Well you were cooler than me I spent the day in that heat instructing in the morning and towing in the afternoon.
My instructional flight were only short flights below the cool air as was the towing. Paul Mason in the Ventus did 840 Approx The Hornet did silver height only 10000' and silver distance A G103 did 5 hrs and silver height trying for gold height George Brown did a 750 triangle in an ASW 15 12000' Steve Peglar flew 680 in his LS3 14500, Phill Richie did 500 in a DG 202 from mid afternoon 12000' The two pupils who braved the elements had some height flights as did the numerous passengers The flight coordinator went home with heat stress, it was too bloody hot At 11:15 21/01/02 +1030, you wrote: >I flew out of Port Augusta in my Nimbus, taking a launch at 2pm with the >temperature around 42 degrees. >As I was crewing for 2 other gliders I had to ensure that I didn't outland. > >I spent 3 hrs between 12,000 and 15,000ft at a cool 0.6 degrees outside. > >Did a leisurely 550km then went on a retrieve. > > >What flights did other people do on Saturday in SA? >Did FN out of Gawler achieve his 1000km attempt? > >Peter Robinson >IUS > > > > >_________________________________________________________________ >Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com > > >-- > * You are subscribed to the aus-soaring mailing list. > * To Unsubscribe: send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > * with "unsubscribe aus-soaring" in the body of the message > * or with "help" in the body of the message for more information. Regards Rob Moore 08 82588026 home 0412 055 888 mobile 08 82819393 fax -- * You are subscribed to the aus-soaring mailing list. * To Unsubscribe: send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] * with "unsubscribe aus-soaring" in the body of the message * or with "help" in the body of the message for more information.
