It is time again for the new Gliding International and I will, as usual, go looking for the item on Global Warming.
I used to find these articles irritating but now I have passed to the stage of seeing the humorous side, especially as the intensity of the alarmists rhetoric continues to ramp up.. Since nothing much happens the debate must be recast, firstly as Global Warming, then Climate Change and now Climate Disruption! The Sept/Oct edition did not disappoint with an article titled; HEAT WAVES MAKE FLYING WORSE. The article was about a heat wave in Phoenix Arizona this year which saw some flights cancelled because of the hot weather, The story was published in the major USA daily papers and I first read it in the Washington Post on June 22, 2017. The Gliding International version included this startling addition :*"Some jet engines risked catching on fire in the extreme heat" *and it was accompanied by a graphic proclaiming, *"2016 was the Hottest Year on Record. Blame Humanity, its official". * Maybe 2016 was a record hot year somewhere, but not in Phoenix Arizona where similar or higher temperatures have been recorded 15 times in the past and not more than 22 years ago. http://www.news.com.au/travel/world-travel/north-america/it-is-so-hot-in-phoenix-that-planes-cant-fly/news-story/dfdcd68490ed9eaf37a5440b69ee56df Also B737 and A320 aircraft continued to operate from the Phoenix airport though the heatwave. But that was not all the entertainment to be had because Myles Hynde, in another article, noted that some ballasted gliders cannot reach their maximum rated weight with a light pilot and proposed filling the ballast tanks with heavy water, noting that heavy water could be obtained from a sunken ferry in Norway. This article was clearly not to be taken seriously and did have some interesting aspects but I was surprised to read about the *water atom *(it is a molecule) and then noted that Myles had incorrectly identified the Oxygen atom as the one containing the additional neutron in the nucleus. On Sun, Oct 29, 2017 at 3:33 PM, Gliding International < [email protected]> wrote: > The November issue goes in the mail October 31. The Digital issue will be > released on November 3. > > > > The issue contains: > > > > 1. A review at length on the Twin Shark from Europe. This two seater has > a good future. The test flight report will appear in the following issue. > > > > 2. Meantime, we some have great graphics on the Euro Glider, (many won’t > even have heard about it). It will have twin electric motors and is > designed to be a basic trainer, one a club can use for a whole day (without > recharges). This is all new thinking – very interesting indeed. > > > > 3, The lead story is about soaring in Alaska. Bob Adams, the author has > over 2000 hours soaring in Alaska. He provides some remarkable > photography. > > > > 4. The FES fire in two sailplanes is a worry. We provide details of the > FES fire in the United Kingdom with a response from the manufacturers on > the issue. You should read this if you have any plans to buy/fit a FES. > > > > 5. A new jet unit has been tested by Germany’s Aerospace centre. It is > electrically driven with a promising future. Gliding is a future > consideration for the concept. > > > > 6. Aldo Cernezzi puts his thoughts on paper about the world – wide decline > in membership. > > > > 7. We discovered that the very first aero-tow was made in 1922. We have a > report in detail as to how/why/where it happened. Supported by some > amazing photos, all taken 95 years ago. They have reproduced remarkably > well. > > > > 8. Your tow-plane could be running on fuel extracted from sugar cane. A > new concept worthy of further thought. > > > > 9. DOHACKIES is the name coined for the latest in winglets. Who is going > to be the first manufacturer to fit them to a sailplane? > > > > 10. Are you worried about Drones? You should be! The conference in > Switzerland last month brought forth a paper that declared aviators can > expect to compete with seven million drones with seven metre wing spans by > 2030. (400,00 will be commercial drones). This is news but not good news! > > > > 11. Canada seems to be the only ATC organisation that operates a system > at a fraction of the cost than others. No other country matches their cost > structure and service! They just refunded users with $US60 million. > > > > 12. A good report on a happy marriage between The European Aviation > Safety Agency and the European Gliding Union. > > > > 13. Some major improvements in battery technology. Two papers from two > different organisations give readers an insight into the major projects > going on at different ends of the globe. > > > > 14. Likewise the big money being applied into electric aircraft and > self-launchers research. > > > > 15. All this and 30 other stories to inform the gliding community on the > world scene. And we have just announced a readership promotion. All new > subscribers thorough to December 31 will receive a free DVD – Gladiators of > the Sky” - the biggest gliding film ever. See us at > www.glidinginternational.com > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring > >
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