Greetings from Boris

[Boris]

Howdy all,
Just letting you all know I am living in mt Barker for a while working
over here in Oakbank.
I have met some of you already and look forward to meeting more of you
in time.
I did fly many years ago Cape Jervis whilst traveling west in my
camper van.
Because Marty has been a slacker posting pics of our trip away, I
thought I would post a short vid of our Dalby comp.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9QsxM-zMSg

I also hope to fly the powered harness around the area too, and would
appreciate some local knowledge of airspace in the Mt Barker region.
Maybe Jonno has a spare map.

Cheers

Boris

[Peter Allen]

I'm told there's a gliding strip at monarto. Never been there though.

On 18/05/2012, at 10:41 AM, Brooke Whatnall <brooke.ph...@gmail.com> wrote:

> I am a PG pilot, and live about 10 minutes south of Mt Barker...know the area well.
>
> There are no launches that I know of in the area...have looked A LOT - best bet if you want local flying is to town from north of Barker in the flat lands.
>
> As far as airspace is concerned, here is a map
> http://rosser.cc/pg/aircheck/aircheck.html

[Boris]

Cheers guys. I will keep my feelers out

Sent from my iphone

[steve pap]

Welcome Boris , and may i wish many years of good flying to you here in SA once again :)
I have all the maps in hard copy you are after and can give you some support about PHG around Mount barker and south to Strathalbyn , where  as you know SDFC ( southern districts flying club ) members operate , all disciplines too , however powered harnesses are rare , 
Around Mount Barker you would be wise to operate under 2500 feet, and South east of MB under 4500  there are a few no go zones but a map will define those for you , I recommend you buy a VTC chart to begin with this will  probably be enough for your initial introduction  

Hang gliding  ? aerotow is rare to non existent hence the migration to the eastern states , car ground tow days are organized by a very few people these days and mostly are posted on this forum , foot launch remains the most popular 
You are an advanced pilot and so therefore our smaller coastal sites are for gooning with your single  surface , however , jervis to ladybay and tunk offer coastal and inland opportunities more suited to your Litespeed 
XC north of adelaide you really need to just hang out with the keen few crew who still foot launch and ground tow at various sites 
Our site guide is a valuable source of  information for you but you can't beat word of mouth 
To others I can recommend Boris as a friendly keen chap worthy to be included in any social flying disciplines , very experienced in XC 

Welcome to SA 

Cheers steve pap  

[Steve B]

Very nice vid and editing Boris. Thought that might of been you playing the soundtrack aswell.

 

Cya soon, Steve

[Stewart]

Very good video - almost enough to make me take up hanggliding!

Stewart

[Peter Allen]

wash you mouth out stew! -  next thing you'll be saying you dont mind if Collingwood  wins the footy!

[Pebo]

Welcome to SA Boris,

I also fly hg/ XC, tow/ aerotow sometimes & have powered harness.
I've done a fair bit of exploring for potential sites over the years.
I might be able to give you an idea for a potential site or 2 near
your area if you email me off-list on pbolt at ozemail.com.au

Ciao,

Pebo

[Stewart]

Now that will NEVER happen! (barrack for Collingwood or Port Power that is)
SCC

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From: Peter Allen
Sent: 18/05/2012 6:30 PM
To: sa...@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: [SAHG] Re: Greetings from Boris

wash you mouth out stew! -  next thing you'll be saying you dont mind if Collingwood  wins the footy!

[Boris]

Thanks everyone for your welcome and thoughts again.
Till we catch up sometime

[Helen McKerral2]

I'll never forget that eye-popping, anal-puckering flight at Tunbridge,
Boris! It's one of those standout memories! Look forward to flying with
you again!

[Steve B]

BTW  I flicked the Dalby vid to Davis at the Oz Report

 

On Friday, 18 May 2012 10:05:10 UTC+9:30, Boris wrote:

[Boris]

thanks Steve