You can be -in- a major city and not have broadband either... :-( -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Christopher Mc Donnell Sent: Monday, 22 January 2007 13:20 To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Video of power aircraft having a mid airwith aglider tow rope
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
