What a delightful bit of witticism to brighten up a day when I am stuck in an office and can see Cu everywhere over Brisabne town.
Brian Wade ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Newton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2002 8:30 AM Subject: Re: [aus-soaring] SAGA - Come and Get Trophy is now at Whyalla Gliding Club > On Mon, Jan 21, 2002 at 10:44:08AM +1030, Catherine Conway wrote: > > > I thought Port Augusta were claiming it because he launched from there.... > > If Bordertown or Millicent want to collect the trophy from > Whyalla, they need only to perform the first 300km of their cross > country in a car with the glider hooked onto the towbar, then take a > launch from Port Augusta. > > Even better, they could aerotow out of the Whyalla Aerodrome. It's > less than 20km to the gliding field from there, and with a sufficiently > high aerotow a pilot wouldn't even need to thermal. > > In a desperate attempt to regain the trophy, AUGC is now overhauling > its winch, fixing up those bits which need to be fixed to make it > roadworthy, and fitting it with a towbar so that it can take a glider > anywhere in the state -- It'll be an entirely self-contained gliding > club on wheels. We figure that no matter where the trophy ends up > next, we'll be able to get it back by launching from an adjacent > paddock. We'll use a two-seater and take a trainee, so that prospective > solo pilots can get a taste of what cross-country flying is really > all about. > > If other clubs follow our lead, some amount of coordination will be > required: The safety aspects of half a dozen winches clustered around > a "foreign" airfield, all trying to launch gliders at the same time > so that their club can be the first to retrieve the trophy, are probably > worth exploring, although the point may well be moot because by the time > everyone gets organized the ASH25 from Balaclava will have flown in and > collected the trophy anyway. It is suggested that the safest, fairest > solution is to assign the trophy to clubs by means of a rotating roster > system. > > - mark :-) > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > I tried an internal modem, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > but it hurt when I walked. Mark Newton > ----- Voice: +61-4-1620-2223 ------------- Fax: +61-8-82231777 ----- > > -- > * You are subscribed to the aus-soaring mailing list. > * To Unsubscribe: send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > * with "unsubscribe aus-soaring" in the body of the message > * or with "help" in the body of the message for more information. > > -- * You are subscribed to the aus-soaring mailing list. * To Unsubscribe: send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] * with "unsubscribe aus-soaring" in the body of the message * or with "help" in the body of the message for more information.
