Stop whinging, and look at satellite broadband instead- e.g. http://www.clearnetworks.com.au/satellite.html
There are others available as well. On 22/1/07 1:49 PM, "Christopher Mc Donnell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Gee! I hate it when these sort of links are given. > Here at home I can only get 28.8 kbps dial up. > Not the senders fault, the fault is Ziggy's or Sol's. > Hope Simon Hackett & Cathy Conway of Agile Communications hurry up with the > wireless transmission upgrade on Mt Barker Summit. > Sheeshs! I'm a stone's throw from a major capital city. > > Chris McDonnell > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mike Borgelt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia." > <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, January 22, 2007 11:34 AM > Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Video of power aircraft having a mid airwith a > glider tow rope > > >> At 09:17 AM 22/01/2007, you wrote: >>> Hi >>> >>> I've just come across the following... >>> >>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTemKnL8X30 >>> >>> >>> which is pretty amazing. >>> >>> It illustrates a point about the poor visibility from inside high wing >>> monoplanes and tug planes. I don't think that the power aircraft could >>> have seen the incoming tug/glider combination but I am surprised that both >>> the tug and glider pilots did not see the conflicting traffic. >>> >>> It's a good illustration of the point I make to students that they >>> *cannot* concentrate just on looking at the tug - but that more general >>> lookout *has* to be maintained. >>> >>> The accident could have been much worse if instead of snagging the tow >>> rope, the power traffic had hit either the tug or the glider. >>> >>> -- >>> Robert Hart [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> +61 (0)438 385 533 http://www.hart.wattle.id.au >>> >> >> >> Looks like the towplane was climbing quite steeply. I'd have throught that >> the high wing of the ultralight wouldn't get in the way. >> >> Mike >> Borgelt Instruments - manufacturers of quality soaring instruments >> phone Int'l + 61 746 355784 >> fax Int'l + 61 746 358796 >> cellphone Int'l + 61 428 355784 >> Int'l + 61 429 355784 >> email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> website: www.borgeltinstruments.com >> _______________________________________________ >> Aus-soaring mailing list >> [email protected] >> To check or change subscription details, visit: >> http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [email protected] > To check or change subscription details, visit: > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring > _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
