...and despite his surname, he is Polish (just like SZD 55) ;). Jarek
> Patching <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Forget Michael Sommer. Some bloke call Lesnza BLANIK won a Gold Medal at > Bejing. I still won't admit it but it appears that Blanik is still going > strong!!!!! > #156. Gold medals, Aluminium painted gold. > Patch > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Ross McLean > To: 'Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.' > Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 10:36 PM > Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Hijack Micheal > > > Despite the fact that it definitely needs more than a Polish J it is > still a weapon in the right hands. > > > > ROSS > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of C K > Sent: Tuesday, 19 August 2008 9:02 PM > To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. > Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Hijack Micheal > > > > Thats not a nice thing to say about Tom's 55 Ross, just cause it's > Polish. > ;-) > > Chris > > On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 6:40 PM, Ross McLean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > Chris > > What makes you think that would make a difference. He won Standard > Class in the 2003 Nationals at Gulgong in Tom Gilbert's SZD 55 and set a > new NSW speed record in the process. > > > > ROSS > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of C K > Sent: Tuesday, 19 August 2008 6:30 PM > To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. > Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Hijack Micheal > > > > Although Ingo still managed to win pretty much everything in an old > Discus A. I am sure we could find a Discus for Michael somewhere, even > just for the purpose of giving everyone else a chance of winning. :-) > > Chris > > On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 11:32 PM, Roger Druce > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Quite right Terry. > We should hijack Micheal to be one of our own. As the Olympics show > atheletes are mobile in terms of national representation. > > And after all, as Ingo explained in an interview in the German flying > magazine AeroKurier about 15 years ago, he was "Deutsche stammige, wahl > Australier" (as best I remember it) which I understand as meaning "of > German origin, by choice Australian". > > So how do we get Micheal to choose Australia? An offer would appear > to have to start with the odd spare ASW22BLE or two or three. He would > need one for himself and one for his team compatriot (plus a spare for > the odd breakage?) Then there would be team Micheal travel expenses to > cover, and team Micheal cars (Terry surely you could get Holden to just > chuck these in for nothing), and .... Hmm ....Getting a bit expensive > Terry..... > > Roger Druce > > _______________________________________________ > 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
