G'day JR, If you had a PPL and owned your own Cessna, CASA trusts that you keep your medical and BFR up to date. If they catch you operating illegally bad things happen. What's so special about motorgliders?
Cheers, Al On 10/20/08, JR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Tim, > who would know when you had your annual flight reveiw, or who would know > how current you were, this could get pretty nasty, thats why we have CFI's, > to make sure we all know how to recover from incipient spins, and fly proper > circuits. > regards > JR > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Tim Shirley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > *To:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in > Australia. <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Monday, October 20, 2008 7:21 AM > *Subject:* Re: [Aus-soaring] Where to from here? > > > Hi Tom, > > Yes I think what I was getting at is that the high performance end of the > game is going very well at present, and I think could be better exploited as > a success by the organisation, and better supported in terms of > organisational structure and coaching. > > I don't claim to have all the answers, just a general observation that one > size doesn't fit all - and the current structure (not the individuals > necessarily) seems locked in to a concept that we are all either instructors > or at varying levels students. For example, we must belong to a club, which > must have a Chief Flying Instructor. Why a CFI, if the club does no > training? Indeed, if we have and an independent operator rating why do we > need to belong to a club at all, if we have a self-launcher or we are > willing to pay the going rate for a tow to any licenced tug pilot? > > Cheers > > Tim > > tom claffey wrote: > > Agreed Tim, the old club system and new "high performance - private > owner" systems are working in parralel. GA equates more to the latter while > RAA is closer to GFA type but less supervision needed due to engines. I > wonder about accident levels [esp if less instructor supervision as some > would like] > > Like Rolf I went to a WGC and GFA [much appreciated] funding didn't quite > cover entry fee - so only airfares/glider/car/accomm etc to be paid by me > [tows sponsered by a friendly diamond magnate] I now coach where I can and > instruct Junior cadets. > > After 19000hrs and a GA grade one instructor rating perhaps Mike would > accept me for his annual check!! [perhaps a ropebreak at 200' for a start]:) > > Tom > > --- On *Sun, 10/19/08, Tim Shirley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > * wrote: > > From: Tim Shirley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [Aus-soaring] Where to from here? > To: "Aus-Soaring" > <[email protected]><[email protected]> > Date: Sunday, October 19, 2008, 11:48 AM > > An excess of pPrunes was having its usual effect, so I thought I might > ask a slightly different question. > > Gliding today - like it or not - is largely a sport and/or recreation > involving high-tech and expensive equipment which requires high levels > of skill, resources and dedication to get the best out of it all. It > has much more in common with off-shore sailing than it has with teaching > people to fly Cessnas or Technams. Yet our structures and attitudes > still reflect the fantasy that we are mainly a flying training and > airworthiness organisation. Just look at the current controversy over > the status of coaching to see how deep some people can > bury their heads > in the sand. > > The big question is, what structures, training and organisation do we > need to support and grow the type of activity that gliding is now and > will be in the future? > > Unless you have a police box handy, going back to the good old days > isn't an option. > > Enjoy the prunes. > > Tim > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To check or change subscription details, > visit:http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing [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 >
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