 4:46 pm, Ron Sanders resand...@gmail.com wrote: I hope we find out very soon what happened. Ron On 2 Jan 2015, at 5:25 pm, opsw...@bigpond.net.au opsw...@bigpond.net.au wrote: not good

Re: [Aus-soaring] ABC report benalla accident.

2015-01-02 Thread Glenn McLean
Ross, That topic headline line reported a fatality at Bennalla today, it was not to do with Davids flight. Glenn On 2/01/2015 9:16 PM, Ross McLean wrote: David is on the ground at Benalla. 1558 km in 11 Hr 45. What a fantastic flight. He over shot Benalla and turned back at Lake Eildon in

[Aus-soaring] Glenn

2015-01-02 Thread Ross McLean
Yes, sorry about that. It was because I replied to Ron's post. _   Ross McLean  Mobile:   + 61 488 270 105 Telephone:   + 61 7 4325 4771 -Original Message- From: