Re: [aus-soaring] VHF license.jpg

2001-05-23 Thread ANDREW WRIGHT
Quite true Graham ! Reminds me of when we used to have to pay for a television receiver license (Gee showing my age !!) I guess our silent civil disobedience over the years has finally paid off by the removal of yet another mindless form of government taxation. So, hands up all those

[aus-soaring] On mindless rules

2001-05-23 Thread ANDREW WRIGHT
When I did my PPL theory course the instructor said, Every aviation rule has been paid for with human lives. Meaning that aviation rules are there as a result of dreadful lesson learnt from the past. In most cases I would agree EXCEPT for the rules governing the privileges of the

Re: [aus-soaring] Weather photos - no gliding content

2001-05-23 Thread Reginald Moore
Wayne what's the real address of your web page Wayne Kiely wrote: Greetings all. Please excuse the lack of gliding content. I am sure some will be interested. I came across some old photos given to me by a relative who witnessed the Ash Wednesday front approach their property some 20