Re: [Aus-soaring] California Ridge run

On Jul 14, 2016, at 9:05 AM, Peter Armstrong wrote: > Sure, the pilot has a lot of kinetic energy up his sleeve, but I can’t say > I’d be happy with the level of risk, especially with a pax along for the > ride. It wouldn’t have taken much for things to go pear shaped. It looked like a totall

Re: [Aus-soaring] [gfaforum] Re: Wave flying

On Jul 14, 2016, at 4:41 PM, Catherine Conway wrote: > We’ve been getting strong winds this year. The green number in the top left > is the wind. We were at FL140 (because winds higher were stronger). I saw a photo from a mate who flies Boeing 737s showing his PFD on a MEL-SYD sector the day

Re: [Aus-soaring] Loss of control accidents

On Jul 18, 2016, at 10:27 AM, Jim Staniforth wrote: > In other FAA news, the third class medical is slated to go away! > Presidential signature was on the 15th. The FAA now has a year to put it > into the regulations. Not quite that simple. The legislation stipulates a “default” regulatory

Re: [Aus-soaring] Loss of control accidents

On Jul 18, 2016, at 1:45 PM, Mike Borgelt wrote: > > Same for landing piston engine aircraft on carriers. And virtually all military arrivals, which use overhead break approaches. (want to see an argument that leaves aus-soaring in the shade? Start a thread at Vans Airforce about whether Over

Re: [Aus-soaring] Aerofly 2 in VR

On 10 Sep 2016, at 7:02 PM, Tom Wilksch wrote: > Unfortunately there are no glider specific launch options as yet, so you have > to start in the air. This is still a pre-release sim though, so that may well > change. If you have no glider-specific launch methods and you’re starting in the air

Re: [Aus-soaring] Ventus cM: Ib Braes

On Sep 21, 2016, at 10:38 AM, Mike Borgelt wrote: > Oh, yes, they are just machines. Inanimate objects. When I acquired the RV, my partner almost immediately anthropomorphized it: Its rego is SOL, so, of course, its name needs to be “Solly.” The fairings on the wheels (spats or pants, depend

Re: [Aus-soaring] New weather website...?

On 11 Oct 2016, at 1:29 PM, Mike Borgelt wrote: > > Very nice. Thanks! Gives you a choice of 3 models. Seems like windyty but > better. > windyty gives two models. Meh. I can’t get enough of windyty’s (well - Meteoblue’s) Meteograms and Airgrams. Most of what I want for flight planning, a

Re: [Aus-soaring] Eagle attacks

On 13 Oct 2016, at 11:51 AM, Angus Stewart wrote: > > Anyone else got some interesting eagle attack stories? I heard a radio call from a bird-struck glider at Whyalla while I was soaring near Lochiel many years ago. A wedgie attacked one of AUGC’s gliders a long time ago (before my time). It

[Aus-soaring] Microair servicing - Is it still a thing?

Back in April, with an intermittent fault on an Microair T2000SFL transponder, I contacted Microair and Scott told me that he was expecting new main boards in about six weeks. Contacting them again now, I’m informed that they’ll have upgrade kids in February 2017. Color me skeptical. Does any

Re: [Aus-soaring] Microair servicing - Is it still a thing?

On Oct 24, 2016, at 2:38 PM, Casey Jay Lewis wrote: > > If there's a better radio than the Trig, I haven't found it. Very happy with > it. Funnily enough, that’s also my backup plan for the transponder. Trig TT21 is low-power, fits into a 57mm hole, includes a built-in altitude encoder, an

Re: [Aus-soaring] Microair servicing - Is it still a thing?

> On 24 Oct 2016, at 8:59 PM, Colin Collum wrote: > > Now it looks like I can't read a dictionary properly. I got it arse-about. > Skeptical is the US version. Color me surprised. If we’re going to get technical, I’ll point out that the Macquarie Dictionary advises that US and British spell

Re: [Aus-soaring] SkySight on YouTube: Episode 1 - Weather forecasting and task planning

On 1 Nov 2016, at 5:31 PM, Matthew Scutter wrote: > If people find the first episode valuable, I'll continue with more advanced > topics. > Direct queries/suggestions/requests to matt...@skysight.io > . With winds northerly until cloudbase, then a sudden swing to str

