Re: [Aus-soaring] Wave camp Bunyan 22 to 29 Sept
Tks Mal If there are pilots out there who are coming but have not registered their interest please contact me off line - I like to know how many are coming for logistical purposes. Re the skiing; the resorts are like gamblers, they advertise their gains but are silent about the losses; I was at Perisher last Monday, they had lost a lot in the pervious three weeks; that said its still good for mid September ;) Stuart FERGUSON Phone - 0419 797508 On 16/09/2012, at 18:44, Mal Bruce m...@mals.net wrote: Snow and wave on the way wlEmoticon-smile[1].png http://www.bom.gov.au/australia/charts/4day_col.shtml ___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring ___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
Re: [Aus-soaring] Wave camp Bunyan 22 to 29 Sept
Matthew Michael and Claire scutter are coming Michael On 16/09/2012, at 6:49 PM, Stuart Kerri FERGUSON s...@bigpond.net.au wrote: Tks Mal If there are pilots out there who are coming but have not registered their interest please contact me off line - I like to know how many are coming for logistical purposes. Re the skiing; the resorts are like gamblers, they advertise their gains but are silent about the losses; I was at Perisher last Monday, they had lost a lot in the pervious three weeks; that said its still good for mid September ;) Stuart FERGUSON Phone - 0419 797508 On 16/09/2012, at 18:44, Mal Bruce m...@mals.net wrote: Snow and wave on the way wlEmoticon-smile[1].png http://www.bom.gov.au/australia/charts/4day_col.shtml ___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring ___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring ___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
Re: [Aus-soaring] B500 wanted
http://www.glidersales.com.au/instruments.php On 13/09/2012 10:19 AM, Tim Shirley wrote: Hi all, Wanted - Borgelt B500. In order to standardise Club glider instruments GCV wishes to buy a second-hand Borgelt B500 vario/averager/final glide computer. Contact Rob Dorning at rob...@softdawn.net, or (03) 9489 4298. If anyone is changing or upgrading from one of these instruments Rob would like to hear from you. Please note, this is a specific request for a B500, as it is for a standardisation strategy. -- Untitled Document Cheers /Tim/ /tra dire e fare c'è mezzo il mare/ ___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring ___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
[Aus-soaring] Next Winter Lectures
Hi Guys Next SAGA Winter lecture is tomorrow night. Topics are Oulanding and Glider Preparation. See you there. Cath ___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
[Aus-soaring] Boring
Wow. Just wow. What a great weekend. Just epic soaring conditions. Amazing camaraderie many more hooked new JAG's! Both days sporting average climbs of 5kts to 8,000'QNH under CU filled skies. Saturday the 15th September. With the sky looking soarable from 09:30, both James 'Dutters' Dutschke, Lisa Turner and I looked skyward while preparing our gliders madly. James arriving from BNE requiring a rig of his newly acquired Open Libelle. Lisa just going with the flow I think, and myself finishing up the weighing of W3 to finalise the Form2. We finally get airborne with a declared task of Tansey - Ban Ban X - Kingaroy. Which was later modified in flight to return home via Kumbia to give a total task length of 240km. Ivan being the gentleman he is, decided to return from his task to race around ours - calling before start 8kt climbs around to 7,000' for memory. Weak climbs in the Kingaroy area though, we were slow to climb. 2kts was all that was around, so slowly we spiralled to the wisps. All together in the start cylinder we naturally set off at 13:05(!). Both of the first two climbs, 4.5kts we ease into the task nicely. All talking together on routing options, we decided to overfly Wondai and link up to a highway (street) to the first turn. The smiles fast growing, the speeds pushing up. 89:1 for a 34km glide at 75kts - before coring 7.5kts for a 1000'. Around the 1st turn, we take a detour to top up before heading into the slightly higher countryside. Before bouncing along with a couple of 5kt climbs. Dutters, Lisa and I all working nicely together. All sharing the lead and picking nice climbs. Around the 2nd turn, we take a slightly more curious approach. The sky in the Ban Ban area has some spread out. Once we're up and running though, we come up to a big decision point. Lots of discussion, conversing with Ivan up ahead - we somehow managed to split up, due to some miscommunication I suppose. Lisa and I down the Kingaroy valley, Dutters going direct into the lighter CU. We note the time, it's time to slow down and be a little more cautious. We all manage to link back up together approaching Kumbia, working nice lines of energy in the potentially approaching sea breeze. Onto final glide, easy. Thanks very much to Lisa whom provided some valuable coaching advice during the flight, had a great time! W3's