I live at Ceres in the Barrabool Hills near Geelong. I watched that amazing
rolling front on Saturday around midday heading north west over the Brisbane
Ranges. I wondered what the Bacchus pilots would do with it. Unfortunately I
was stuck at home breaking up and binning an old concrete slab!
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From: "rolf a. buelter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2001 9:24 AM
Subject: [aus-soaring] Boring @ Bacchus
> Another interesting flight demonstrating the variety we can have here. The
> day startet with a moderate to fresh north / westerly. Had 1/2 hour in
weak
> wave, gaining and loosing 500 feet. While in that wave a trough line
> approached from the south, stretching from well east of Port Phillip bay
to
> the horizon in the west, must have ended somewhere above the Grampians.
> First thought we wouldn't reach the associated roll cloud but the lift
> started well ahead of it. We commenced with very smooth 2 kts, quickly
> building to 4 - 5 - 6 kts. When shifting under the leading edge the ride
> really started. The vario firmly leaning against the upper stop and
straight
> ahead - go west young man. We were flying our K 13, 80 kt max rough air
> speed, pulled out the breakes to stay at the 4,500 ft alloted to us by the
> airspace powers. We just could not fly fast enough and the roll cloud
> advanced north swiftly above tiger country. Did not want to be stranded
> there at that altitude with the old girl and turned to go home downwind of
> the cloud. I had about 3 times the height I needed to get home but for
about
> five minutes had a somewhat accelerated pulse when the vario was at the
stop
> again - but on the downside. It fortunately lasted a few minutes only and
we
> even had a bit of a climb under the clag behind the trough. After 1 1/2
> hours brought the glider back down in almost dead air.
> Rolf - WQF
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