Re: [Aus-soaring] accommodation available Benalla for World Comps

On 4 Jan 2017, at 8:36 AM, pam wrote: > > Hope that our security passes will be ready. I got the automatic email > response, but have heard nothing more. Security passes? - mark ___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.base64.com.au http:/

Re: [Aus-soaring] accommodation available Benalla for World Comps

Could attendees save a lot of fuss and bother by just printing their own? - mark > On 4 Jan 2017, at 9:13 AM, Adam Woolley wrote: > > Security passes, it's pretty standard at a WGC - I've been to three & have > three at home. Naturally helps with many things, more so for the gliding > peo

[Aus-soaring] FAA withdraws proposed rule for glider transponders

EAA says the FAA has withdrawn its glider transponder NPRM. http://bit.ly/2hVEglI - mark ___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.base64.com.au http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring

[Aus-soaring] Because it doesn't seem to have been posted here...

http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0/gliding/flightinfo.html?dsId=5504459 - mark ___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.base64.com.au http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring

Re: [Aus-soaring] FAA Issues General Aviation Medical Rule

On 11 Jan 2017, at 7:01 PM, Mike Borgelt wrote: > > The medical for private pilots is mere CYA and virtue signalling by > bureaucrats and vested interests. > Ha-ha-ha, it’s stupider than that. After the earliest days of aviation, when passenger carrying was starting to pick up steam and gov

Re: [Aus-soaring] FAA Issues General Aviation Medical Rule

On 11 Jan 2017, at 3:22 PM, Mike Borgelt wrote: > > > Everyone should download the CASA discussion paper and put in a submission. > I'll publish some more links later. You have until end of March. Note that the CASA discussion paper presents six regulatory model options and asks you to comm

Re: [Aus-soaring] FAA Issues General Aviation Medical Rule

On 11 Jan 2017, at 8:00 PM, Mike Borgelt wrote: > > Or text while driving like the idiot I followed for a while coming back from > the airfield this afternoon (at a safe distance). > > The US limitations are up to 6000 pounds, can be IFR and up to 18,000 feet > below 250 knots. Note that 18,

Re: [Aus-soaring] GFA Negative Advertising and Censorship?

On Jan 30, 2017, at 11:14 AM, Richard Frawley wrote: > > after 3 years of trying the positive path and not seeing engagement, he has > just got the shits with the whole thing and feels like giving the community a > wake up call. i doubt there is much viewing of any of the social pages beyond >

Re: [Aus-soaring] GFA Negative Advertising and Censorship?

Independent ops ratings are issued by club CFIs. They require clubs to have training panels and chief flying instructors, which is the absolute opposite of what Al was asking about. It remains impossible in the GFA system for a bunch of qualified pilots who aren’t gliding club members to form a

Re: [Aus-soaring] GFA Negative Advertising and Censorship?

On Jan 30, 2017, at 11:09 AM, Richard Frawley wrote: > > in time my view is the sport will change. electric self launchers and more > ownership will be the norm. small clubs will die. big clubs will go > commercial. it will take 15 years to migrate to a new model. In my direct observation, peo

Re: [Aus-soaring] GFA Negative Advertising and Censorship?

On Jan 30, 2017, at 2:12 PM, Richard Frawley wrote: > > its a wonderful country that we have so much choice For gliders? How? Where? It’s GFA or nothing. > in 20 years time, gliding will not be what it is today. > Those that want to soar and not be in ‘club’ will be able to do so. People hav

Re: [Aus-soaring] GFA Negative Advertising and Censorship?

Yes. We did that at AUGC every year for the Flinders Ranges trip at Rawnsley Park. - mark > On Jan 30, 2017, at 2:09 PM, Mike Borgelt wrote: > > Isn't a proposed gliding site also meant to be approved by an RTO Ops? ___ Aus-soaring mailing list

Re: [Aus-soaring] GFA Negative Advertising and Censorship?

On Jan 30, 2017, at 2:40 PM, Richard Frawley wrote: > > why register it [an electric self-launcher] as a glider? Because the GFA system only authorizes pilots trained by GFA to fly GFA-registered gliders that have been maintained under the GFA airworthiness system. So if you register it as a

Re: [Aus-soaring] GFA Negative Advertising and Censorship?