stats for the day: 240km @ 111.03km/hr; 5.1kt (20%) climbs; 41:1 for 16.4km glides at an average cruise speed of 77kts. Flying 5km extra in task deviations. Sunday the 16th September. Learning from yesterday, and looking at XCSkies - I thought the day would be soarable from 09:30. With 9 or more gliders making it to the grid at 09:25 - it was sure to be a good day. The task planned on the grid, thanks to HK BB - was a fantastic one for the today. Though with the sky we saw, we could've gone anywhere and had a ball. 8kt climbs around (if you jagged one) with 8,000' under CU. I launched first at 10am, with Dutters, Rhys Porter Lisa Turner soon to follow - I'd climbed easily to 4,500' in 2kts. The whole local area was peppered with small CU, each of them were working. Once we were all up together, there wasn't going to be any waiting around for the big wings (VIT, HK, BB). The task: Cecil City - Chinchilla - Murgon - Kingaroy = 406km The first leg was rather pleasant and uneventful, crossing the bunya's with ease. Up ahead from Bell onwards, the sky over Dalby to Cecil city looks like it's going to rain! Staying high, we use the energy lines where we can - running the downwind edge of the clouds. James and I take one weak climb to stay connected, before putting the running shoes back on. Lisa had taken a route more Dalby way, cruising along nicely I saw. Turning for Chinchilla, across wind now. There were no real classic streeting options to go for, so just one cloud after another. I made an error, chasing some CU's to the west of track - before finally getting into the lower height bands again and having to diverge back towards the original direct track (out landing options to allow me to drive low if need be). Dutters and I had gotten split up prior to the 1st turn, so I radioed to him that it'd be best to race down the direct track. We manage to get back together overhead Kogan, was great to see you off my wingtip then mate! Sadly though, it wasn't to last, after just 5 minutes of cruising we were separated enough to have to fly our own races for a while. I jagged a 7.9kt climb just around the Chinchilla turn, before blasting off at cloud base. From here, is where the fun really began. Long streets were starting to line up, the key - get nice climbs just before connection and it was all systems go. Miss the first climb, things could've got interesting. Why? The terrain wasn't to friendly. Thankfully it was all in our favour, as we bounced along close to base - linking some nice
[Aus-soaring] Groan…
Oh no! The September issue of Rigid Wing Gliding Australia has another pic taken with a camera stuck on a wing. Am I the only one who finds this sort of picture dull and unimaginative? Admittedly, it is slightly less dull than having to endure a video of the same thing. Especially where the perpetrator has forgotten that you can edit out the boring bits… though I guess that would effectively delete the entire video. Maybe this shot was used because all the others done in the same session had already been used? Maybe it was used because the Vulcan bomber area of white wing was useful to strip in the Uvalde pic? In most areas of (sport) photography, the idea is to get an image which is new and shows a fresh aspect of the subject. Somehow we seem to be stuck in this rut where gluing a camera to a wing is considered amazing. The Skies Call books must have been released in the late '70s and set the benchmark for outstanding aerial photography. Somehow most gliding pix fail to come close to this standard. If gliding is more interesting than photographing it, fine… lets go back to a plain roneographed mag… otherwise, let's up the standard! D ___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
Re: [Aus-soaring] Groan…
Problem solved, send in some of yours! ;) Tom From: DMcD slutsw...@gmail.com To: aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net Sent: Monday, 17 September 2012 10:02 AM Subject: [Aus-soaring] Groan… Oh no! The September issue of Rigid Wing Gliding Australia has another pic taken with a camera stuck on a wing. Am I the only one who finds this sort of picture dull and unimaginative? Admittedly, it is slightly less dull than having to endure a video of the same thing. Especially where the perpetrator has forgotten that you can edit out the boring bits… though I guess that would effectively delete the entire video. Maybe this shot was used because all the others done in the same session had already been used? Maybe it was used because the Vulcan bomber area of white wing was useful to strip in the Uvalde pic? In most areas of (sport) photography, the idea is to get an image which is new and shows a fresh aspect of the subject. Somehow we seem to be stuck in this rut where gluing a camera to a wing is considered amazing. The Skies Call books must have been released in the late '70s and set the benchmark for outstanding aerial photography. Somehow most gliding pix fail to come close to this standard. If gliding is more interesting than photographing it, fine… lets go back to a plain roneographed mag… otherwise, let's up the standard! D ___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
