I stand corrected Peter. I jumped to a conclusion obviously
!
Luck doesn't come into it. Just writing without all the
facts.
Cheers, John G.
John Giddy Mangalore Gliding Club Inc.
5/287 Barkers Rd. http://www.gfa.org.au/vic/mgc/
Kew, Vic. 3101
Australia
----- Original Message -----
From: Peter White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2001 6:50 PM
Subject: Re: [aus-soaring] Avalon - Kooka Displayed -
Where's the Rest?
> At 10:21 AM 18/02/01 +1100, John Giidy wrote:
> >Was at the Airshow yesterday (Saturday). Geelong had a
> >DG300 ELAN on display. I believe it is their tug which
> >pulls Manfred into the air, so maybe they got some
display
> >space via that route ?
> >Manfred's display was just as good as at the past
displays.
> >His "vertical eight" was excellent, with perfect circles
in
> >both directions. The smoke trails make it easy to pick
> >faults !!!
> >Cheers, John G.
> >
> >John Giddy Mangalore Gliding Club Inc.
> >5/287 Barkers Rd. http://www.gfa.org.au/vic/mgc/
> >Kew, Vic. 3101
> >Australia
>
> Bad Luck John,
>
> It can't be one of Geelong Gliding Club's tugs as our
Pawnee is nearing the
> end of a rebuild and our Supercub is stilling having its
new engine installed.
>
> I understand VMFG is towing Manfred with the veteran, John
Gleeson flying
> the tug.
>
> Can anyone tell me if Manfred flew on Friday night because
I understand
> CASA put some REAL requirements on the intrumentation and
internal lighting
> of the Pawnee tow plane, unlike last airshow when a
"light" mounted in the
> roof behind the pilot's head, and an ageing AH from Swan
Hill GC's Cirrus
> was all that was added to GGC's Pawnee for the night show?
The poor tow
> pilot's head cast a huge shadow over the instrument panel
and to his
> immense credit he successfully completed the night tow.
>
> PENETRATING the dark atmosphere without visual reference
is not
> recommended, even for PENETRATORS.
>
> Peter
>
>
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