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Paul Repacholi
September 3rd 03, 05:19 PM
Does anyone have a pointer to AU gliding alt records? None
on the GFA's web site, distance and speeds only.

tnx
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West Australia 6076
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Pete
September 4th 03, 03:01 AM
Record held by Rick Agnew of Canberra ~33,000 feet.

But like you say, nothing on the GFA website, or anywhere else I have
found...


"Paul Repacholi" > wrote in message
...
>
> Does anyone have a pointer to AU gliding alt records? None
> on the GFA's web site, distance and speeds only.
>
> tnx
> --
> Paul Repacholi 1 Crescent Rd.,
> +61 (08) 9257-1001 Kalamunda.
> West Australia 6076
> comp.os.vms,- The Older, Grumpier Slashdot
> Raw, Cooked or Well-done, it's all half baked.
> EPIC, The Architecture of the future, always has been, always will be.

Mal
September 7th 03, 03:14 PM
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~davidjansen/



"Jason Armistead" > wrote in message
om...
> Guys
>
> You're not looking closely enough
>
> From www.gfa.org.au home page, choose GFA Information link, then in
> the table that appears, choose the one that says Australian Records
> Information. This is a link to a separate site maintained by David
> Jansen, who is the GFA FAI Records Officer.
>
> Look in the Australian Records -> Open category and you'll find Rick's
> Absolute altitude of 10058 m and L. Armour's Gain of Height of 7750 m.
>
> Rick is still earnestly chasing the Gain of Height crown whenever the
> wave at Bunyan looks promising.
>
> Cheers
>
> Jason Armistead
> Also a gliding and VMS dude from way back !
>
>
>
> "Pete" > wrote in message news:<3f569ce8@info-int>...
> > Record held by Rick Agnew of Canberra ~33,000 feet.
> >
> > But like you say, nothing on the GFA website, or anywhere else I have
> > found...
> >
> >
> > "Paul Repacholi" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > >
> > > Does anyone have a pointer to AU gliding alt records? None
> > > on the GFA's web site, distance and speeds only.
> > >
> > > tnx
> > > --
> > > Paul Repacholi 1 Crescent Rd.,
> > > +61 (08) 9257-1001 Kalamunda.
> > > West Australia 6076
> > > comp.os.vms,- The Older, Grumpier Slashdot
> > > Raw, Cooked or Well-done, it's all half baked.
> > > EPIC, The Architecture of the future, always has been, always will be.

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