Could you guys at least find a less sexist and idiotic description for this silly discussion? Rgds - Rolf > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2012 22:58:02 +1100 > Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] harmonised turnpoint list > > Hi Mike, > I agree entirely. > > Re "girly men" tasks, having read this comment, I instantly sent your email > to the recycle bin. However I have now reconsidered and I would like your > opinion, given that (amazingly), competition tasking is one topic that does > not seem to have been discussed on this forum. > > Let me stir the pot by first saying that Charles Day, a long time member of > the GCV, and an excellent pilot, was (is?) of the opinion that, in the > main, competition tasking is too conservative, and does not test the pilot > at the beginning of the day and at the end of the day. He therefore mostly > did not participate. However I can recall one occasion when he did compete > in a Nationals - pre Benalla Worlds(??) - and (I think), in the end gained > an overall second place. > > Over to you. > > Gary > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mike Borgelt" <[email protected]> > To: "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia." > <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2012 8:42 AM > Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] harmonised turnpoint list > > > > Does it matter? If you have one giant list you have to edit it anyway to > > get it down to the places you use at any given site. > > > > If doing a badge, record or contest flight as long as you go to the actual > > declared place (use the same list for the declaration and the nav > > database) and have at least one GPS fix in sector you are OK. > > > > It simply doesn't even matter if the turnpoint is displaced from the > > physical feature with GPS flight recording. We could save a lot of anxiety > > by simply using a half degree grid of lat and long over the soaring areas. > > Goes even more so for AAT where you don't even go to a specific place > > anyway. Don't get me started on the stupidity of the current rules for the > > "girly men" task though. > > > > Mike > > > > > > At 12:03 PM 10/11/2012, you wrote: > >>Just to get those going who aren't gliding this weekend what are we or the > >>GFA doing/have done about producing a harmonised turn point list for the > >>whole of Australia? Eg Tocumwal uses Burrumbuttock and so does Temora and > >>Benalla and Burrumbuttock turns out to be in three different places, > >>albeit not by much. The UK has had a national harmonised list for years, > >>why cant we?? > >>Ron > >>_______________________________________________ > >>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 > > > > > > ----- > > No virus found in this message. > > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > > Version: 2012.0.2221 / Virus Database: 2441/5385 - Release Date: 11/09/12 > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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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