At the first Leeton JoeyGlide we invented several turnpoints in areas where there wasn't one handy - mainly for those 'funnel' type points that you use for non-fixed tasks (ie. AAT) to get everyone coming from the same direction. From memory I think they were named after supporters of the contest - Mander, Shirley, Mason, etc.
Cheers, Nick. On Wed, Jun 4, 2014 at 9:17 AM, Tim Shirley <[email protected]> wrote: > "send not to know for whom the bell tolls. It tolls for thee." That was > written 500 years ago. He wasn't wrong. > > We have retained the tradition of having waypoints at geographic features > for three reasons. One is sheer laziness - we already had locations of > towns and silos. A second is psychological - we like to say in the bar > that we went to Hillston, rather than "i went to a waypoint in the scrub > west of Hillston". The third is more practical and does have a safety > implication - if you are heading for a town you can see it out of the > window, and don't have to keep referring to an instrument on the panel. > None of these are showstoppers if change is seen as necessary. > > Cheers > > *Tim Shirley* > > *tra dire é fare c' é mezzo il mare* > On 04/06/2014 09:03, Mike Timbrell wrote: > > You mean we should make changes because someone in Poland gets beaned by > a piece of wreckage? > > > > *From:* [email protected] [ > mailto:[email protected] > <[email protected]>] *On Behalf Of *Matthew > Scutter > *Sent:* Wednesday, 4 June 2014 8:15 AM > *To:* Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. > *Subject:* Re: [Aus-soaring] Liability to public. > > > > Turnpoints are usually over populated areas such as towns. > > Turnpoints are naturally an area of higher collision risk because of > converging headings. > > Pilots tend to outland/get low near turnpoints because of tunnel vision or > trying round the turnpoints efficiently in high wind. > > Perhaps turnpoints shouldn't be over populated areas/landmarks in > competitions in this age of GPS navigation? > > > > On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 4:56 PM, Derek Ruddock <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Lookout, lookout, lookout… > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Christopher > McDonnell > *Sent:* Monday, 2 June 2014 6:52 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [Aus-soaring] Liability to public. > > > > http://www.thenews.pl/1/9/Artykul/172564,Pilot-killed-in-glider-tournament > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 [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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