Mike,
At first glance, the concept of allowing cloud flying in competitions
has problems relating to both fairness and safety, and I would be
interested to know how the Kiwis handle it.
The problem is that the level of competence in cloud flying among
competitors will vary greatly (from
Tim,
I didn't ask. It was a competition briefing and
the CD noted that the task passed through the
allowed cloud flying area and you could cloud fly there.
This was at Waharoa (North island). They do have
complete radar coverage and the gliders all have transponders.
Even in the UK they
Hi All,
I would very much like to know the process/history on how 'cloud flying came
to be banned for gliders (in Australia), and when. I am somewhat surprised that
as an ex British Colony - read we used to do what the Brits did even long
after Federation - and cloud flying in gliders is, and
And when replying, please remember that you are writing for all the
world to read. Not everyone reading this list is your friend.
Cheers
/Tim/
/tra dire e fare c'è mezzo il mare/
On 14/06/2011 11:21, gstev...@bigpond.com wrote:
Hi All,
I would very much like to know the process/history
On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 11:21 PM, gstev...@bigpond.com wrote:
Hi All,
I would very much like to know the process/history on how 'cloud
flying came to be banned for gliders (in Australia), and when. I am
somewhat surprised that as an ex British Colony - read we used to do what
the Brits did
flying, Artificial horizons, and such
like instruments in gliders
Hi All,
I would very much like to know the
process/history on how 'cloud flying came to be banned for gliders
(in Australia), and when. I am somewhat surprised that as an ex British
Colony - read we used to do what the Brits
Hi,
I think cloud flying was disallowed in comps after the World Comps in Vrsac,
1972 as a result of a mid-air in cloud and a fatality. This was the last world
comps where clouds flying was allowed.
One interesting aspect of this is that until about that time, gliders were
designed (in thing
Hi all,
I suspect that two factors were significant in the early days of the BGA
which were not so relevant in Australia. First, the number of days with
cumulus cloud and relatively low cloudbases, and secondly a number of
ex-air force pilots with IFR skills being involved in the formation
Cloud flying is permitted in NZ in designated
cloud flying areas even in contests IIRC from a couple of years ago.
Flying on instruments is a matter of training and practice.
We nowadays have wonderful PC based flight
simulators (Condor?) for the practice.
The old arguments about we don't
