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Thanks Guys, it's been fun!

This is just a quick note to let the club know that the on-line sites guide has just moved to a new home (not that you would notice!). This is due to the fact that I am taking a step back from the sport so it doesn't make sense that I continue to manage it. Instead Anto has agreed to take it on and ...

Sorry Ron, Bob, I'm afraid I am really busy right now and haven't really got any free time at the moment. I am however trying to see if I can get this sorted for the long term benefit of the club ongoing so can you give me a couple of weeks? Gary's right, it doesn't look like I'll be flying any time...

I bought an iPhone earlier on this year and have been mucking about with it's GPS for some time now (not for flying unfortunately - but I've discovered www.openstreetmap.org and have been contributing based on GPS traces of my bike rides into work). When I did fly a couple of years ago I used to use...

John,

I am so very very sorry. My thoughts are with you.

Mike

On the subject of the sites guide (not the other stuff): Colin: Sorry I didn't reply when you got in touch before. I was not aware of the flight notes not working I will get that fixed ASAP. The edit ability of people is driven by the forum permissions. There is a fairly complicated secure tunnel be...

So I was talking to a Newcastle Air Traffic Controller last night (as you do). Had an interesting conversation once we'd got past the obvious: Is it really as stressful as that movie - what's it called - Pushing Tin or something? Anyway, they had some interesting feedback on the transponder issue th...

Calm down guys:

http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/null/94863

I'll admit I was taken in.

It was only when I saw the word hoax appear in the Google toolbar as I was typing that I thought hang on a minute...

I just went and had a look at the front end (the bit we use). I can see the error message about disk space but after a while the listing appears. It may be that it is still working?

Cheers Paul, all fixed!

Thanks Colin, I missed that one. The site elevation and grid reference are automatically calculated for you when you add a site... Except Horden was the first one and I created it manually before I had the auto stuff working. Cheers Ian, I've altered the safety section of Hogden to make the otterbur...

I've been spending some time on this over the last few weeks and made some progress. All of the sites in the paper version are now online along with transcribed words. Plus I've managed to get most of the map symbols loaded up for each site as well as fixing some bugs and missing basic functionality...

I planned on doing something fancy and interactive with wind direction which is why it didn't get added as a basic parameter. Sorry to all in the club at the way this has just stopped. Steve's right, I took on a big work commitment in February, that then went permanent, and this knocked all developm...

Small depth of field then!

:sor: Sorry folks. As John says, I had a slow start to the year plus I went and spent a lot of money investing in the business in December which then came back to haunt me in January! Long story short, I had to get a job to pay the bills and am currently working 10 hours a day 6 days a week. On Satu...

Change of plans, heading to cross Fell. Give me a call if you want an update (07833 776 218)

I've got some work I need to get out of the way first thing but then I'm wondering about Carlton Bank. Anybody else got any ideas? Maybe Brian's Ridge?

Hi Brian, nope, it was actually something that happened to our forum server on thursday night I think. Looks like there was a problem with the forum and when it came back, the secure tunnel I use to access the user rights (to see if you are a club member etc.) got broke. Because I was depending on i...

We'll be there - plus I'm also bringing some fireworks!

For me it was the best flight I've ever had but then I've not got much experience to go with! Big thanks to John and John for convincing us to stick around when we thought it was blown out! The wind just dropped off at around 3pm to a background of around 10-12 mph. Launching was fine, never felt pi...

I was just looking at the NOTAM alerts for this weekend when I noticed one near the Long Mynde area. Starting tomorrow, if you're going XC and heading west north west and find yourself heading between Telford and Wolverhampton then look out for the V festival. There is a temporary restricted area up...

I've just loaded up a montage piccy which shows how quiet it was:

http://www.nhpc.org.uk/nhpc/album_pic.php?pic_id=1641

Great day but I hate that bracken!

Hi Brian,

nope, this is me doing my usual not testing in Firefox!

Should be OK now, but you might have to hold your shift key down when you refresh the page to force it to load in the new stylesheet.

I've just loaded up the main structure of the site information system - we now have some of our sites up on the web! :x I say some, because I was going pie eyed after the tenth addition of cutting and pasting from the paper based site guide. I'll get the rest in over the coming days. So far, the sec...

I've added the following page which might help you: http://www.aerositeguide.com/notams.jsp Also, this is a quick plea for help to all those people who should know such as Tony, Andrew, Mike and Ian: Documentation on the category of NOTAMs is thin on the ground and I've done the best I can with the ...

OK, the new online siteguide is now available for the first stage of information. This is the NOTAM stuff I showed in the last meeting. Right now this is all that is available. None of our site info is yet generally available as I'm still building the functionality and security stuff. But this will ...

Yes Sir! Cap'n Sir!

Just to help people visualise it: http://www.bbpqa.com/images/windermere.jpg I know people have been patiently waiting for the new online sites guide. Basically, I've been forced to focus on my day job for the last few weeks as I've been doing a major release of my business website that I've been wo...

Use the As n Cs method, you are then in control of the speed of the wing all the way up. Done That - best thing I ever learnt - although I use the Ds Go to the coast and fill a few cells with sand, that slows things down a bit! Done that. Fly in light winds I do that and sink. learn to bounce well!...

Claire Smith wrote:If my site assessment is correct and slope landing are not advisable could this be another benefit of having an online sites guide which would be easier to update and include recent feedback.

Couldn't agree more Claire, we definately need to have an on-line sites guide!