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Old 21-09-2005, 10:12 AM
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gaa_ian- All welcome Ken ... Automatic m'ship for the top 50 poster here on this forum !

Well Ian, we need certificates for all of the following automatic memberships......... If you see your name you need help
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I just missed out by one post.

I think I need help anyway....

Be nice guys, be nice.....



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Old 21-09-2005, 12:01 PM
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Hey I'm on that list.

Funny isn't it how we try and spread our hobbies around.

Let me introduce you to my other hobby, the perpetual light society, which wishes to turn the entire planet into a daylight dwelling with lots of lights at night and banners in space. NOT!
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Old 22-09-2005, 07:43 PM
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Hey - I have only one souvenir so far from NZ - a t-shirt with this on it!
Not an entirely accurate view - must be a kiwi holidaying up north somewhere!
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Old 22-09-2005, 07:44 PM
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.... its a sheep, I know.....
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Old 22-09-2005, 08:31 PM
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Ian, you must remember that I was once a moderator and that was why I have so many posts. (my excuse and I am sticking to it) Still I spend some time here when it is cloudy or raining. Can't shoot photography either terrestrial or astro when this is happening. That seems to be happening quite a lot this year. Farmers must be happy this year. However, I do have a dream........

Hypocrite or not. LOL Rofl. That was really funny Ian.
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Old 22-09-2005, 10:07 PM
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I'm Glad you enjoyed my little rumples.
The laughs have been very good here these past few days.
Some medicine I have needed, having lost an old friend in the hang gliding community (My other passion) to a very tragic accident
(RIP Bernie)
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Old 22-09-2005, 10:41 PM
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Hang gliding. Isn't that an awesome thing to do! I used to fly using club gear, but now I'm 25 kg heavier and don't have access the resources anyway. Would love to get back into it.

Sorry about your friend, Ian. It feels like the most natural and safest thing when you're up there. I had three stacks, all through my own stupidity. Two big ones:

1. Landing my behemoth Moyes Mars 190 in the surf at Portsea -- in the off-limits military/navy zone; the glider was torn to bits by the waves.

2. Landing a Moyes Mission 170 on top of trees (one tree per wing tip, me in the middle at 30+feet) near Lorne. I was trying to get more lift off a larger hill behind a small one, but went down in the gully in between. I climbed down from the trees using the glider and batten bags. We actually managed to retrieve the glider and got it repaired for around $600 IIRC.

All my incidents were due to my inexperience and hot-headedness, and happened after 3+ hours of non-stop flying. Hardly a scratch on me though. I was very lucky, and the gliders seemed to be very good at absorbing the impact.
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Old 23-09-2005, 06:56 AM
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Yep ... Hang gliding is a great thing.
Most of the accidents happen with the Inexperienced & the very experienced.
A sad but true fact.
I have flown over 350 hrs, over the last 20 yrs & always adopt the Motto, "better to come back and fly another day" if the conditions deteriorate/are not good enough.
When you are at 10,000 ft with an eagle on your wing tip, the world is your oyster !
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