David, Harry Schneider may still be able to provide an Arrow canopy. I have
one as insurance and suggest you take out the same policy.
Chris Mc Donnell
VH-GQG (The Arrow with Boomerang wings)
-----Original Message-----
From: David Olsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tuesday, 6 March 2001 6:38
Subject: Re: [aus-soaring] BORING NQSC
>NQSC members were expecting the first good day for several weeks on Sat (we
>now fly Sat) with good thermals to 5000 ft expected. I had planned my
silver
>distance in the Arrow but the weather did not seem to want to cooperaate.
>Eventually Ray Squire got away in his Libelle GCJ so I launched and joined
>him in a climb only to find it top out at 2000 ft only 5 minutes after Ray
>got to cloud base. Not another climb to cloud base could be found, and I
>needed that to get away. Eventually I got a reasonable climb and looking at
>the conditions figured I could do better to the west. Unfortunately I could
>not stay within the working band I had hoped, and found myself struggling
>down low on several occasions. On one such occasion I got down to 1200 ft
>and scrached away in 1/2 to 2 knots of very broken and narrow thermal, only
>to loose the climb and find myself contemplating another outlanding.
>
>Paddocks previously selected were scanned and an approach made into what
>appeared the best, newly disc-ed paddock. Only on late final did I see that
>it was composed mainly of clods of clay that seemed destined to destroy my
>beloved glider. A well held off landing finished with full brake saw me
roll
>only a few metres and the little Arrow saved from the worst. A bad day
>turned slightly better I thought, untill we cracked the canopy while
>de-rigging "DOH!"
>
>Lets hope next week is a boomer, not looking forward to connecting those
>controls up again, in the half light with sweat in my eyes, trying to hold
>felt, rod ends and control rods. One good thing, I can rig a lot faster
now!
>
>Cheers all
>
>David Olsen
>VH GNK
>NQSC
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Williiam Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: 'aus-soaring' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2001 9:17 AM
>Subject: [aus-soaring] BORING @ Benalla
>
>
>> After what has been a mediocre soaring season we had a good run of XCs
>through last Thursday to Sunday. Each day came good with great fields of
>cumulus, cloud base on occasions reached 9500' with lift sometimes in
excess
>of 10 kts. There were some difficult spots in the task areas but everyone
>made it home. Tasks included,
>>
>> Benalla - Holbrook - Mt Bogong 380kms
>> Benalla - Deniliquin - Rand 413kms
>> Benalla - Mt Youngal (south of Khancoban) 380kms
>> Benalla - Hay 500kms
>>
>> We were a weary bunch by Sunday evening, but oh so happy.
>>
>> Bill Anderson
>>
>>
>>
>>
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