On Jan 30, 2017, at 2:38 PM, Christopher McDonnell wrote: > > I spent some time outside the GFA until the hoops were made nearly impossible > to jump through. Well, of course the hoops were nearly impossible to jump through: GFA lobbied against the regulatory reforms that’d have made it easy

Re: [Aus-soaring] GFA Negative Advertising and Censorship?

Why do you want ranks? - mark > On Jan 30, 2017, at 3:20 PM, Peter Brookman > wrote: > > I think the rank between Student & Instructor would be referred to as Solo > Pilot or Level (1 or 2) Independent operator. > > -Original Message- From: Al Borowski > Sent: Monday, January 30,

Re: [Aus-soaring] GFA Negative Advertising and Censorship?

I’m alright Jack, too. Not exactly to the collective benefit of glider pilots though, is it? - mark > On Jan 30, 2017, at 5:42 PM, Richard Frawley wrote: > > lucky i have a PPL... i guess i have options > >> On 30 Jan 2017, at 3:26 PM, Mark Newton wrote: >> >

Re: [Aus-soaring] GFA Negative Advertising and Censorship?

> On 30 Jan 2017, at 18:08, Al Borowski wrote: > >> On 30/01/2017, Mark Newton wrote: >> Why do you want ranks? >> >> - mark > > Because an untrained beginner with 2 hours experience should be given > different privileges and responsibilities to a

Re: [Aus-soaring] gliding the sport

A lot of the comments below are platitudes that boil down to, "I was born in the 1950s and don't understand young people anymore". This is my surprised face. Sneering about planned leisure, social media, careful time management, lack of appreciation for a circuit after sitting on the fence for

Re: [Aus-soaring] gliding the sport

On Jan 31, 2017, at 12:38 PM, Mark Fisher wrote: > > If we made one small change, i.e. pay instructors, the flow on from that > would self organise. > There is nothing like a paying consumer to figure out what is value and what > is not. > Natural selection in play. That’s certainly part of it

Re: [Aus-soaring] gliding the sport

On Jan 31, 2017, at 2:12 PM, Derek wrote: > > Until envy raises its ugly head: I push and shove/ do the log/ tow the > gliders all day & I don’t get paid!... > The fact of the matter is that gliding (except self launchers) requires a > team of people to operate, unlike powered flight. It would

Re: [Aus-soaring] gliding the sport

On Jan 31, 2017, at 4:28 PM, Erich Wittstock wrote: > Without the initial comment on facebook we would have never had a discussion > like this. We’ve been having discussions like this for 20 years. - mark ___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@

Re: [Aus-soaring] gliding the sport

On Jan 31, 2017, at 7:01 PM, steph...@internode.on.net wrote: > > Bugger, that link didn't work. > > here's a cut and paste: > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > > Mark Newton > <https://www.mail-archive.com/searc

Re: [Aus-soaring] MEMBERSHIP AND A WORLD REVIEW

On Feb 1, 2017, at 2:58 PM, DMcD wrote: > I have to say, I'd love those who are not involved actively in gliding > to remove themselves from discussions related to soaring in Australia. That’s what the GFA website forums are for. I haven’t been actively involved in gliding for three and a half

Re: [Aus-soaring] MEMBERSHIP AND A WORLD REVIEW

Registration doesn’t expire, so an aircraft stays on the register even if it’s wrecked in a blown-over trailer in a corner of a gliding field that its deceased owner hasn’t visited for ten years. The real point of interest is the number of form-2 kits the GFA sells each year. Mandy Temple’s “Ma

Re: [Aus-soaring] MEMBERSHIP AND A WORLD REVIEW

On 2 Feb 2017, at 4:29 AM, Richard Frawley wrote: > > is there a population age cliff we are fall off? Yes. - mark ___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.base64.com.au http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring

Re: [Aus-soaring] MEMBERSHIP AND A WORLD REVIEW

On 2 Feb 2017, at 9:11 AM, James McDowall wrote: > > It doesnt really matter how many gliders are on the register as the real > question is how many are active ie airworthy. This can be extrapolated from > the financial accounts and budgets which would indicate that approximately > 660 form 2'

