Ray Lynskey 1995 World Champion has died

[Karaka]

Sad news for an icon in Soaring
http://www.stuff.co.nz/marlborough-express/news/2771344/Gliding-champ-Ray-Lynskey-dies

[Bruce Hoult]

On Aug 20, 4:59*pm, Karaka > wrote:
> Sad news for an icon in Soaringhttp://www.stuff.co.nz/marlborough-express/news/2771344/Gliding-champ...

That is very sad news :-(

I was looking for video of Ray on the net and could find only this,
commenting on Ely:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65Q42T-RdwU

Does anyone have more that could be uploaded? The scene in "Lucy
Learns to Fly" in which Ray explains wave to Lucy and Gavin would be
great. I have it on VHS, but no longer a working VHS player, or any
way to digitize it.

[Al[_7_]]

On Aug 20, 1:24*am, Bruce Hoult > wrote:
> On Aug 20, 4:59*pm, Karaka > wrote:
>
> > Sad news for an icon in Soaringhttp://www.stuff.co.nz/marlborough-express/news/2771344/Gliding-champ...
>
> That is very sad news :-(
>
> I was looking for video of Ray on the net and could find only this,
> commenting on Ely:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65Q42T-RdwU
>
> Does anyone have more that could be uploaded? *The scene in "Lucy
> Learns to Fly" in which Ray explains wave to Lucy and Gavin would be
> great. I have it on VHS, but no longer a working VHS player, or any
> way to digitize it.

That is my video I took of Ray in 1999 at Ely.

We were standing around in the morning BS'ing and I had the video
camera handy.
So we shot that little skit about how bad the gliding was at Ely.

A fine pilot and good friend he will be sadly missed by all who new
him.

The best film record of Ray I think is still "champions of the wave"

regards

Al

[Al[_7_]]

On Aug 20, 5:53*am, Al > wrote:
> On Aug 20, 1:24*am, Bruce Hoult > wrote:
>
> > On Aug 20, 4:59*pm, Karaka > wrote:
>
> > > Sad news for an icon in Soaringhttp://www.stuff.co.nz/marlborough-express/news/2771344/Gliding-champ...
>
> > That is very sad news :-(
>
> > I was looking for video of Ray on the net and could find only this,
> > commenting on Ely:
>
> >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65Q42T-RdwU
>
> > Does anyone have more that could be uploaded? *The scene in "Lucy
> > Learns to Fly" in which Ray explains wave to Lucy and Gavin would be
> > great. I have it on VHS, but no longer a working VHS player, or any
> > way to digitize it.
>
> That is my video I took of Ray in 1999 at Ely.
>
> We were standing around in the morning BS'ing and I had the video
> camera handy.
> So we shot that little skit about how bad the gliding was at Ely.
>
> A fine pilot and good friend he will be sadly missed by all who new
> him.
>
> The best film record of Ray I think is still "champions of the wave"
>
> regards
>
> Al

You can watch Champions of the wave online here...
http://www.joost.com/0200082/t/Champions-of-the-Wave

Al