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Have you seen the charts for Friday!

Looks good Mike - Could you maybe edit Hogden Law with reference to hot/cold status of otterburn. Entry to this area is permitted at no time unless you are flying something heavy, noisy and covered in camoflague.

Alan's sounding confident.................

Should there be bonus km for top landings???????

There is interest in this from the Lanarkshires but they are wondering if it will be HG in any way............

Apparently this year they are entering the BCC.

Wallis is the man in the hot seat for this.

It's Easterly today Gary - Rub some washing up liquid over your leading edge, it stops the water droplets building up on the surface when it rains...................

This is a superb compilation from Gary Williamson.

Download it (it is safe), grab a glass of red and enjoy. Best watched with the sound - just leave it to run otherwise the sound goes out of sync.

http://www.garywilliamson.co.uk/slidesh ... 20Show.exe

Not much interest on the forum up here - maybe the time of year. Lay down the gauntlet in the spring perhaps?

It depends on the roster but if we are lucky we'll be there............

good luck with it Spencer............

If your interested in using GPS for competitions and judging turnpoints then google earth is fun but not very accurate. I'm guessing that all these graphics come from satalite images XX km over the earths surface. In patching those images onto a WGS84 model there is not going to be a perfect matchin...

Lots of reasons. It is a race harness with low hang points that will make it and you feel very over sensitive. There is also the theory that it is more prone to twisting of the risers (a bad thing). It has and enclosed bag for your legs - something you will not enjoy; as a beginner you will want you...

No I don't think so but that ony matters for the NXCL or record flights.

Yes Lance - in auto it will swich off if it decides you have 'stopped' either vertically or horazontally. I fly with it in manual and have to edit tracklogs in GPSDump before submitting.

In future switcg off the auto record and trim your flights down to take off - land in GPSDump before submitting.

Jim I think it was only last year 20+ pilots went from CP to P within the NHPC. Way back in the files on this site are many links associated with mock exams and online revison aids - you may dig them up with a couple of seaches. There was a time when the club went out groundhandling on the town moor...

Give them a prod Jim. I'll bet that if you ask you'll be amazed at the help you can get............

We all step in if we see something dangerous but it's not always easy being a coach until it is clear that your opinions are wanted.

A big thank you to Steve at the S&W for getting me back in the air again on Saturday and also Gary for the loan of the Golden. Another good weekend in the lakes if a little quieter than last week. Bewaldeth was great fun with lots of wave making things interesting (in good ways!). After busting ...

Those lovely folks that pay my wages have called me down to SOU for a few nights so I'm off the interweb. As the forecast stands it's looking good for the lakes (the Cheviots arnee blessed with southerly sites unless someone sorts Biddlestone for a busy flying weekend). Tinto's also looking good but...

True but be on your guard the east [i]could[/i] have it's day - God knows it should get one a year!

a club comp and coaching could combine perfek............?

It's the dog end of the season so is this a chance for an NHPC coaching weekend? I'm off Sat sun but don't want to drive further south than the lakes / cheviots...........

Your dinners in the dog!!!!!!!

Thanks to all the guys and gals who turned out and made an average weekend into something quite special. That is why the NHPC is such a belting club over the two days we must have had over 30 members joining us. When's the next one?

Worth reviewing the weather for the weekend - some significant variation in conditions over relatively short distances. From the forecasts it's looking like the west is by far the best with PG ruled out for the east of the country. It only takes things to move a little for cumbria to get it too........

We're all packed and waiting for the green flag from Kay. I'd say we're all being optimistic about the weather but what the hell.........

Colin - they will only complain if you win!

Sounds good - can we come?

It works sometimes but it is often worth 'trimming' the tracklog before and after the start / finish points you want to use before submitting them to GPSDump. It seems to get confused when tracklogs cross inside your proposed triangle. Under the current rules the 'gap' at the start/finish can be upt...

A great little programme - hats off to the organisation and competitors.....

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... 7597&hl=en

GPS Dump has a go at doing the FAI triangle but you do have to check carefully what you are getting. It often makes a mess of the 'gap' as does the analysis stuff on the Leonardo thingy. As Gary says time and effort on Google earth can optomise things in your favour if you need to 'create' an extra ...