Just like "Rena" the RASP was headed for the reef with it's valuable cargo in peril...(perhaps it might be a bit soon from this analogy).
The story so far, in case you may have forgotten;
The RASP is a neat piece computer modelling that helps us make sense the likely atmospheric conditions.
It uses computer processing power like a 180 hp Pawnee uses available runway length on a still day towing a fully laden Duo Discus with the airbrakes open...quite a lot.
We need to pay for this...free lunches come to mind.
Our Guru in Auckland has arranged a cheaper option, that along with our brethren in the hang gliding community (who must be closer to God...or at least be on better terms to keep those bits of alloy and fabric airborne), and this will be paid by the Matamata Soaring Center. Yipee...
I did receive an offer of help (dosh) from a Taranaki Club which I'd love to take up...but I've lost the contact...(Glyn I believe...but I don't know a Glyn). If you are listening could you forward the $100 to the Matamata Soaring Center...please don't be shy...
So we are set;
We have the technology...all we need is the enthusiasm...
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