The Ulster Gliding club has a ASK21 converted to allow disabled to fly. Might be worth checking with them. Link to website is http://www.ulsterglidingclub.org/
Al On 9 May 2016 at 07:27, Laurie Hoffman <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi All, > > Does anyone know of any club using a disability hoist to assist with > glider access. > > Regards > Laurie Hoffman > > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Peter Champness <[email protected]> > *To:* Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. < > [email protected]> > *Sent:* Monday, 25 April 2016, 21:16 > *Subject:* Re: [Aus-soaring] The Golden Age > > James, > > No I did not understand what Emilis wrote. But I am interested! > > Intervention by Government or DO GOODER PEOPLE is always bad in my > philosophy. It goes against the interests of the INDIVUAL which should be > the highest principle. That takes us into high level philosophy. > > I hope that this will find some resonance with gliding people, who are > very likely independent thinkers. > > On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 8:57 PM, James McDowall < > [email protected]> wrote: > > Emilis, > I understood what you wrote but did anyone else? After years of working in > the building industry and experiencing first hand post bushfire bureaucracy > I have come to the conclusion that "affordable housing" is a confusion in > terms. The stringencies of the ABCB, however well intentioned are driving > up building costs. There is a lesson here for all forms of recreational > aviation. > Jim > > On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 9:50 AM, emillis prelgauskas < > [email protected]> wrote: > > Thank you Gary, > I fully concur that memory adds rose to the glasses. > > I am drilling a bit deeper, based on my fire ground and court work. > In all fields of activity, there are prescriptive rules and these are > vehemently applied > and defended by some. > In many fields of activity it has since been demonstrated that ‘one size > fits all’ > creates more problems than it solves. > That doesn’t stop the ‘fixed rules’ crowd from trying to forget about > alternate solutions. > > fire ground example: “No, you can’t build a new replacement home where > your existing home was burnt > down by the bushfire; because the rules have changed and we don’t permit > that sort of thing now”. > > In these fields the primacy of good human outcomes results in ‘alternate > solutions’ which can then be applied: > “The new build will have a shelter to ABCB guidelines, fire resistant > construction to AS3959 and siting > maintenance/fire fighting capability to Minister’s Spec SA78 - i.e. this > is permitted.” > > Gliding is still travelling down that path of recognising that better > outcomes come from a baseline of > prescriptive ‘deemed-to-satisfy’ provisions with higher order alternate > solutions above this. > (The Building Code of Australia categorises 3 such layers in its industry, > with ‘expert judgement’ > at the top of the pyramid.) > > Emilis > > > On 24 Apr 2016, at 9:11 pm, Gary Stevenson <[email protected]> wrote: > > Emilis, on consideration, I do not entirely agree with your recent > comments. > > Golden ages live in our memories, but (fortunately/unfortunately), > memories > > are fallable. In any case, all that you refer has passed ..for ever. > > > > As always, NOW is the time to seize the moment > > > > Let me suggest to you and to everyone else who is a member of this forum, > > that the reality of gliding in Australia today .... right now ...... is > that > > we are living in an era WHERE THIS IT IS AS GOOD AS IT IS EVER GOING TO > GET. > > > > THIS is the golden age. > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring > > > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring > > > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring > > > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring > > -- Regards, Alan Monroe 0417 692 851 Hobbies website <http://sites.google.com/site/monroe3004/> View my YouTube videos here <http://www.youtube.com/user/monroe3004?feature=mhee>
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