Hi Ian, This sounds interesting. Would love to hear more about it - especially the method used to translate aircraft / launch / land times from Flarm to the person who gets the bill for the flight. Anyone got further details / contacts etc. for those who can't get to Brisbane?
Cheers, Andrew. On 11 August 2010 08:54, Ian Mc Phee <[email protected]> wrote: > Gary and All gliding club treasures > > Trust me it is very close to never ever have to sit at a computer and enter > in flight sheets. I SAY NEVER AGAIN. This is great technology. It links to > Flarm and when you are near a ground receiver the flight times are uploaded > to net - soon that will go direct into accounting programme and then I guess > your flight cost will appear on the net. That is coming from Heath L is SA > I gather and we all know how good Heath is at glider comp scoring like > Warwick 2 years ago > > Nothing to do!!!! > > 10 days ago was flying at Amberley with AAFC and then Tuesday a phone call > comes "Macca what are you doing flying at Amberley" If you want to know > more ALL TREASURERS suggest you go to GFA Seminar on Sept 11 in Brisbane. > > That is good Aussie technology (sorry Earnest but you will be an Aussie > soon and give me a ring if you are still having trouble) > > Ian McPhee > 0428847642 . > > On 10 August 2010 22:20, Gary Stevenson <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Ben, >> I suspect that you should make that the best Colibri agent in AUSTRALIA, >> as John is perhaps the only one(??) >> >> Your current post does, I think, touch on a very important issue relevant >> to gliding in Australia (and in the wider context, possibly worldwide >> gliding), and that is the availability of service - in all its many aspects >> - for a sport that is very reliant - unless you a traditionalist, in which >> case your bum is enough ["No red or green pith balls for me"!] - on supply >> and technical support for the electrical/electronic instruments most of >> us now use, and are utterly ?? dependant on. >> >> Let me say that whilst we live in the "global village" and theoretically >> it shouldn't matter very much where we live when it comes to buying the >> "essential instrumentation", for our dream machine, when something goes >> wrong with this equipment and we need a fix NOW, we have a whole new ball >> game! >> >> I think we are very fortunate, here in Australia, to have DEDICATED >> people/businesses who - initially over and above service - can actually >> design, build, and market "State of the Art" equipment at a competitive >> price. >> >> In most cases, (good), service follows as a matter of course. >> >> So let me name a few Australian names - there are doubtless more - that >> deserve your support ; >> Borgelt Instruments >> Tasman Instruments >> Swift Avionics >> Microair >> X Country Soar >> Altair >> If you are a Cambridge fan, Ian McPhee will look after you. >> >> Regards, >> Gary >> > > _______________________________________________ > 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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