Re: [Aus-soaring] Groan…
Agreed. DIY is the best solution. I've had perhaps half a dozen cover pix published as well as others in books and calendars. That's not the point though. The point was about the anaesthetic nature of pictures taken from an angle or point of view which somehow reduces the nature of the subject. The Skies Call books were done pre-photoshop so the opportunity to disappear camera support rigs was limited. However the excitement of the pictures and the obvious fun that the participants were having was enough to (almost) make me take up the sport. There are plenty of other good and bad examples. EG, surfboard mounted camera shots compared with the immortal stuff produced by George Greenough. Can you say that about wing mounted camera shots? Actually, more boring than a wing mounted camera, is a tailplane mounted camera and even more boring that that, a video of same. D On 17/09/2012, tom claffey to...@yahoo.com wrote: Problem solved, send in some of yours! ;) Tom From: DMcD slutsw...@gmail.com To: aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net Sent: Monday, 17 September 2012 10:02 AM Subject: [Aus-soaring] Groan… Oh no! The September issue of Rigid Wing Gliding Australia has another pic taken with a camera stuck on a wing. Am I the only one who finds this sort of picture dull and unimaginative? Admittedly, it is slightly less dull than having to endure a video of the same thing. Especially where the perpetrator has forgotten that you can edit out the boring bits… though I guess that would effectively delete the entire video. Maybe this shot was used because all the others done in the same session had already been used? Maybe it was used because the Vulcan bomber area of white wing was useful to strip in the Uvalde pic? In most areas of (sport) photography, the idea is to get an image which is new and shows a fresh aspect of the subject. Somehow we seem to be stuck in this rut where gluing a camera to a wing is considered amazing. The Skies Call books must have been released in the late '70s and set the benchmark for outstanding aerial photography. Somehow most gliding pix fail to come close to this standard. If gliding is more interesting than photographing it, fine… lets go back to a plain roneographed mag… otherwise, let's up the standard! D ___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring ___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
Re: [Aus-soaring] Something to make you laugh, Ozzie IFR waypoint fun, this is true!
On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 02:47:30PM +0800, Texler, Michael wrote: Look in the Airservices Austrlia designated airspace book: http://www.airservicesaustralia.com/aip/current/dah/dah.pdf Near the top right corner of South Australia, you can plan IFR via PUDYA SWEED LIPPS ALIDL CLOZA TOUDA PHONE. - mark ___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
Re: [Aus-soaring] Groan.Perceptions of gliding from the ground
If gliding is more interesting than photographing it, Here is my contribution, title Perceptions of gliding from the ground. A timeless study in three colours (if you include white as a colour). The glider is the white dot under the middle cloud. I think this picture captures how most (non) people see gliding. This picture is lucky because most days the gliders are too far away to see... Fly safe, have fun... attachment: GlidingPicture.GIF___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
Re: [Aus-soaring] Groan.Perceptions of gliding from the ground
Too true - unless you get the bug (by actually turning up to the field for a joy flight/TIF, and then pushing through the many hurdles that gliding clubs put at the new student/solo pilot to get to an XC level), gliding will never be interesting or viewable (in media) to the general public. Thankfully I have the bug, it's an exhilarating sport for me - every flight presents a new adventure, challenge to overcome and great camaraderie in the after flight discussions! Just got to convince AUS gliding to allow 'Pair* Flying at competitions now - and it'll become even more enjoyable for self :) *Note: Pair is the key word used. I didn't use 'Team' as this could allow another Horsham event to happen. WPP www.facebook.com/W3Racing On 17/09/2012, at 2:47 PM, Texler, Michael wrote: If gliding is more interesting than photographing it, Here is my contribution, title Perceptions of gliding from the ground. A timeless study in three colours (if you include white as a colour). The glider is the white dot under the middle cloud. I think this picture captures how most (non) people see gliding. This picture is lucky because most days the gliders are too far away to see... Fly safe, have fun... GlidingPicture.GIF___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring ___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
