A parachute-free long weekend?? I'll be taking part in both activities!! (weather permitting of course - there's a cool change approaching Adelaide :-( )
...well, not both activities simultaneously - although one of these days I'll get around to jumping out of a glider... See www.apf.asn.au for a list of skydiving centres, unfortunately they don't have GPS co-ordinates for the dropzones. I might approach the APF for this info. Re jump aircraft using two radios - the pilot makes broadcasts on all applicable frequencies two minutes before the drop takes place; this includes ATC and area, and CTAF as appropriate. Many jump planes have two radios anyway. Cheers Andrew Horton Skydive Adelaide Balaklava Gliding Club etc. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 12:36 PM Subject: Re: [aus-soaring] Accident in the UK > Two thoughts on this matter: > > 1. The Australian Parachute Federation (APF) could perhaps produce a set of > GPS co-ordinates for known parachuting operations, as well as contact details > if available. You can easily put proximity alerts into most modern GPS units, > and if you are able to identify the few that are within your gliding zone > beforehand then at least it's then possible to get an audible reminder from the > GPS as you approach the area. You can refer to crib notes to get more > information is then required. > > 2. Putting a jumpmaster on the ground is probably not going to make one iota of > difference to the risk of collision when gliders below the cloud are involved. > Because they are silent and often difficult to spot against cloud (as anyone > who has tried to find the aircraft with the AEF passenger for the > friends/family waiting on the ground can tell !), even when you KNOW that > they're "up there somewhere", they are hard to see. Unless the gliding > operation is within hearing distance (assuming aerotow launch), or the > jumpmaster is well aware of the transit of gliding traffic through his piece of > sky (by radio, local knowledge, etc), then the last thing the jumpmaster is > going to do is notice a silent glider sneaking through under a cloud (or even > out in the blue if side-on). > > Let's all hope and pray for a parachute-free long weekend. > > Cheers > > Jason Armistead > > Quoting Peter Stephenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > In Australia, there is a NPRM (Notice of Proposal to Rule Making or > > something like that - now closed means it is coming in soon) which > > will > > allow parachutists to legally jump through cloud provided there is a > > jumpmaster on the ground clearing the drop using a local frequency. > > The > > aircraft will have to have two radios, one on area frequency as well. > > > > I think this rule should apply to *all* jumps, whether through cloud > > or > > not. > > > > PeterS > > QSA RAPAC delegate -- * 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.
