Yes Owen, You are right, I stand corrected. Old age is creeping in already. I honestly could not recall any film being used at the GCWA comps in 2001. And as John Welsh was not able to compete that year thought perhaps he had erred slightly. But it WAS I who was in error.
So my apologies to those offended. regards luke ----Original Message----- >From: Owen Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [aus-soaring] Results of the recent WAGA Gliding Championships >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Date: Saturday, 26 January 2002 4:53 PM > >Luke > >As I spent many hours sweating in the darkroom at the GCWA Comps >developing the last of the black and white films in the previous year >(January 2001), I would have to agree with John that this year at >Beverley was "the first WA State comps to use electronic flight >verification (GPS based) SOLELY." Certainly by the end of the GCWA comps >pilots were only using their cameras as back-ups but in the first half of >the Comps this was not the case. The key word is "solely", this year not >a single film was used. > >Regards > >Owen > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> ----Original Message----- >> >From: John Welsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> >It was the first comp here using only GPS verification, and it >> went like >> >a dream. No more sweating in the dark room and over rotten >> pictures. >> >> John, >> >> Just to clarify, by 'here' you are referring to the Beverely Soaring >> Club. >> I believe the WA State comps at the Gliding Club of Western >> Australia, the previous year, was the first WA State comps to use >> electronic flight verification (GPS based) soley. I was the chief >> verifier for the comps. >> >> regards luke dodd >> >> -- >> * 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. > > -- * 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.