Re: [Aus-soaring] MEMBERSHIP AND A WORLD REVIEW

> On 2 Feb 2017, at 12:26 AM, Paul Bart wrote: > >> Mark Newton wrote: >> nearly 700 members have worked out that it’s easier to get an instructor >> rating than a Level 2 Independent Operator rating. Also easier to get a crew >> organized if you’re an instruc

Re: [Aus-soaring] MEMBERSHIP AND A WORLD REVIEW

On 2 Feb 2017, at 9:24 AM, steph...@internode.on.net wrote: > If we assume it is only age related, the register shows that the cut off year > for the 600 oldest gliders is 1978. So all that "old low performance stuff" > would include all the LS1s, Cirrus, Libelles, Mosquitos, Astir CS/CS77s and

Re: [Aus-soaring] Bathurst 1000k

On Feb 2, 2017, at 2:12 PM, Jim Staniforth wrote: > > Nice one Matthew. > Seems a bit out of the ordinary... How many thousands have been done out of > Bathurst? At least one! :-) - mark ___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.base64.com.

Re: [Aus-soaring] more light hearted WAS: MEMBERSHIP AND A WORLD REVIEW

> get grief, go get a life […] How about y’all just chill out a bit. - mark ___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.base64.com.au http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring

Re: [Aus-soaring] MEMBERSHIP AND A WORLD REVIEW

On 4 Feb 2017, at 5:55 PM, Greg Wilson wrote: > > One low cost step toward improving the gliding "product" would be to make GPC > holders responsible for their own flying instead of relying on a L2 > instructor's presence at launch. > > I can understand how the current system evolved from club

Re: [Aus-soaring] MEMBERSHIP AND A WORLD REVIEW

On 5 Feb 2017, at 3:35 PM, Richard Frawley wrote: > > It is well know that the biggest resistance by far to the current GPC change > (which was a good step forward) was by instructors and especially CFI’S and > RTO’s > > I would be more than happy to help champion the issuance of GPC as equiva

Re: [Aus-soaring] MEMBERSHIP AND A WORLD REVIEW

t; >>> Hi James, hello all >>> >>> I have argued along exactly the same lines when I was on the panel as the >>> head coach for SA. >>> >>> Coming from a different country I was bewildered that there is no formal >>> qualifi

Re: [Aus-soaring] MEMBERSHIP AND A WORLD REVIEW

On Feb 6, 2017, at 1:30 PM, Ulrich Stauss wrote: > Also, if my understanding is correct it is possible fly a self-launcher with > a C certificate (plus corresponding training/endorsement) under the > supervision of an instructor(?). You can do all of your ab initio training in a self-launcher,

Re: [Aus-soaring] MEMBERSHIP AND A WORLD REVIEW

On Feb 6, 2017, at 4:34 PM, Ulrich Stauss wrote: > In theory the personal legal risk for a CFI should be lower from an L2 Ind Op. Hang on. Firstly: At best, the personal legal risk for a CFI is undefined (which is, itself, a personal legal risk) Secondly: At worst, the personal legal risk for

Re: [Aus-soaring] MEMBERSHIP AND A WORLD REVIEW

On 6 Feb 2017, at 6:42 PM, Future Aviation Pty. Ltd. wrote: > > Hi Mathew > > I seem to have missed something! > Your reply seems to indicate that the GPCertificate is upgradable to a > GPLicence in Australia. > Is that correct and how would one go about it? If you have a part 61 CASA license

Re: [Aus-soaring] MEMBERSHIP AND A WORLD REVIEW

On 6 Feb 2017, at 7:31 PM, Mark Newton wrote: > > On 6 Feb 2017, at 6:42 PM, Future Aviation Pty. Ltd. <mailto:ec...@internode.on.net>> wrote: >> >> Hi Mathew >> >> I seem to have missed something! >> Your reply seems to indicate that the GPCe

Re: [Aus-soaring] GFA Negative Advertising and Censorship?

On 7 Feb 2017, at 7:34 AM, Richard Frawley wrote: > > > snarkiness??? > its that what exposing some reality is called? He has a job to do. He’s doing the opposite of the job. > > john might not be very PC and the way he expressed things could have been a > little more sensitive, “PC”? “Se

Re: [Aus-soaring] GFA Negative Advertising and Censorship?

