The New Zealand approach is based on the good work done by Gliding Australia, which as generously shared and excellent cooperation by CAA NZ. The Australians have also produced a mod to install smaller access panels, approved as an AMOC by CASA. It is hard to imagine that any regulatory authority would mandate an inspection where the document specified was not in that country’s language. A NZ club has had a certified translation made, which I’m sure could be shared.

@@bungee7503 yes, I know about the certified copy of the service bulletin. I was the person that initiated that being done. A gliding club member had a contact with a Spanish Translator. I have a copy of that on my desk as well speak 😀

A somewhat simplistic snippet in this video, as those in the Australian Gliding Pawnee Forum can attest. GA and CASA working hard on Alternative Methods of Compliance, alternative inspections (in the absence of any credible eddy current inspection procedures), load analyses etc plus exploring spar and wing replacement options and costs, translations, plus dialogue with numerous overseas authorities. Also facilitating inter-club cooperation to reduce ops impacts while fixes are pursued. My thanks to hard-working AW folks striving on our behalf. Yes it’s complicated. I am nervously awaiting Part 2 inspection outcomes for my club’s Pawnee.

@@adrianwilliams763 great to hear!

@@adrianwilliams763 any chance you could forward it to us? [email protected] and we'll get in touch with the British Gliding Association

@@cloudstreets1396 we know naviter is working on communication between the Oudie N and varios, but don't know whether they're looking to utilise hawk data.

Maybe, but the screen is so incredibly bright that you don't get glare issues

It lasts for years on gliders and is usually only removed because the other two tapes have failed. In terms of removal, if you skip to the removal section on the video that will give a good idea of how difficult it is to remove

Glad you enjoyed it! Want to come onto the soaring show and tell a story?

It has an honourable send off

All scripted 😜

That's masking tape. Forgot to say soz

@@WingItcloud May be worth putting a pinned comment😅

@@PatKo-jh9rm Maybe - thanks for catching it!

Thanks!

I've not been able to sit still my entire life but I will try 😅

Welcome!

Thanks! We'll release the full interview soon

Thanks mate - appreciate it!

Well there's always the show next week 😉

@@Navboys_ltd 😂

It really depends on what the glider is made of and antenna positioning. The main benefit of the dual antenna is to mitigate blind spots. If your antenna is on top of your panel then chances are your visibily behind and below is limited because there are metal instruments and fleshy human in the way. With RFB you could put a second antenna behind the seat pan or low in the tail boom and get much better all round coverage

@@Navboys_ltd Thanks for the explanation!

Getting your first 500km done within 2 weeks of getting your first 300km flight done in a 50-year-old glider, with how crap the weather has been this year, is epic. A Kestrel 22 outperforming a Nimbus 3DT, an Arcus and an Ash31 on distance is also pretty epic in my books

Thanks for watching!

The wax in this case is a hardwax which is an abrasive. Usually with cars the wax is used as a sealant and a polish is used as an abrasive. We find it confusing too

Always

You can add nav boxes for all of those

@@Navboys_ltd not the airspace slices, and for the other stuff, you have to combine multiple nav boxes. My sysnav has more graphical indicators

Why would vario data be more accurate if it has a modern barometric sensor?