[Aus-soaring] Glider at HallsCreek WA?

2015-06-25 Thread John Welsh
Hi Folks, A friend of mine works at Halls Creek Met Office in the far north of WA sent me this photo of a glider in the area today. It looks like a DG1001, anyone know who's up there and what are the conditions like? Regards, John Welsh.

Re: [Aus-soaring] Glider at HallsCreek WA?

2015-06-25 Thread Phillip Brown
It's Paul Tridgell from the RAAF Richmond club in his DG1001M on a bit of a winter adventure Phil On 25 June 2015 at 17:04, John Welsh jwe...@arach.net.au wrote: Hi Folks, A friend of mine works at Halls Creek Met Office in the far north of WA sent me this photo of a glider in the area

Re: [Aus-soaring] Aus-soaring Digest, Vol 141, Issue 18

2015-06-25 Thread Peter Champness
I would call that strato-cu behind the wave, and in front. It does look like the wave is upside down. On Thu, Jun 25, 2015 at 7:23 PM, Noel Roediger roedi...@internode.on.net wrote: Great images John. It puzzles me though as it turns into mammatus immediately behind its leading edge. That

Re: [Aus-soaring] Glider at HallsCreek WA?

2015-06-25 Thread Ben Jones
The pronunciation Halls Creek in WA is Hells Crack. ___ 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] Glider at HallsCreek WA?

2015-06-25 Thread Peter F Bradshaw
Hi John; This is the aircraft that passed through Alice Springs last weekend (picture attached). The caption was: Look what we've got at the club again this morning! Some of our members tried out this visiting DG1001M powered sailplane yesterday, after its pilot dropped in on the way to Halls

Re: [Aus-soaring] interesting lenticular timelapse from underneath

2015-06-25 Thread John GWYTHER (BigPond)
In reply to Bernard's comment That's a very interesting video in that it doesn't show the usual Foehn gap: For starters, the main ridge producing this is perhaps 15-20 miles away and hidden behind the nearby hills. There was a lot of cloud on the upwind side around Mt Buller, Mt Useful, etc. You

Re: [Aus-soaring] Glider at HallsCreek WA?

2015-06-25 Thread Matthew Scutter
Probably the Richmond(?) DG1001M that went through Alice Springs last week? Anyone know if they're blogging their adventures somewhere? On Thu, Jun 25, 2015 at 5:04 PM, John Welsh jwe...@arach.net.au wrote: Hi Folks, A friend of mine works at Halls Creek Met Office in the far north of WA

Re: [Aus-soaring] Glider at HallsCreek WA?

2015-06-25 Thread Laurie Hoffman
Yes its the Richmond DG. Regards Laurie Hoffman From: Matthew Scutter yellowplant...@gmail.com To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net Sent: Thursday, 25 June 2015, 18:13 Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Glider at HallsCreek WA?

Re: [Aus-soaring] Aus-soaring Digest, Vol 141, Issue 18

2015-06-25 Thread Noel Roediger
Great images John. It puzzles me though as it turns into mammatus immediately behind its leading edge. That usually indicates severe turbulence but the wind sock remains nearly dormant. Did you obtain met. details for the day? Uwe Radock did a lot of research re. that system in the fifties and

Re: [Aus-soaring] Glider at HallsCreek WA?

2015-06-25 Thread John Orton
The Richmond DG1001M with Paul Tridgell was planning a trip up that way. I thought he was not ready to do it yet. I talked to him about option up that way in March. Regards, John Orton Mob: 0429357439 On 25 June 2015 at 16:13, Matthew Scutter yellowplant...@gmail.com wrote: Probably the