On 7 Feb 2017, at 8:30 AM, Richard Frawley wrote: > > whats positive Mark is that it is recognised that most of the work that needs > to done has to be at grass roots level, nothing to do with the GFA at all. Hahah yeah, bullshit. You can’t do a grass-roots MOSP rewrite. Grass roots won’t get

Re: [Aus-soaring] MEMBERSHIP AND A WORLD REVIEW

> On 7 Feb 2017, at 9:23 AM, James McDowall wrote: > > Can anyone enlighten me as to which piece of legislation says a GPL has no > validity in Australia? CASR 61.145 permits flight in a glider without a glider pilot license under stated conditions. CASR 61.1515 limits exercise of the privil

Re: [Aus-soaring] MEMBERSHIP AND A WORLD REVIEW

On Feb 7, 2017, at 12:00 PM, James McDowall wrote: > My reading of Mosp 2 (the GFA operations manual) is that membership of the > GFA is only mandated for foreign pilots and Class A airspace operations. Good luck getting a glider in to Class A airspace. I think you're misreading how the variou

Re: [Aus-soaring] MEMBERSHIP AND A WORLD REVIEW

On Feb 7, 2017, at 1:49 PM, Christopher McDonnell wrote: > > Where does that fit with “Freedom of Association”? Is that not why there is > an ‘alternative path’? You cannot be forced to join an association generally > speaking. > I don’t think CASA cares a whole heap about that. The var

Re: [Aus-soaring] MEMBERSHIP AND A WORLD REVIEW

On Feb 7, 2017, at 2:09 PM, James McDowall wrote: > Mark, > Agree with most of what you wrote except that CASR 61.1515 does not say that > you have to be a member. It says that " (1) The holder of a glider pilot > licence is authorised to conduct an activity in the exercise of the > privileges

Re: [Aus-soaring] MEMBERSHIP AND A WORLD REVIEW

On Feb 7, 2017, at 3:07 PM, Richard Frawley wrote: > >> >> You also can’t be a GFA member without being a member of a GFA-affiliated >> club, so you actually need to be a member of TWO organizations to be >> compliant with the GFA operations manual. >> > > I must admit that part never made a

Re: [Aus-soaring] MEMBERSHIP AND A WORLD REVIEW

On Feb 7, 2017, at 2:35 PM, Christopher McDonnell wrote: > > “I don’t think CASA cares a whole heap about that.” > > No they don’t Mark but I think the courts would if you had the money and > inclination to take that path. CASA has been requiring glider pilots to be GFA members for about 60

Re: [Aus-soaring] MEMBERSHIP AND A WORLD REVIEW

On Feb 7, 2017, at 3:04 PM, Richard Frawley wrote: > > that being the case, what is the point of making an enemy of the GFA when > befriending and making small changes over time seems like a higher potential > path for improvement GFA has never made small changes over time to facilitate the th

Re: [Aus-soaring] L2 Independent Ops

On 11 Feb 2017, at 4:19 AM, Jim Staniforth wrote: > > Many of us thought that the GPC was going to give holders responsibility for > themselves. > Perhaps some situations where people felt they were under an instructor's > "control" only happened because the instructor was concerned about legal

Re: [Aus-soaring] L2 Independent Ops

On 14 Feb 2017, at 5:44 PM, Derek wrote: > > It's easy to blame the instructor in this, but where is the personal > responsibility demonstrated? > The pilot had already made a fist of the conditions, so why on earth get into > a single seater? > > "The instructor MADE me do it yer honour” The

Re: [Aus-soaring] L2 Independent Ops

e recently where a coroner stated that responsibility must > be with the pilot and no other? > > > On 14 Feb 2017, at 7:33 PM, Mark Newton <mailto:new...@atdot.dotat.org>> wrote: > >> On 14 Feb 2017, at 5:44 PM, Derek > <mailto:drudd...@iinet.net.au>> wr

Re: [Aus-soaring] Class 2 Medical Reform CASA - submissions due 30 March 17

On 18 Feb 2017, at 11:28 AM, Mike Borgelt wrote: > > > AOPA made their proposal last year to CASA and the Minister. The CASA paper > looks to me like a typical bureaucratic response when the intention is to do > nothing. Instead of simply discussing the AOPA proposal it puts ALL medical > c

Re: [Aus-soaring] To PowerFlarm or not?

