pudestcon Posted December 23, 2011 Posted December 23, 2011 Are you in the competition Exadios? If you are I might come to Narrogin to try and put some pressure on - you know, spectators!! Pud
Exadios Posted December 24, 2011 Author Posted December 24, 2011 Are you in the competition Exadios? If you are I might come to Narrogin to try and put some pressure on - you know, spectators!! Pud No. I'll be one of the ground crew. There will be a NOTAM but I suspect that there will be a number of people flying down for day trips, etc. So come down. I don't know if the flying club is putting on a BBQ. Give them a call.
pudestcon Posted January 10, 2012 Posted January 10, 2012 Any progress results Exadios? I will be passing the airfield at Narrogin tomorrow morning so I might call in. I'll be in a late model Toyota Hilux SR5 charcoal in colour so give me a yell if you see me Exadios. Pud
pudestcon Posted January 13, 2012 Posted January 13, 2012 Well I called in to Narrogin Airfield and sat in on the briefing - very interesting, especially the amount of detailed weather information provided. I spoke with a couple of guys including Denis Macneall, ex RAAF pilot who did a tour (s) of duty in Vietnam. He was competing in the championships in his Pik 20 (I think??). Her's a couple of photos of his self launching glider. Denis says this is a 505 Rotax It winds down manually (15 turns of the lever) into the fuselage behind the cockpit. Couldn't help myself - I really like these tugs. Pud
Exadios Posted January 17, 2012 Author Posted January 17, 2012 Sorry I missed you. I haven't been monitoring this site so I've just now read your message. The overall results are now up at the link in my first post.
pudestcon Posted January 18, 2012 Posted January 18, 2012 No worries, I didn't stay long as I was "on the payroll" so had to go. Pud
Exadios Posted January 18, 2012 Author Posted January 18, 2012 No worries, I didn't stay long as I was "on the payroll" so had to go.Pud Had you have stayed you would have seen the forecast no Q day (once again) turn into a lovely day with the skies full of Qs. I guess the wether forecast cannot always be 100%. Opinions on the usefulness of RASP and SoarCast etc tend to have theological characteristics. But, no dought, both are sometimes right and wrong. IIRC the forecast TOL was pretty good on that day. The weather forecast you saw was typical of the detail that we look at every day the club is flying. We need that sort of info to set a reasonable task.
Tomo Posted January 18, 2012 Posted January 18, 2012 [ATTACH=full]16248[/ATTACH] Couldn't help myself - I really like these tugs. Pawnee's are good fun to fly too!
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