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Santiago Berca is the winner of the Club Class division of the recent World Gliding Competition. The interview is about how XCSoar helped him to win.

XCSoar v6.4.6 has been released.

I have enjoyed your dad's films of gliding at Mt Isa. They are classics. Thanks for posting them.

where are the markers? that close to the runway really needs to be visable. poor buggers

This is quite weird: Secret 'no-fly zone'.

Unfortunately flying was cancelled yesterday (Jan 12) and today (Jan 13) because of weather. The forecast does not look good for the next few days - all the side effect of the cyclone off the WA coast.

For those who are interested the daily results of the WA comps are here.

Mike Valentine loved his Kookaburra and I did many spins in it!kaz

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XCSoar v6.4.2 has been released.

XCSoar v6.4.2 has been released.

XCSoar v6.4.2 has been http://www.xcsoar.org/discover/2012/10/17/XCSoar_6.4.2_released.html]released[/url].

Those Duo Discus (Discii?) are nice looking planes, aren't they.

Those of you who want to see XCSoar / SkyLines in action can go to the VH-GOT real time display - presently flying in the QLD comps.

I just got this finally digitalized on Youtube... Some of the Sailplanes shown flying here are truly rare... the Kangaroo was one of only two built... and if you can spot the even rarer Australian built Sailplane let me know because I am not 100% certain of its name and origin.

I love the grace and beauty of the gliders. TheWilga's on the other hand are a bit on the ugly side.

Hi Met The recently modified Blanik cost $30K and another $6K spent on some paint work and avionics. Therefore the 1.5K Blanik would cost at least $31,500.00 to get airbourne. It is still good value at that price. (One further thing to know is that any Blanik undergoing the modification requires a full inspection of the airframe and wing components and there is a chance of the aircraft not being suitable to modify. By this I mean the first about $14,000 is the cost is for opening up and examining, so it would be a shock to give the go ahead and then find out not suitable and get the 14k invoice. Need to do your homework. And there will quite a number of Blaniks available for a price.There are some articles on the modification and Jig used in recent past soaring australia magazines. If you want a scan copy PM me with your email and I'll chase up a copy.

Cheers

 

Mike

I have attached a copy of the reminder / cheat sheet for XCSoar that I share with some friends and also has Mio on it for WAC charts in Ozi explorer type programs.May be of assistance to people who are new to using the program.

 

Cheers

 

Mike

Bugger, there was one went through eBay for $1500 ,I think, was going to bid on it but pasted it up as " to hard" ,should have got it!Met

An interesting article.

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XCSoar v6.4.1 has been released.

From another site:

"If you know any high school kids aged 15 - 19 in the Hunter Valley, Newcastle or Central Coast who are interested in gliding and learning to fly please pass on the attached flyer for gliding scholarships at the Hunter Valley Gliding Club.

There are 3 scholarships and each is worth $2,000 for flying at Warkworth. These scholarships are funded by Coal & Allied & the club.

Applications close on 30th September.

Paul Dickson"

Visit Hunter Vally Gliding Club.

Email: [email protected]