So who was genius that awarded the WC to Argentina?
Cheers Paul On 1 July 2012 16:44, Adam Woolley <[email protected]> wrote: > I spoke with a Brit in 2010 after the SK worlds, he travels to Argentina > every year for a gliding holiday - Every time he said was an expensive > exercise. Once he said that he went to the extent of getting an empty > Argentinian registered trailer, with an Argentinian driver & car to drive > North, where he would put his glider in, & it'd be driven back South. This > guy then flew there, hoping for delivery. Sadly, the border corruption was > still there, & he was forced to pay up like every other time. > > He went on to say that they'd just make up 'official' documents on the > spot that needed to be filled in, with the appropriate paper bag with cash > handed in under the table - otherwise, the process didn't progress. He put > it in his budget, crazy stuff! > > He predicted in 2010 that it'll be a small field, as 1/2 gliders that were > planned to be imported wouldn't make their arrival until mid-comp (through > no fault of their own) & the PW5 class wouldn't be big enough (min 10?) to > even qualify it as a valid comp. Therefor no WC even declared. > > Let's hope he was B.S.ing me.. > > > Cheers, > WPP > > ________________________ > > On 2012-07-01 06:26:30 +0000 Peter F Bradshaw <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hi; > > > > Has anybody investigated the possibility of landing the aircraft in > > Brazil or Uruguay and on shipping to Argentina - or even just driving it > > across? > > > > On Sat, 30 Jun 2012, Tim Shirley wrote: > > > >> Hi Ron, > >> > >> As I understand it there have been significant problems with the costs > >> and bureaucratic difficulties of getting gliders into the country. > >> Apparently there are very few modern gliders available locally. I > >> believe that Allan will now be flying in the World Class as it is > >> possible for him to hire a PW5 in Argentina. > >> > >> Tobi Geiger, Craig Collings and Mike Durrant were in the original team > >> with Allan - Mike has withdrawn because of the costs but I assume that > >> Tobi and Craig are still attending. Both are in Club Class. > >> > >> This has not only affected Australia, there are many others around the > >> world who are facing this problem. It may be a fairly small event. > >> Untitled Document > >> > >> Cheers > >> > >> > >> /Tim/ > >> > >> /tra dire e fare c'รจ mezzo il mare/ > >> > >> On 30/06/2012 13:21, Ron Sanders wrote: > >>> ONLY Alan?????? > >>> > >>> On 29 June 2012 20:04, Ian Mc Phee <[email protected] > >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > >>> > >>> Think Allan Barnes will be there. Ian M > >>> > >>> On Jun 29, 2012 9:07 PM, "Ron Sanders" <[email protected] > >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > >>> > >>> I was just wondering if Australia has any pilots at all > >>> attending the Argentinian Worlds in January 2013? > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Aus-soaring mailing list > >>> [email protected] > >>> <mailto:[email protected]> > >>> To check or change subscription details, visit: > >>> http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Aus-soaring mailing list > >>> [email protected] > >>> <mailto:[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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