On 22 Feb 2017, at 7:32 PM, Justin Couch wrote: > If we look at a 10 year lifespan for equipment, then the horizon of the > adoption of ADS-B is the interesting bit to us, rather than equipment cost. As of the current date: Any new aircraft placed on the Australian register which expects to fl

Re: [Aus-soaring] To PowerFlarm or not?

On Feb 23, 2017, at 10:37 AM, Jim Staniforth wrote: > > Seems to me that Trig transponders are the easiest to install and keep > certified. I've installed two TT21s and the current TT22, also a couple of > Becker 4401s. Removed a Garmin and a couple of Terra(ble)s. What are you using as a pos

Re: [Aus-soaring] To PowerFlarm or not?

> On 24 Feb 2017, at 5:16 AM, Jim Staniforth wrote: > > Too many antennas! > I went with the Class 1 TXP for use at altitude and in case of the need to > ADS-B equip, but there is no GPS connected at the moment. The TT22 operates > purely as a Mode S transponder unless interrogated as Mode C,

Re: [Aus-soaring] To PowerFlarm or not?

On 24 Feb 2017, at 8:41 AM, Jim Staniforth wrote: > > Technically, the TT21 Class 2 is only "legal Mode-S" here to 15,000'. You > may have seen a video on Taylors gliding page of a thermal to 17,999' in my > glider. Believe there is nothing in the Mode-S string that indicates Class 1 > or 2,

Re: [Aus-soaring] TT21 Re: To PowerFlarm or not?

On 27 Feb 2017, at 9:06 PM, Peter (PCS3) wrote: > > I purchased a TT21 and it did not include an altitude encoder for Mode S: had > to purchase and install it afterwards. :-( > Was not advised by the salesperson of the TT21. :-( > Huh? It’s built-in to the TC20 display module that bolts into

Re: [Aus-soaring] CASA Avmed discussion - due Thursday 30 March

I submitted mine last week. Spiced and seasoned by a Class 2 medical examination the week before, accompanied by a small collection of avmed screwups which they still, 2 weeks after the exam, don’t appear to have rectified. - mark > On Mar 27, 2017, at 5:56 PM, Jo Pocklington wrote: > > H

Re: [Aus-soaring] CASA Avmed discussion - due Thursday 30 March

I had a 1:1 meeting with Jonathan Aleck this morning, on the subject of their newly touted “Regulatory Philosophy.” Aleck wrote the policy document, and says he’s quite proud of it: https://www.casa.gov.au/about-us/standard-page/our-regulatory-philosophy

Re: [Aus-soaring] CASA Avmed discussion - due Thursday 30 March

I completely understand this. But his advice to hold CASA’s feet to the fire about adherence to their own principles remains a good one. - mark On Mar 28, 2017, at 2:08 PM, Mike Borgelt wrote: > > Jonathan Aleck is the problem at CASA, not any kind of solution. Has been for > a long time.

Re: [Aus-soaring] CASA Avmed discussion - due Thursday 30 March

On 28 Mar 2017, at 4:45 PM, Mike Borgelt wrote: > > Yeah Number 4. “Make the enemy live up to its own book of rules.” If the rule > is that every letter gets a reply, send 30,000 letters. You can kill them > with this because no one can possibly obey all of their own rules. > > Alinsky's Rul

Re: [Aus-soaring] CASA Avmed discussion - due Thursday 30 March

They are. - mark On 30 Mar 2017, at 9:16 AM, Colin Collum wrote: > > Strictly speaking the tests involved in aviation medicals are screening > rather than diagnostic and as such should not be billed to the health system > but paid for directly by the recipient. > Regards, > Colin > From: A

Re: [Aus-soaring] Reminder: CASA : input on radio frequency in Class G airspace

It’s not quite the same, though. Over almost all of the United States, class G airspace has a 1200' AGL ceiling (700’ AGL near some untowered airports). The bit between 1200’ AGL and 18,000’ AMSL is class E. When the new NAS was introduced in 2005-2007, the regional airlines cohort fought agai

Re: [Aus-soaring] Flarm mouse troubles

Can we not do this again, people? Perhaps take it to private email, it’s not reflecting well on anyone in public. - mark On 19 Apr 2017, at 4:07 AM, Nathan Frawley wrote: > > > > > "The unit was returned some time later after apparently being tested. " > > Wow. > > I find your implica

