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Nice one Ron - a good day at Moorfoots as well. One lucky chap flying to Northumbria before getting decked

Ring Naomi mate - 1st hand experience this week!

A redesign of the medial and cruciate of the left knee.

Still smiling.....................

Just look upwind! It's not so bad in light winds but a strong wind site? - Only for the brave!

At least you got flying - my roster seems to have a magical effect on the weather at the moment. Tomorrow should be good for those lucky enough to be free.

A very happy pod ponce yesterday at Bishop - a fantastic harness but how will it cope when the rough stuff comes?

Can't beat it - a lovely area no matter what your doing. R&U are great hosts and if they are booked up Ruth will help you get accomadation in the St Aubern area and help you plan your stay. If your stopping at R&Us (recomended) take your drinking boots :) http://www.pottyplace.com/ http://ww...

Hmm the Cheviots for the Maritime Alps? Seems like a fair swap, hopefully we will be in the area in April - a wonderful part of the world.

2008 was for me one of the most enjoyable and quality years so far. An exciting tandem xc. Some stunning xc in Scotland over the cairngorms. A slow summer had one or two gems to relive over and over. The best thing has been that all my flights were shared with other pilots so thanks Naomi, Jules, Da...

No Steve I'm not a member paid or honorary. But I am used to using the scoring system and was trying to explain to Colin and John how it works (or doesn't in the case of triangles). I don't think I said what system should be used just tried to explain how the scoring works. I apologise to the member...

You wouldn't sugest learning about your wing by taking it outside the manufacturers recommended flight envelope would you Gary?

JOHN WALLIS - check your diary and clear a weekend the winnings will be sent down at your demand! I was wrong - The winter league is indeed scored on OLC points NOT 3 TP as I thought (that was the year before). ie. take off-TP1-TP2-TP3-TP4-TP5-land So to win get some top notch electrically heated gl...

Not quite right [b]3 Turn Point - USED FOR NHPC WINTER LEAGUE[/b] Scores 1 point for all distance from take off - TP1-TP2-TP3 - landing [b]OLC - fun but not used[/b] Scores point for all distance from take off - TP1-TP2-TP3-TP4 you then get 0.8 points per km to TP5 and them 0.6 points per km to the ...

Explanation of the numbers here - sorry about the typos above!

http://www.cumulus-soaring.com/olc.htm

Every year the same confusion ! (headbang) (headbang) (headbang) (headbang) I thought you had been using 3 TP not full OLC. I can't find the link I used last time for the scoring but full OLC is something like distance for TPs 1-3 = 20% of TP 3-5. OLC triangle scores are often well wide of the mark ...

Damn cool flying ...........

Try this instead.
http://picasaweb.google.com/miskin.ian/NewYear2009#

Wonderful countryside, better company, loved the craic, superb walks and even some flying. Did you guys fly yesterday after I had roosted?

Reports of wonderful flying today from Naomi on Broughton.........

http://picasaweb.google.com/miskin.ian/ ... s3JHaVm9qc#

Link with info here.......

http://nhpc.org.uk/nhpc/viewtopic.php?t ... ts&start=0

The most important thing is AIRSPACE!

http://www.smpc.highcloudbase.com

Hmm - shop soiled?

Neil have you tried the obvious and measured your harness chest strap?

Don't forget Hownam Law folks - a great SSE-SE site especially at this time of year....... Unusually good considering.

http://picasaweb.google.com/miskin.ian/JohnMadDogMiller#

Nice one Wolfie - was 08 the big year then or will it be 09?

Glad the forecast worked out and you enjoyed it Ron, come back soon.

Enjoy this too. More superb work by Gary Williamson on a flight yesterday morning.

http://www.vimeo.com/2495490

I pushed the same idea past Gary. Make all trophies open for all classes of wings. It would certainly wake the HGs up and we may even see some ridgeds being used open XC. At the moment, even based on national leagues, the PGs would push them hard to the top spots. Would Sten be allowed to mix his HG...

I made them up - just an estimate of glide performance for each DHV class. BCC apply some handicaps based on glider and pilot rating I don't know what they are?

Interesting idea. Done on percentage of glide ratio? comp glide 10:1 distance x1 2/3 glide 9.5:1 distance x1.053 2 glide 9:1 distance x1.111 1/2 glide 8.25:1 distance x1.212 1 glide 7.5:1 distance x1.333 A further correction for race harness? x.95? It'll get complicated! :shock: It's a pointless exe...

Indeed he can for a car but it is a great piece of kit to lift the load above head height - a better start to a day out than a knackered back or dropping your £9000 dream machine

If you have a high van or car these guys do some good alternatives to save your back.
http://www.karitek.co.uk/ELRRHiLift1.html

Cheers,

How far north of the border are you? Tinto and the Ochils should be flyable tomorrow if your hours are flexable.........

Has anyone flown Tow Law recently?

I think this is what used to be take off - NZ 149 414

Nick Pain had some success at this site. I'm working earlies out of NCL on Monday / Tuesday if it's NWly it might be worth a look?

Nice glide to land fella .

You reackon I'd go as well on Naomi's Bolero?????????????
The moorfoots was fun but work stopped play, a Bobcat will be just the thing on Sat..............

http://www.lidl.co.uk/

From Thurs - cheap alti watch, helmet, ski stuff..............