Gary,
I think lots of time on type is overrated. [it is helpful of course]
Allan flies everything from hangies to LS8 with equal tenacity.
Some pilots do not adjust well, but Allan and others do.
Chip Garner had 30 mins in Duckhawk before his comps this year, Norm Bloch had
20 mins in a Discus before the last Uvalde worlds!
I did 420km at 106kph in a PW5 on my first flight, that night we checked world
records - 300km was about 90kph, 100km about 70!!
[of course I did not have a logger or declared anything!]
Kerrie broke 4 world records on 2nd or 3rd flight in the PW5. [the speed was
higher than the open speed but not by req 2kph!]
I could go on, adaptability is the key, those who only ever fly one glider at
one or two sites may lose some of that.
Regards,
Tom
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From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.
<[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, 30 June 2012 10:46 PM
Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Goals
Paul,
Greetings.
Your comment might be true, but it is
meaningless in the present context.
From your statement I suspect that you have not
flown a PW 5 for 100 hours or so, and probably not even for 1 hour.
We are talking quite different orders of (REDUCED),
magnitude of performance here compared to LS 8 or even LS 4, or your own
SZD 55.
You might be somewhat surprised at just how many
hours Allan now has in a LS 8. I don't know either, but my guess is well
over 100 hours maybe closer to 150 hrs. More than enough anyway, to be rated as
competent, and competitive on type.
Genuine, experienced, PW 5 drivers at World
level, understand every nuance of their ship and the air they are flying in and
react accordingly.Just in case you are missing the point that I made in line 3
above, they have to react quite differently to a LS 4 (or LS 8),
driver.
Allan is a great pilot, but I repeat, he
is at a huge disadvantage. I understand that he may have less than 5
hours on type (PW 5).
Think about it!
I certainly hope that Allan can put in a great
performance, and meet (or exceed), the goals that he has set for himself in
the upcoming comp.
Which leads me to ask; "How are you going on
meeting your own goals?"
Regards,
Gary
----- Original Message -----
>From: Paul Bart
>To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.
>Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2012 9:01 PM
>Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Argentinian Worlds
>
>>> So, as Tim has intimated, these are the reasons why Allan has changed
>>> classes and will now be flying World Class - I hope; albeit at a huge
>>> disadvantage to the rest of the field, given his inexperience in a PW 5.
>
>
>Hmmm, the fact that he did not have too much time in LS8 does not seems to be
>hurting him too much in the US right now :).
>
>
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>
>
>Cheers
>
>Paul
>
>
>
>On 30 June 2012 20:32, <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>>Hi Ron,
>>Have you made it to WA yet?
>>
>>Tut, tut, tut. Graft and corruption in Argentina; how can you possibly say
>>that? In this case, I think that what you really meant to say was that a
>>certain party has been granted a "special franchise" to handle the
>>customs arrangements.
>>
>>I am sure you understand how this system works. Any pilot is quite free to
>>use somebody else, but ........do keep in mind that if said pilot chooses
>>the "alternate" route "Nothing can be guaranteed". I will leave it to your
>>imagination to suppose which of the many dire possibilities that can
>>happen, WILL actually happen. Do keep in mind too, that "importing the
>>glider" is regarded as one exercise, and "exporting the (same) glider" is
>>regarded as a totally different exercise - so (just for a start), read "pay
>>double".
>>
>>A very level playing field (for all but the Argentinean competitors): As
>>long as you are a millionaire pilot and can pay on demand without hurting
>>too much, or fully funded by your country regardless of cost, you will not
>>have a problem!
>>
>> I think that Tim will prove right on the numbers. I fell really sorry for
>>Mike Durrant. He told me recently, that the true cost to be competitive in
>>Standard Class in Argentina was of the order of A$50,000.00. This involved
>>importing in, and then exporting out a competitive glider as NO glider was
>>available for hire in the whole of South America, let alone in Argentina.
>>Any competitive glider in SA would already be entered into the competition!
>>
>>Ron, I think the quanta of those "custom handling fees" you mentioned is
>>about right, but maybe one of the people with first hand knowledge can
>>confirm this?
>>
>>So, as Tim has intimated, these are the reasons why Allan has changed
>>classes and will now be flying World Class - I hope; albeit at a huge
>>disadvantage to the rest of the field, given his inexperience in a PW 5.
>>
>>I sure would like to know how Craig and Tobias are managing (if at all),
>>these basically financial/logistical problems. It would seem that, as
>>always, the flying is the easy(?) part of the exercise, but more so in this
>>venture!
>>
>>Regards,
>>Gary
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>>From: Ron Sanders
>>>To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.
>>>Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2012 2:00 PM
>>>Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Argentinian Worlds
>>>
>>>With 10,000 USD required as graft to get a glider thru customs I think the
>>>IGC should have cancelled the event and held it some where where corruption
>>>is not the name of the game.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>On 30 June 2012 11:37, Tim Shirley <[email protected]> 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.
>>>>
>>>>Cheers
>>>>Tim
>>>>tra dire e fare c'è 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]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>Think Allan Barnes will be there. Ian M
>>>>>>On Jun 29, 2012 9:07 PM, "Ron Sanders" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I was just wondering if Australia has any pilots at all attending the
>>>>>>Argentinian Worlds in January 2013?
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