Re: [Aus-soaring] Flarm mouse troubles

On 19 Apr 2017, at 10:42 AM, Paul Bart wrote: > > Hmmm, and the incessant bashing of GFA and club structure does? One’s oriented at an organization, with the intention of improving it. One’s aimed personally, with the intention of publicly vilifying. There’s a difference. - mark

Re: [Aus-soaring] High speed glider landing

Might be fine for a booster, but not so good for an orbiter, where you’d need to take many expensive kilograms of landing fuel all the way into orbit and back. - mark > On May 12, 2017, at 11:07 AM, Mike Borgelt > wrote: > > About how the Shuttle used to land except the vehicle is a lot

Re: [Aus-soaring] Air brake handles

On 06/06/2017, DMcD and Mike Borgelt wrote: Besides, you are a cowardly anonymous troll. And you? Please don't. Just... don't. - mark ___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.base64.com.au http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring

Re: [Aus-soaring] anonymity

On Jun 6, 2017, at 5:21 PM, Mike Borgelt wrote: > > I'll stand behind what I write and the vast majority here use their real > names. It is plain rude and impolite not to do so here in a group which is of > very limited interest to the wider world and which deals with a very narrow > range of

Re: [Aus-soaring] Benalla

So based on the council’s proposed fee per square metre, how much is hangarage for a 15m glider expected to cost in the New World? - mark > On Aug 6, 2017, at 10:28 AM, John Styles wrote: > > Ron, > > Basically its a case of paying the council a lot and bit more more money or > go away, s

Re: [Aus-soaring] [gfaforum] RE: water bags and tanks

On 28 Aug 2017, at 8:46 AM, DMcD wrote: > Yes, ballast is perhaps not basic but I've seen people with a handful > of hours over a C cert. putting ballast in gliders almost as soon as > they were endorsed for the type. Why shouldn’t people who are endorsed on ballasted gliders put ballast in them?

Re: [Aus-soaring] RASP no longer updating/needed for SA

On 7 Sep 2017, at 4:11 PM, Rob Wintulich wrote: > Yes, I care and I also love that particular RASP facility. > My understanding is that someone appropriately informed and willing needs to > service an area to keep it up and running. Mark Newton may be someone who > might be able

[Aus-soaring] Air Services removing ALAs from FAC, AIP and WAC charts

https://aopa.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/a17-h29.pdf There are a bunch of gliding sites in this list. Once they’re removed from Air Services’ database, they’ll no longer be depicted on charts. If you know who the contact perso

Re: [Aus-soaring] Goondiwindi

They might have trouble replying because mobile microwave signals propagate poorly through water. - mark On Oct 17, 2017, at 1:07 PM, Mike Borgelt wrote: > > > Anyone know what is happening at Goondiwindi? Is anyone still there? > > Mike > > > > > Borgelt Instruments - design & manu

[Aus-soaring] Regular Car Reviews: A 1987 ASK-21 Sailplane

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPlCf_flils - mark ___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.base64.com.au http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring

Re: [Aus-soaring] Regular Car Reviews: A 1987 ASK-21 Sailplane

On Oct 24, 2017, at 10:05 AM, Derek Ruddock wrote: > > A moron who loves the sound of his own voice. It’s a youtube channel that does cars. I thought doing a glider was a bit of good fun. > Notice the idiot in the towplane start the launch with a bloke standing next > to the cockpit. Didn’t

Re: [Aus-soaring] NOVEMBER ISSUE - GLIDING INTERNATIONAL

> On 29 Oct 2017, at 3:33 PM, Gliding International > wrote: > > 10. Are you worried about Drones? You should be! The conference in > Switzerland last month brought forth a paper that declared aviators can > expect to compete with seven million drones with seven metre wing spans by > 203

Re: [Aus-soaring] Looking for XCSoar 5.2.1 for the Altair

Put it on Google Drive and email a link. - mark > On Nov 9, 2017, at 9:39 PM, Chris Runeckles wrote: > > Hi Robert > > Is this the version of XC soar you are looking for > > XCSoarAltair-522-CRC3E.exe > > I am not sure howto send an .exe file because Gmail is blocking it for > security

