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- Fri Dec 25, 2015 7:22 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: truth be told
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4325
- Wed Dec 23, 2015 12:19 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: snaps
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1285
snaps
Learning how to post pictures here. This one is how Sydney tries to make it easier for Americans to cross the street safely. https://goo.gl/photos/qCd3eCmNb1G2zPZg7 This one is a historical note from Cronulla Beach, where I am staying, and the Surfing Malibu connection. You have to zoom in to read t...
- Tue Dec 22, 2015 8:46 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: truth be told
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4325
Batten answer follows. Geroff and Lukus went to a local dune gooning site to try out the new larger Malibu 2. He gave me a half hour talk so if I get the details or general sense of it wrong it is entirely my fault. Good inexpensive way to get stiff battens. They are so thin you almost have to bend ...
- Mon Dec 21, 2015 11:23 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: truth be told
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4325
The adventure continues: The fire alarm just went off in the guesthouse where I'm staying. The Chinese cook tried to re-heat the pizzas in the oven. They were still in the box at it went up in flames. No injuries no damage. Don: I will put in a request to the BOD for a lawnmower drone. We can use Jo...
- Mon Dec 21, 2015 12:08 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: truth be told
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4325
- Mon Dec 21, 2015 12:19 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: truth be told
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4325
truth be told
To interrupt the discussion on a difficult subject (insurance), truing battens is the most difficult thing I've done at the Moyes factory. They have a jig to create the initial bend and another jig for fine tuning. Even with these jigs it takes me about 15 minutes for one. However, it is the worker ...
- Sat Dec 19, 2015 1:26 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Sydney tornado
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2788
- Fri Dec 18, 2015 12:07 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Sydney tornado
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2788
- Thu Dec 17, 2015 12:39 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Sydney tornado
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2788
Sydney tornado
Last week ended with dinner at Molly and Bill Moyes house in Bonte Beach. EVERY Sunday is family night. I mean 25 people (up to 40 some nights) of kids, grandkids and great grandkids. It is a slender 3 story house across the street from a world famous surfing beach. Most of the kids are surfers and ...
- Tue Dec 15, 2015 1:56 am
- Forum: Flight Discussion
- Topic: Jay takes flight
- Replies: 1
- Views: 6761
Jay takes flight
I flew Stanwell Park Saturday on Geroff’s Gecko. Stanwell is a small coastal village south of Sydney and the closest flying site. Launch is a 600 foot cliff with a rounded edge on the north side of town (they measure altitude in feet because it is the aircraft standard). It ranges 20k to the north...
- Sun Oct 25, 2015 8:58 am
- Forum: Lost and Found
- Topic: sunglasses
- Replies: 0
- Views: 7025
sunglasses
found Jim's $unglasses if you know what I mean. On bench under trees Saturday 24th.
- Sat Sep 19, 2015 11:01 pm
- Forum: Comp Discussion
- Topic: SCFR2015 Task 7
- Replies: 0
- Views: 6659
SCFR2015 Task 7
Task 7 and I am certain it is Saturday because it’s the last day. Awards have been handed out. I didn’t get any (no surprise). What I did get is a better perspective. Flying Kagel is nice and all but there is so much more to flying. It is NOT routine. I head out for places unknown. I don’t kno...
- Fri Sep 18, 2015 8:34 pm
- Forum: Comp Discussion
- Topic: SCFR2015 Task 6
- Replies: 0
- Views: 6481
SCFR2015 Task 6
Task 6 but I’m not sure what day. Let me do the math. It must be Friday. Ken Andrews had a impressive story. About 500 feet the dragonfly hit a blue dust devil and he broke a weak link. He turned back to land and found 700 up. He just kept circling and climbed out. The same thing happened to the n...
- Thu Sep 17, 2015 9:30 pm
- Forum: Comp Discussion
- Topic: SCFR2015 Task 5
- Replies: 0
- Views: 6473
SCFR2015 Task 5
Wednesday, day 5 started out with a trip to the Laundromat in town. Ken and Greg say they just bring a big bag of clothes and go home with a big bag of laundry. Mike Degtoff, our driver, wears shorts while he’s working the tow line and wears them into the shower to wash them. I stink too much to w...
- Thu Sep 17, 2015 9:21 am
- Forum: Comp Discussion
- Topic: SCFR2015 Task 4
- Replies: 0
- Views: 6496
SCFR2015 Task 4
Task 4. I climbed up out of the cellar…well maybe just on the steps up. Today’s weather briefing made it sound dubious that we were going to fly at all. Predictions were that there would be no clouds and stronger winds than yesterday. Early tug flights proved that it was very turbulent near the ...
- Tue Sep 15, 2015 7:37 pm
- Forum: Comp Discussion
- Topic: SCFR2015 Task 3
- Replies: 0
- Views: 6604
SCFR2015 Task 3
Yesterday’s flight ended in extreme frustration with me crying and pounding the ground. From previous years I thought that the lift shut off at 5pm and whoever was the highest, glided the farthest. So, I thought, make as much distance as you can during the “good� part of the day. If I wasn’t...
- Mon Sep 14, 2015 7:56 pm
- Forum: Comp Discussion
- Topic: SCFR2015 Task 2
- Replies: 0
- Views: 6224
SCFR2015 Task 2
Task 2: The weather predictions had warnings of isolated thunder storms with the potential for flash floods in their vicinity. It was easy to believe because we had several last night. Monday morning the ground was dry except in the low lying areas. The sky, however, looked inviting. There were puff...
- Sun Sep 13, 2015 8:22 pm
- Forum: Comp Discussion
- Topic: SCFR2015 Task 1
- Replies: 1
- Views: 6693
SCFR2015 Task 1
Didn’t go according to plan. The plan was to keep attacking. My start was only about 30 seconds behind and maybe a hundred feet lower. We flew about 10 kilometers before we found our first thermal. I caught up and climbed well. Then I would hit the bottom of the gaggle of 30 gliders all turning in...
- Sun Sep 13, 2015 8:20 am
- Forum: Comp Discussion
- Topic: SCFR2015 Check In
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6965
- Sat Sep 12, 2015 9:32 pm
- Forum: Comp Discussion
- Topic: SCFR2015 Check In
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6965
SCFR2015 Check In
I am trying something new this comp. I am getting my bad luck out of the way first. On the drive to Arizona my room mate texted that he can't make it. The room I got was great. It's on the second floor right by the stairs so I don't have to wait for the slowest elevator in the world. It has a refrig...