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One last late, late tip.......

Remember to take your BHPA pilot task book. Jocky will be able to sign off the relevant Pilot/Advanced Pilot tasks that come up in the SIV course.

Have fun....

That looks like the 1700m take off - where we saw some russian chap hit the trees on take off a couple of years ago. That was on an NHPC SIV jamboree too - so take care!! Complicated (bone sticking out through skin!) fracture of leg, broken hip, various internal injuries (puke) Most painful part of ...

Gusting upto ~30mph around midday

Wendy's showing 7-26 nnw av 16 at the moment, a little bit lighter than earlier in the day.

May pop out for an extended 'lunch break' a bit later - Oh! The joys of 'working' from home.!!

Neil - look on the bright side!

You now have an excuse for buying a shiny new helmet to go with the new wing & harness!

Lovely dent in the back of the helmet - much better than a dent in the back of the head

Wendy was giving SW at around 11:30 this morning so tootled off to Captain Cooks. Spot on the hill, peaking at around 14 - 16 mph but very, very gusty. Only Pete Bennett (ex-fireman) from NYSC was there, and he'd landed due to the conditions. Waited for about 30 mins for some dark, dodgy looking clo...

I would like to suggest the Judean peoples front as our comp's safety committee

the Judean peoples front, I thought we were the Peoples Front of Judea!

I accept no responsibility for any smutty double entendre's you may spot in the following :wink: A spot of groundhandling on Monday afternoon left me sweating bullets (whew) and my helmet stinking and dripping. Has anyone tried using a helmet liner e.g. http://www.thermalshop.co.uk/helmet-liner-all-...

Don't know about how we'd do in the acro comp, but as we've got some right fat in the club, we should do well in the male belly dancing comp!

Hi Mike,

Is that for similar reasons to ourselves - or just something that has never been implemented?

Did anyone fly with this today?

Seen from Alston.....

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cumbria/6761985.stm

Never heard of this before, but it seems to be relatively 'famous' as it's the only named wind in Britain. See http://www.freewebs.com/mallerstang/visit2.html for a picture of the effect at Mallerstang. Some more info in Wikipedia, with more links to the phenomenon:- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hel...

You can see East Hill in all it's glory!!

So here's the stupid question, why was it changed in the first place? :???: Because all the talking went straight into the 'Private' section. Anybody looking for para/hang-gliding clubs would come across the web site and think "what a boring group of (swear) - they don't talk to each other - I...

USB to Serial adapters are renowned in tech-support land for being a right pain in the (mooning) I use them all the time at work for fiddling with microcode and firmware updates etc. Best one I've come across by far is one from keyspan. See:- http://www.amazon.co.uk/Keyspan-High-Speed-Serial-Adapter...

What a coincidence! I'm off to the Dolomites for a bit of via ferrata-ing at the beginning of June, Italian air traffic control permitting.

This is what 'proper' Via Ferrata looks like:-

HYou must ask yourself did I have powers to change the weather or was it the van? There may be a way out buy the van and get a scaled model of me in the front of the van. Alternative to this is to dye your hair ginger, as this is where the real powers are. Nah.... It's probably my fault for working...

The other thing was the lack of a portable enough transponder for some applications and that until such a thing exists there will be no mandate to use it (or be grounded). My worry is how much is it going to cost when it finally gets developed? Companies will only go to the trouble of developing a ...

It might work. All you need is an NHPC curry night, several flagons of ale, and a suitable equipped pilot.........

News from the CSC AIRCRAFT from around the world will take to the skies over Cumbria next month as part of a NATO training exercise. Approximately 300 sorties will be carried out over the course of the three-day exercise involving high, medium and low-level flying. Flights will continue until 11pm ...

After an 18 hour work day yesterday I decided to bunk off work and take full advantage of todays north easterlies, after a very long lie in this morning :dealer: A very pleasant 1.5hrs gentle soaring in the sunshine - nice!! Not quite enough lift to jump the dean to the north, but you can't have eve...

Ahhhh - easy when you know how!!

My unix server is still Donald ducked though.......

Steve - can't find this flight animation thingy - where is it?

It's probably me going mad or summat - I've had my head shoved up the back of a unix server all day, and the bar-steward still won't boot

There's been some mention of Warcop recently, so just a follow up question to anyone who may know the answer. The Warcop range is open to the general public over 12 weekends a year, and occasionally other days too, for walking. Dates can be checked by calling the range office (see http://www.nuttall...

I thought the reserve took a long long time to open!! I hope mine snaps open quicker than that!!!! Before buying my reserve I watched a manufacturers demo video. Chap with parachute was hauled up by crane and was attached to a bungee cord. He threw himself off, and threw his chute at the same time....

Forecasts are changing by the hour, if not minute, I was getting quite hopeful for this week and even thought about throwing a sicky for Thursday morning to make a day of it, but now I think I'll concentrate on work and play each day as it comes. :( Sorry about the lousy weather. As usual, it's all...

Neil wrote:
iv had a bottle of wine

Wouldn't be something to do with the football, would it?

A fantastic 1-0 defeat against 'meneer rijkaard en zijn prachtige voetbalspelers' sees the boys through to the next round!!

John Wallis wrote:Don't think it's changed much from the site guide. If you've got a 1/2 decent 4x4 you should get right to the top.

It's an Nissan X-trail, which did reasonably well last time I took it on the muddy stuff. More importantly, it's a company car, so it doesn't matter if bits fall off!!

Cross Fell? Never been there! I have a choice of calling the gas man in to fix the boiler, take the car to the garage to fix the heater, or go along to Cross Fell for a bit of flying....... Hmmmmmm..... Cross Fell wins I think. Is the access there still as per the site guide, or did things change re...

What bit of software is that then?

Do tell - I like free......