Postponed 3 students due to TSA

At 00:24 01 November 2004, John Giddy wrote:
........
Stefan,
Have they done any tests at high altitude airfields
? My memory of
Swiss gliding fields is that they are in valleys, with
reasonably low
altitude. If I am wrong, please correct me, as my knowledge
is
fragmentary regarding your lovely country.
We have discussed ultralight tow planes, but the consesus
seems to be
that with high temperatures (40 C is not at all uncommon)
the high
density altitude will reduce the performance to an
unacceptable level.
I have also heard some rumours that the high speed
Rotax engines don't
take kindly to the extended full power operation necessary
when
towing, and the lifetime is shortened. Can you comment
on this please
?
Cheers, John G. (Victoria, Australia)


John,
talk to the South African guys here. At Gariep Dam
they use a Samba (Rotax engined microlight) for towing
and that is 4000+ft and hot.
http://www.gariepgliding.com/airfield_data.htm#space
http://aeroklubuo.macroware.cz/Lambadaen.html

The alien training rule was amended today. See the AOPA web site.

The rule no longer applies to BFRs, just new certificates and ratings.
CFI's no longer have to keep copies of the ID, just log it in the student's
logbook.

If you aren't a member of AOPA, you should QUICKLY look into it.

In article ,
Roger Worden wrote:
The alien training rule was amended today. See the AOPA web site.

The rule no longer applies to BFRs, just new certificates and ratings.
CFI's no longer have to keep copies of the ID, just log it in the student's
logbook.




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Mark J. Boyd

unless it's published in the Federal Register.. AOPA (yes I'm a long
standing member) can tell me all they want... but it is not so until
published..

BT

"Roger Worden" wrote in message
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The alien training rule was amended today. See the AOPA web site.

The rule no longer applies to BFRs, just new certificates and ratings.
CFI's no longer have to keep copies of the ID, just log it in the
student's
logbook.

ut it is not so until
published..

BT

C'mon BT, what are you scared off. Defy the *******s just like the rest of us.

It occurs to me, can I get Soaring forwarded to Gitmo when they come knocked at
the door?

One of the priveleges of the Patriot Act that they can come and arrest anyone
they want without due process. Then again, they may reverse the ruling by
Spring time when it would be warm here in the northeast US again.

Jim Vincent
N483SZ
illspam

Jim... they published it.. I have a pdf file of the TSA letter.. would you
like a copy?
It can be retrieved from the AOPA web page, on TSA letterhead

BT

"Jim Vincent" wrote in message
...
ut it is not so until
published..

BT

C'mon BT, what are you scared off. Defy the *******s just like the rest
of us.

It occurs to me, can I get Soaring forwarded to Gitmo when they come
knocked at
the door?

One of the priveleges of the Patriot Act that they can come and arrest
anyone
they want without due process. Then again, they may reverse the ruling by
Spring time when it would be warm here in the northeast US again.

Jim Vincent
N483SZ
illspam

they want without due process. Then again, they may reverse the ruling by
Spring time when it would be warm here in the northeast US again.

Jim Vincent
N483SZ
illspam

Jim... you may be able to wait it out until spring...
We fly all winter.. and would hate to be "ramp checked" by a TSA rep..

granted.. they should have more important things to do.

BT

Hair splitting is entirely in order. You are right
that fascism is a necessary part of communism, but
you can certainly have fascism without communism.
You are getting it right now out of TSA.


At 09:48 21 October 2004, Iwo Mergler wrote:
CV wrote:

CV wrote:

Splitting hairs. Communism cannot be upheld unless
you have fascism as well. Communism also means the
stranglehold of pointless bureaucratic hell in all
areas of life. The comparison to communist systems
is perfectly valid.


Just remembered a good example of this. During the
communist times, in Roumania you needed a licence
to own a typewriter !


Yes, and you had to deposit a sample page of said
typewriter with the secret police, so you can be
identified, in case you write anything the government
doesn't approve of. Good old times... ;^)

Regards,

Iwo

Nyal Williams wrote:

Hair splitting is entirely in order. You are right
that fascism is a necessary part of communism, but
you can certainly have fascism without communism.

Certainly, and I never claimed otherwise.

You are getting it right now out of TSA.

The bureaucratic aspects of this TSA lark strike me as
a common trait with some of the former (fortunately)
communist systems, hence that comparison is valid
too, as well as the fascist one.
CV

CV wrote in message ...
Nyal Williams wrote:

Hair splitting is entirely in order. You are right
that fascism is a necessary part of communism, but
you can certainly have fascism without communism.

Certainly, and I never claimed otherwise.

You are getting it right now out of TSA.

The bureaucratic aspects of this TSA lark strike me as
a common trait with some of the former (fortunately)
communist systems, hence that comparison is valid
too, as well as the fascist one.
CV

The communism as practiced by Russia until ~1990 and China is very
different from the theoretical concepts originally proposed by Lenin
etc. Kibbutzez in Israel are far closer to the original communist
proposal, yet have no fascist overtones. Ideal communism is everybody
working together for the good of the community. I think that the Amish
practice a form of communism in the way that they work together. I
don't think that the Amish can be called fascists

It is very funny that the Germans of the 1920's and 30's so feared
communism that they went with the fascism of the Nazis - and how that
changed world history.

Apartheid South Africa had many of the trappings of fascism
(especially if you happened to be non-white) but was totally opposed
to communism. The current government is far more lenient towards
communism - the South African Communist Party is an active part of the
government - yet is not fascist at all. There is no merit in saying
that fascism is a necessary part of communism and vice-versa - they
are very different models.

I fear that if the current fears of terrorism in America are allowed
to escalate - a repeat of Apartheid South Africa is a final
possibility, with all its restrictions and removals of personal
freedom for certain classes of people - e.g. Muslims and foreigners.
White South Africans were convinced to allow apartheid based on the
government convincing the people of the dangers of communism. (Die
Rooi Gevaar - the Red Danger).

How does all this affect Soaring? Visit South Africa where the skies
are open, the people friendly, the beer cheap and the soaring
fantastic.

Clinton Birch
LAK 12