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Pre-flight and
Hang Check
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Every time
good to have him in our midst again. John
Clark finally gave in to the pressure and
agreed to accept the nomination for Club
President. Thanks John we know you will
enjoy the
position.
We had two guest speakers at the meet-
ing, David King and Robert
Glover,
from
GME Electrophone who gave a very
illumi-
nating talk on the Garmin GPS Personal
Navigator and how the GPS system
works.
The instrument, the world's smallest, is
already used by Glen Salmon who speaks
well of the product and its ease of
use.
Special club prices, yet to be announced, will
be available on the GPS and anyone interest-
ed should contact myself or Dane Snelling
for further information. I have trade literature
on it and other products in the GME range
including UHF radios and rescue beacons.
David King is willing to repeat the presenta-
tion to other
clubs,
so if anyone is interested
and can assemble a suitable audience, contact
myself or Dane. Our thanks to Dane for
organising the
talk.
Finally, our thanks to Bill Moyes and
Garry Turner for giving up a weekend to
assemble the tractor engine at Rylstone com-
plete with new
pistons.
The grass can now be
kept under control
,
thanks
guys.
Mike Warner
Western Australia
Dalwallinu Hang Gliding Club
It's been a great summer season for the
club,
culminating in the State Championships
which were once again hosted by our club
with generous support from "Be Smoke
Free"
I
Healthways.
The turnout was impres-
sive with twenty-seven pilots registered and
several more dropping in during the comp for
a free fly. All this year's entrants were from
WA and it was extremely gratifying to the
organisers than there was much higher partic-
ipation this year from pilots in other WA
clubs. Stewie McYey (of the Clan McYey)
did a superb job of coordinating the event
with help from a small comp
committee,
and
managed to serve as aero tow pilot for one of
Glen MacLeod flying through Cunningham 's Gap in SE Queensland
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the teams while he was about it. Good effort
Stewie!
The teams event was won by (surprise!)
the Sky Junkies with Thermal Dynamics and
CMF (Cosmic Mind F***ers)
third.
Apart
from the odd tangle with dust
devils,
the
comp seemed to be vastly enjoyed by all
with generally good conditions and same
real ly huge days and we look forward to
doing it again next
year.
The results are published elsewhere and
we congratulate the
winners,
Gary Wright
(I
st) Andrew Sanders (2nd) and Mark
McCumber (3rd). Special mention should go
to a some promising new guys who will be
worth
watching
in
the
future:
Dave
Eckersley, a novice pilot who finished a very
creditable 9th in a tough field and won the
Novice section, Phil Knight, an intermediate
pilot who finished
10th
(I
st
Intermediate)
and Dave Lines, who would have finished a
lot higher up in the scoring if his tum point
photos had turned out. Check that the film
has wound on next time Dave!
The club has had to change its plans
regarding the leasing of new paddocks west
of Wongan because of air space restrictions
and
is
now
looking
at
moving
to
Wyalkatchem to the
South.
The local council
is
keen to have us and will let
us
use
a
dis-
used airstrip close to the town site with club
rooms and hangar
space.
If we can organise a
slightly longer cross strip (a local farmer
being
agreeable)
this will be an excellent
new base of
operations.
The club has also
recently acquired a payout winch which will
be in action soon, and will allow more rapid
tow tum around and
safer,
more
effective tow
launching.
Our
thanks to Wongan farmer Rob
Milstead for his patience in
let-
ting us continue using his
pad-
dock while we get our act
together.
The club summer comp
was
organised again
this
year
by
Bomber
Thompson,
wi th each
pilot's best
five
di
stances
over
the
season
being scored
. Mark
Stokoe
won
the
Advanced
Section,
yours
truly
the
Intermediate secti on
and
Gordon
Marshall
the Novice section.
We've had some
great
fly mg
without any broken bones and
not too
much bent
al
um
inium
and with
the season taili ng off
our thoughts
begin
to
turn
to
Geraldton and
the fantastic ridge
fly ing in that
part
of the
worl
d.
Safe flyi ng and
I'll
see
you
on launch somewhere!
Sam Blight
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SKYSAILOR
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