Nick Evison Posted January 28, 2014 Posted January 28, 2014 i di some gliding at Upavon in the summer. was awesome. slightly more advanced gliders these days though.
planedriver Posted January 28, 2014 Posted January 28, 2014 BRISTOL BEVERLEY'S, sacrilege. Blackburn lad, Blackburn. Oops! Congratulations for spotting the deliberate mistake Doug. 1
planedriver Posted January 28, 2014 Posted January 28, 2014 Sopwiths? Just how old do you think I am? I was going to mention Argosy, Varsity, Britannia, Meteor, Vampire, Venom, Buccaneer, Lightning and Gnat, countless gliders and even a space shuttle, but I figured no-one would believe me!!!My early days with a glider began at RAF Up Avon... not so many aircraft to dodge, but I do have vivid memories of lumps of burning straw rising up from nearby stubble-fields, hitting the underside of the Kirby Cadet... canvas and wood + flame = very quick circuit!!! Thank you farmers. Redair. Should have used the clear plastic pee tube to put it out, as you came into land. At least that saves it going all over the Monday morning washing. Flew back from Spain on a British Eagle Brittania with the seats facing backwards. Don't know what happened to that idea.
tlamdweeb Posted January 28, 2014 Author Posted January 28, 2014 BTW, you think a 'windswept UK' is bad, we've got to contend with this. View the current warnings for South Australia Forecast issued at 5:20 am CDT on Tuesday 28 January 2014. Forecast for the rest of Tuesday Summary Max 41 Very hot and sunny. Chance of any rain: 0% Rainfall amount: 0 mm Adelaide area Very hot and sunny. Winds northwest to northeasterly increasing to 30 to 45 km/h during the morning ahead of a southwesterly change 25 to 35 km/h during the afternoon. South to southwesterly winds reaching 35 to 45 km/h about the coast in the late afternoon then turning southeasterly during the evening. Fire Danger Mount Lofty Ranges: Extreme Adelaide Metropolitan: Severe UV Alert from 9:20 am to 5:40 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 12 [Extreme] Around Adelaide Precis Icon Location Min Max Very hot and sunny. Adelaide – 41 Very hot and sunny. Elizabeth – 41 Sunny. Glenelg – 38 Wind easing. Sunny. Noarlunga – 38 Wind easing. Sunny. Mount Barker – 39 Wednesday 29 January Summary Min 19 Max 33 Mostly sunny. Adelaide area Mostly sunny. Winds south to southeasterly 20 to 30 km/h. Thursday 30 January Summary Min 20 Max 37 Sunny. Adelaide area Sunny. Winds east to southeasterly and light tending west to southwesterly 15 to 20 km/h during the day then turning south to southeasterly during the evening. Friday 31 January Summary Min 21 Max 40 Very hot and sunny. Adelaide area Very hot and sunny. Winds east to southeasterly and light tending south to southwesterly 15 to 25 km/h during the day then tending south to southeasterly later in the day. Saturday 1 February Summary Min 23 Max 41 Mostly sunny. Adelaide area Very hot and mostly sunny. Light winds. Sunday 2 February Summary Min 26 Max 40 Mostly sunny. Adelaide area Mostly sunny. Light winds becoming southeast to southwesterly 20 to 30 km/h during the day. Monday 3 February Summary Min 19 Max 34 Cloud clearing. Adelaide area Cloud clearing. Winds southeasterly 20 to 30 km/h. The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:10 pm CDT Tuesday. Best I look out the SPF 10000 then...little METAR from last Saturday - pretty representative of some of the weather we've been having over the past few weeks...Brize Norton on a Saturday in January SA 25/01/2014 15:50-> METAR EGVN 251550Z 29025G45KT 9999 7000S -SHRA FEW018CB SCT020 07/04 Q1009 WHT TEMPO 4000 SHRAGS BKN010CB GRN=
Guest Redair Posted January 29, 2014 Posted January 29, 2014 i di some gliding at Upavon in the summer. was awesome. slightly more advanced gliders these days though. "Upavon"? All one word? Oh dear, clearly does give away my advanced years... there I am still referring to it the way the local Vikings did when I was doing my gliding, as Up Avon! To quote a local Viking of the time: "Yer mo babber, tis orf to Up Avon I do be goin" Ah, happy days.
Deskpilot Posted January 29, 2014 Posted January 29, 2014 Gees, how old are you. I'm72 and it's always been RAF 'Upavon' to me.
Guest Redair Posted January 30, 2014 Posted January 30, 2014 Gees, how old are you. I'm72 and it's always been RAF 'Upavon' to me. Well, seeing as my humour appears to have been missed here... I am still young enough to remember gliding there, but obviously too old to remember how to spell the place! C'mon, 1 out of 2 ain't bad! That's an 80% average... see, there's nothing wrong with my maths skills. But I believe the Vikings only called it Up Avon as a distorted version of the original Roman name, "Upus Avionix" which roughly translates as "Winch Glider" this should not be confused with the small village of Winchcombe, which got its name from the early attempts to get a combine harvester to fly.
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