We had a fairly reliable winch, new cables, two retrieve vehicles, 3 young,
keen instructors and a bunch of 14 to 20 year olds with a sprinkling of
OFITTH's. Gliders on the flight line were 3 Ka8, 1 Ka7, one Ka6, one ASK13, a
Cirrus 75 and an Astir CS. Any interruption at all would have ruined that
attempt, so there were definitely no cable breaks. The weak link were the cable
retrieve cars and their drivers. To combat that we had two kids in each car.
On any normal day we would do around 100 launches.
Years and years earlier, when I learned my gliding, our instructor would leave
glider and student in the landing area, quick march back to the launch point to
the other two seater waiting there with the student ready, strapped in and
launched. That practice had fortunately ceased when I became instructor in the
70's. I remember one of those old war horses was a heavy cigar smoker, he gave
his cigar to one of us with the stern warning to have the occasional puff only
to keep it alight.
Best Regards - Rolf
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Re: [Aus-soaring] Them were the
daysDate: Sat, 28 Apr 2007 11:55:18 +1000
Rolf,
They must have had a super crew of drivers and retrievers, -that's over 22
launches per hour for eighteen hours. Two drum winch, 11plus each side per
hour,-5mins each launch and retrieve, wow that's impressive.
I can't see that one being exceeded anytime soon.
Regards
Glenn
----- Original Message -----
From: rolf a. buelter
To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.
Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2007 8:01 AM
Subject: RE: [Aus-soaring] Them were the days
I believe my old home club in the north west of Germany has the record number
of winch launches per day. On a mid June day late seventies, commencing
operations around 04:00 and flying through to about 22:00 (1/2 hr before and
1/2 hour after sun rise / set) we did 400 launches with one 2 drum winch.Best
Regards - Rolf
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Re: Re: [Aus-soaring] Them were the
daysDate: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 11:13:46 +1000
Nick and others
My record is 83 tows in one day in May with 2 bergfalkes (Geof Simm and Warwick
Kenny were instructors while I did tows). We dropped all ropes and glider was
sitting with rope attached and went straight on the tug. 10 years earlier
think we had about 75 winches with 2 single drum winches with scouts etc
Ian McP
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From: Nick Gilbert
To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.
Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 8:43 PM
Subject: Re: Re: [Aus-soaring] Them were the days
I would like Ian McPhee to tell us all (when he gets back from Melbourne) what
is the most number of winch launches he has done in a day.Any one else want to
have a crack at the title first?
On 4/25/07, Mike Cleaver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Dunno - what sort of noise does it make in lift? and in sink?WombatAt 18:11
24/04/2007, you wrote:>Ian's bum is not 8 normal bums, is it?>5 or 6
maybe!>Oops! Sorry, doing that fun thing again. >>CMcD>>>----- Original Message
----- From: "Caleb White"><[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>To: <
[email protected]>>Sent: Monday, April 23, 2007 7:31
PM>Subject: Re: Re: [Aus-soaring] Them were the days>>>>Correct JR, there are
eight (8) As in MAAAAAAAATE. >>>>-----Original Message----->>From: "JR" <[EMAIL
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>><[email protected]>>>Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 17:36:25
+0930>>Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Them were the days>> >>Hey Patch,>>I read on
the vintage glider site, that you test flew Daves Kooka, and that>>the varios
didnt work , but like any good kooka pilot you used you bum as a>>vario. So my
point is that all this time when I've been flying around you, >>you have had an
excessively large advantage over the rest of us. So is there>>some sort of
formula that can be applied to make it more fairer for all of>>us ?>>cheers JR
MAAAAAAAATE. >>----- Original Message ----- From: "Patching" <[EMAIL
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>><[email protected]>>>Sent: Monday, April 23, 2007 3:47
PM>>Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Them were the days>> >>>>>Hit the send button
too soon.>>>Should be signed. Patch.>>>----- Original Message ----- From:
"Pete" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>>To: <[email protected]>>>>Sent:
Monday, April 23, 2007 3:23 PM>>>Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Them were the days
>>>>>>>>> > On Mon, 23 Apr 2007 10:46:00 +0800>>> > "Texler, Michael" <[EMAIL
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gliding....>>> >>>> > You want to add aviation related trouble to a day like
that?! >>> >>>> >> And you tell that to the young folk of today.....>>> >>>> >
"They wouldn't believe it! Nooo, they wouldn't." :)>>> > >>> > The bad part is,
I suspect some of them would. Every retrieve story>>sounds>>> > like that!>>> >
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