The inversion at millicent was around 1500 feet, cu's much higher just cant get to them, even with glider performances in excess of 40:1 JR ----- Original Message ----- From: "Phil" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia." <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, March 17, 2008 1:36 PM Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Gliding at Stanwell Park - 1930s-style
> The sign on a local church currently reads "If this was hell it would be > called a cool change". > > Funnily enough despite so many days around 38-40 degrees the inversion > hasn't come down. We've now had nearly 2 weeks with cloudbase at around > 13,000' and every day the temp trace out of Adelaide has been almost the > same with an inversion sitting at 14,000'. > > The weekend just gone wasn't quite as good as the previous weekend, then we > were averaging 140-150 kph over 500-600 km tasks. This weekend we could only > get the speeds up to around 130 kph. However it finally looks as if the > record run is about to end tomorrow, but not to worry the forecast for the > Easter break is looking good. > > Philip Ritchie > Adelaide Soaring Club (What Sea Breeze?) Gawler > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "JR" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia." > <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2008 7:36 PM > Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Gliding at Stanwell Park - 1930s-style > > > > All I said was, This temperature is good enough for jehovah. ...... > > apparently we are still breaking records, Adelaide is anyway, everyday the > > temp stays high the inversion gets lower., going to Bordertown for easter > > to > > do some aviating. > > JR > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Mitchell Preston" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia." > > <[email protected]> > > Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2008 7:25 PM > > Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Gliding at Stanwell Park - 1930s-style > > > > > >> JR, > >> > >> You're not the Messiah - you're just a very naughty boy. > >> > >> MP. > >> (ex-People's Front of Judea) > >> > >> p.s. cooled down in SA at all yet? > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> On 16/03/2008, at 6:04 PM, JR wrote: > >> > >> > Thanks Mitch that was great > >> > next week Patch is going to teach us how to play the flute, > >> > and Caleb is showing us how to build box girder bridges. > >> > regards JR > >> > ----- Original Message ----- > >> > From: "Mitchell Preston" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> > To: "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia." > >> > <[email protected]> > >> > Sent: Friday, March 14, 2008 6:30 PM > >> > Subject: [Aus-soaring] Gliding at Stanwell Park - 1930s-style > >> > > >> > > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> http://www.scalesoaring.co.uk/Movies/Movietone/1935%20-%20Gliding% > >> >> 20in > >> >> %20Australia.wmv > >> >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ > >> >> 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 > > _______________________________________________ > > 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