Re: [Aus-soaring] (no subject)

On Nov 27, 2017, at 10:40 AM, Nick Gilbert wrote: > > Sorry Jarek, it goes a bit too well for us. Maybe with some bugs on the > leading edge? Run the comp in the rain, it’ll be fine :-) - mark ___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.base64

Re: [Aus-soaring] ASIC and the USA alternative

Between my visit to KPAO last year and my visit a few weeks ago, they've put in a fence and a gate. The gate's electronic lock PIN-pad outside the terminal building has a scrap of PVC about the size of a business card attached to it with a cable tie. Label-maker tape says, "Gate code is CTAF."

[Aus-soaring] List relocation

Hi, folks. Some of you might recall that this list was moved from Internode to Base64 some time ago. Well: It’s moving again. The software which has been running the group is called Mailman, and it’s showing its age. In particular, its ability to handle escalating volumes of spam is somewhat

[Aus-soaring] Reminder: Mailing list relocation

Reposting from last week: Some of you might recall that this list was moved from Internode to Base64 some time ago. Well: It’s moving again. The software which has been running the group is called Mailman, and it’s showing its age. In particular, its ability to handle escalating volumes of sp

Re: [Aus-soaring] Reminder: Mailing list relocation

luding it here for completeness. Regards, - mark > On Aug 26, 2018, at 3:21 AM, Mark Newton wrote: > > Reposting from last week: > > Some of you might recall that this list was moved from Internode to Base64 > some time ago. > > Well: It’s moving again. > >

[Aus-soaring] Fwd: Reminder: Mailing list relocation

Last reminder. We’ll shut down the old list next week. - mark > Begin forwarded message: > > From: Mark Newton > Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Reminder: Mailing list relocation > Date: 6 September 2018 at 3:40:54 AM GMT+10 > To: "Discussion of issues relating

[Aus-soaring] This list - Closed down. Use the aus-soaring google group

This effort started six months ago. That's enough time :) aus-soar...@base64.com.au will disappear very soon. It's quite likely that by the time you reply to this message, it'll be gone, and your reply will bounce. The replacement for this list is aus-soar...@groups.google.com, which has a w

[Aus-soaring] Aus-Soaring list relocation

Hi folks. A brief announcement and an apology: First, the announcement: aus-soaring has been hosted at Internode since it started, under the generous largesse of Simon Hackett. Since iiNet bought Internode and TPG bought iiNet, a more commercially-oriented focus has been influencing events, an

Re: [Aus-soaring] New list location

On 19 Nov 2015, at 19:07, Leigh Bunting wrote: > Thanks once again Simon for supporting our movement and to Mark for the > background work in getting greasy hands in setting up and maintaining stuff. > Oops, no greasy hands in IT!!! ;-) Hey, no, I'm not doing that bit much these days, you ha

Re: [Aus-soaring] Wave at FL40 in Quantas A380

On Nov 19, 2015, at 8:08 PM, dennis hipperson wrote: > Upon landing I was able to go to the cockpit and ask Captain Egan what had > happened. > He said we were in wave and the speed brakes and engines were doing their job > of > controlling speed and that at one point we nearly went through VNE

Re: [Aus-soaring] Wave at FL40 in Quantas A380

bound. > > Wombat > > On 19/11/2015 11:48 PM, Mark Newton wrote: >> On Nov 19, 2015, at 8:08 PM, dennis hipperson >> wrote: >> >>> Upon landing I was able to go to the cockpit and ask Captain Egan what had >>> happened. >>> He

Re: [Aus-soaring] Wing frequency Procedure

On 1 Dec 2015, at 9:42 PM, Justin Couch wrote: > There is also one case where it didn't (Bathurst's DG300 that delaminated the > spar caps from the wing didn't pick up a freq change, but the tap test did). Interesting - I’ve spoken to Brits who had never heard of the tap test and were a bit be

Re: [Aus-soaring] Artists required

On 7 Dec 2015, at 5:29 PM, Future Aviation Pty. Ltd. wrote: > > Great picture, Antony, but my first impression was that the aircraft was > repaired several times and > afterwards finished with paint remnants found in various paint cabinets > around the workshop. 😀 I am simply astonished that

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