Hi John, please note a change of address: Was: Erich Wittstock 23 Invercauld Road Goonellabah NSW 2480 Australia
is now: Erich Wittstock 21 Carramar Drive Goonellabah NSW 2480 Australia thank you Erich On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 12:29, John Roake <[email protected]> wrote: > > We are currently processing despatch of the March issue. Early because we > want all to read before the IGC meeting next month, what the experts are > saying about the Class structure chaos. > > *THE MARCH 2012 ISSUE OF * > > *GLIDING INTERNATIONAL * > > > > A wealth of news for soaring pilots from around the world. A 64 page > issue. > Stories include: > > 1. At last - a way of effectively reducing the membership loss all clubs > are experiencing. How to move on this thorny problem immediately. > > 2. An in depth look at the IGC class structure. Too many classes, too > few competing pilots. A situation that is a detriment to the sport. The > experts provide an intelligent solution. > > 3. Schempp-Hirth’s Quintus finally flies. Some excitement in their camp. > > 4. Winglets are big business. Legal battle over copyright designs that > could ultimately affect some sailplanes. A new winglet design about to be > offered. > > 5. New name in electronics. The Butterfly vario. A very advanced (and > expensive) concept about to be released to the market in March 2012. > > 6. A story of two halves. The story about Gliding’s entry into the > Olympics in 1936 and how a group in England are trying to highlight the > sport for future consideration. > > 7. The annual world membership report. All bad news. Down a further > 1.7% in 2011 which makes the loss over five years to be 10,000 pilots. A > further chart on fatalities (up again) and the increase in the number of > sailplanes is definitely slowing down. > > 9. Report on a study about complacency in the cockpit that highlights the > major causes of sailplane accidents. Sobering! > > 10. A Cambridge UK scientist declares we have all got it wrong and that > the accepted theory of flight is all wrong. > > 11. Ritz de Luy writes about the 2012 summer season in southern > hemisphere with details on who won and who lost and why. > > 12. The story about the man who has spent a lifetime building flying > wings. His latest effort is on show. (Real smart) > > 13. Our staff reporters and Maria Szemplinska (our official photographer) > present a colour section and report on the February SSA convention in Reno > - their best ever. > > 14. DG flugzeugbau (Germany) have a management change > > 15. Pipistrel is going from strength to strength and their production > skills are a threat to all established manufacturers. We have another look > at just how strong they are and what they have got in the pipeline. > > 16. Major upgrades to G.P.S. around the corner. Accuracy will soon be > measured in millimetres. An update for glider pilots. > > 17. Background story on the ‘how and why’ of Mountain High, the oxygen > people. > > 18. Rumour has it that Greg Cole of Windward Performance (USA) has a ship > in the pipeline that will compete with the Diana II. > > 19. A way of giving new life to older sailplanes. This story from > France. . > > 20. A new paint that when applied makes your sailplane one gigantic solar > cell. This has got possibilities. > > 21. We try and explain the reasons for the terrible northern hemisphere > spring. > > 22 A new headset ($59) that will solve many problems for those hard of > hearing pilots that have trouble with conventional headsets. > > 23. Let’s hoped U.S.A owners have caught up with the potential penalty of > the $100 a flight tax. Bob Carlton expresses his real concerns., > > 22. Our subscribers (only) now have access to buy an Icom hand-held > transceiver at ex factory cost. (A saving of 25% on the retail price) > > PLUS A MULTITUDE OF OTHER INTERNATIONAL STORIES THAT PROVIDE GREAT READING. > > > NEW OR RENEWING SUBSCRIBERS GO TO OUR WEB SITE < > www.glidinginternational.com> > > > _______________________________________________ > 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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