On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 11:21 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:

>  Hi All,
> I would very much like to know the process/history on how 'cloud
> flying" came to be banned for gliders (in Australia), and when. I am
> somewhat surprised that as an ex "British Colony" - read we used to do what
> the Brits did even long after Federation - and cloud flying in gliders is,
> and has been for many years, permitted in the UK why we in Australia went
> down a different path.
> How many pilots on this list have Bohli and similar compasses fitted to
> their glider and feel they are competent to use them as a "blind flying"
> aid?
> What are the experiences of members, who when flying wave, had the Fohn Gap
> close under them. There must be many a tale to be told here?
>
> Regards,
> Gary
>
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Not an answer but some history on an attempt to change the "official line"

http://www.glidingcaboolture.org.au/gq60/tgs_instrument_flying.htm

cheers,
Ken
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