I've flown in wave in an easterly on the Darling
Range from the old Perth Gliding Club field at
Byford. Also seen wave clouds over Perth city in
a South Easterly when I was a BoM forecaster. I
think under the right conditions it ought to be
possible to fly from RAAF Pearce or Gingin just
to the north of there(the range peters out from
there north) to Donnybrook and back. Be a fun
flight. May also be possible in a westerly by ridge soaring.
Unfortunately we have lots more controlled
airspace in Australia and there is in the US.
Mike
At 12:55 AM 5/4/2016, you wrote:
 At Narromine (2007?) a few people were
interested in wave XC so we had a chat. I
thought it would be advantageous for Australian
wave sites to put their heads together to map
the local wave locations along the ranges, with
the idea of putting together longer wave XC flights.
Wave doesn't just occur in New Zealand, the
Andes and Sierra Nevada. There have been many
wave flights in Australia but mostly on a fairly local scale.
 In California, Ramy Yanetz and Kempton Izuno
have been putting ideas together for flying in
the coastal ranges, which are about as tall and
inconsistent as the Great Dividing Range.
 Kemp had a very nice flight the other day in
FNX (Phoenix), an ASH25 which had burned when
the rear canopy was left open, and was rebuilt.
He documented the forecast and flight on the
Williams Soaring Center newsgroup. Now it has
been published in the Valley Soaring Association
newsletter. One fantastic aspect is the
overflight of San Francisco Class B airspace and
downtown San Francisco. There are video links.
 It's too easy to think this sort of thing can't be done.
Jim
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