RE: [aus-soaring] AD 277

2001-07-23 Thread David Conway
with the attachement this time... -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of David Conway Sent: Monday, 23 July 2001 5:48 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [aus-soaring] AD 277 I had the battery in our Grumman Traveller melt down to a puddle

Re: [aus-soaring] AD 277

2001-07-23 Thread Mark Newton
On Mon, Jul 23, 2001 at 05:47:56PM +0930, David Conway wrote: I had the battery in our Grumman Traveller melt down to a puddle of slag on the first days flying after a 100 hourly. Have a look at the (small) pic attached. That'd be, like, the attachment you didn't attach, wouldn't it? :-)

Re: [aus-soaring] ASK 21 Spinning

2001-07-23 Thread LKDodd
For Peter Robinson, Could you please email me the article on spinning if possible. rregards luke Original Message- From: Leigh Bunting [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Re: [aus-soaring] ASK 21 Spinning Reply-To:

Re: [aus-soaring] ASK 21 Spinning

2001-07-23 Thread David Long Cathy Lincoln
For Peter Robinson, Could you please email me the article on spinning if possible. rregards luke And me, too. Thanks Dave Long [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- * You are subscribed to the aus-soaring mailing list. * To Unsubscribe: send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] * with unsubscribe

Re: [aus-soaring] Weekend weather

2001-07-23 Thread Dave Sharples
We beat you Bob, got to 10800. - Original Message - From: Wendouree Water Treatment To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 23, 2001 9:57 AM Subject: [aus-soaring] Weekend weather We at Darling Downs Soaring woud like to know what conditions were

[aus-soaring] Tost release maintenance

2001-07-23 Thread Roger Druce
Andrew Wright Aerokurier, the German flying magazine, in the April 2000 edition in front of me, has at page 55 a report of an agreement between Tost and the German Airworthiness Authority (LBA) as of 7 February as to variations in the Tost release maintenance schedule to be applicable in

Re: [aus-soaring] Weekend weather

2001-07-23 Thread Richard and Lisa Neale
Well, here's a new (pre-solo) pilot's perspective. At Camden on Saturday we had several hours of spectacular conditions. The weather forecast was a bit iffy -- rain was on the cards. But the morning was pretty clear, and we seemed to have a 'blue hole' over the airfield for most of the

RE: [aus-soaring] AD 277 - Is it really necessary

2001-07-23 Thread Alan Wilson
I agree with Mike and really question the need for AD277 and the STALLION. Engineers are people who pull things apart to find out why they were working so well, and they seldom work that well again [after reconstruction] and I are one. GFA, do we really need to do that test, has it proven

Re: [aus-soaring] Gliding near Frankfurt and London

2001-07-23 Thread Peter Rundle
(old timers seagulflugen club) ?? Oldtimer Segelflug Club Please! -- http://www.osc-wasserkuppe.de/ They might be grumpy old men but they're not seagulls! :-) I would definitely recommend going to the Deutsches Segelflugmuseum Wasserkuppe

Re: [aus-soaring] maintenance

2001-07-23 Thread Emilis Prelgauskas
At 12:41 PM 23/07/01 +, Andrew wrote: I just think that unnecessary maintenance can cause more problems than it prevents. Like having a rudder pedal fall off the cable because the eager inspector pulled it all to bits and in reassembling it put the split pin on the foot side where foot

RE: [aus-soaring] AD 277 - Is it really necessary

2001-07-23 Thread David Conway
I agree the AD should consider the operating environment and usage - i.e. grass strips at Camden vs. dust at Alice Springs, two seater at busy full-time club vs. private aircraft. That would make a lot of sense. There should also be some differentiation between the winch releases, which tend to