Here is a timelapse video https://vimeo.com/127577130 I made looking
North from my place (see https://vimeo.com/127577130).
Shot at Coongulla in Victoria looking North where the wave is coming off Mt
Wellington (5,400 feet) in an increasing NW wind. Thus, the wave length
increases as time goes
Nobody mentioned the Killarny Gap (NE of Narrabri) wave where I got to 16,000ft
for my Gold C height in the mid 80's. This was entirely due to Macca who lent me
some oxy gear at short notice :)
Pic are of the Stirling Range wave in full swing. Not a lot of days like that.
On 10/05/2015, at 10:22 PM, Leigh Bunting wrote:
So in SA, there is plentiful wave at times but the means to get to it
through launch method, lack of an O2 kit and airspace problems wreck
the usability.
And while Fleurieu Peninsula, Mt. Lofty Range, Tothill Range and
Southern Flinders are
: Saturday, 9 May 2015 10:15 PM
To: aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net
Cc: 'Beverley Roediger'
Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Aus-soaring Digest, Vol 140, Issue 7
On August 2nd 1978 a Maule VH-MSM flown by Beverley with Doug Vanstan and
Gordon Wilson as pax. towed me in John Bignall's
New LS3 on its
Gee Emilis, my old-timers disease is worse than I thought:-(
I don't have the foggiest memory of doing that!
Now I'm REALLY scared.
But while talking about wave, it always crosses my mind if there is any
indication of it. Bernard and I were aloft in his ASH a few weeks ago
and there were
Magic to see it in the strong westerlies so often wasn't it EP.
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To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.
Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Aus-soaring Digest, Vol 140, Issue 7
On 10/05/2015
Watched that one being unused from my verandah for 30 years EP.
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From: emilis prelgauskas
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To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.
Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Aus-soaring Digest, Vol 140, Issue 7
yes
On 10/05/2015, at 5:00 PM, Geoff Vincent wrote:
Photo taken where and when exactly, Emilis?
Satellite view kindly provided by Leigh Bunting.
5 years ago or so
Reflective of regular westerly flow over My Lofty Range adjacent to
Adelaide - mixed terrain and pre-frontal shear wave over
Apart from the Grampians, Victoria also has good wave from Mt Donna Buang
near Warburton and Mt Useful and Mt Wellington North of Sale. My best height
at the former is FL250 twice in my Ximango (entry at around 4,000') and
FL220 from the later (ditto). I've had a few climbs to FL16-180 in my
It would be worth putting a map together of wave areas at various sites.
Stitched together they may form a useful XC corridor.
Google Maps can be set up to share information like this.
Jim
On 5/9/2015 8:02 PM, John GWYTHER (BigPond) wrote:
Re: Aus-soaring Digest, Vol 140, Issue 7
Apart from
Nice article, Noel and scary story.
Wave is where you find it. I've flown in wave in the easterly in the
lee of the Darling Range from Byford, the old Perth Gliding club site.
I was the only one flying and unfortunately there was an overcast at 3000 feet.
I've flown in wave a few times out of
The Otway Ranges produce plenty of good wave. I tend to think it is shear
wave because it works when there is no wind on the ground - as well as
windy conditions.
The best flight has been with Geoff Vincent in my Taifun. We pulled out at
18000 ft. because we were using cannula, the wave was still
On August 2nd 1978 a Maule VH-MSM flown by Beverley with Doug Vanstan and
Gordon Wilson as pax. towed me in John Bignall's
New LS3 on its delivery flight to Bothwell, TAS.
We climbed to 10,000 ft. and tracked so the Maule could reach land via abeam
King Island to Wynyard where we refuelled.
I'd
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