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Folk,
F.Y.I
Regards,
Mike
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Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2002 2:17 PM
Subject: GGC >> Re: Grampians Diamond Mine The Wave Camp was a roaring success. There was strong
wave every day, and the weather improved each day. Over the
few days there were several gold heights. Repeatedly. THAT was
easy. And there were at least two Diamonds, possibly more. Ken
Secomb got his Diamond with a flight to 19,800'.
Yesterday, Tuesday, was the best day. Arriving
at Noelhurst there was a beautiful Foehn gap between Mt William and the
airfield, and another just downwind to the east of the airfield, and then
another, and another... The gaps stayed there all day, never
closing, hardly shifting.
I got my Diamond as well, with a flight yesterday to 24,700'
QNH! It wasn't just the hypoxia making me feel euphoric!
It's extraordinairy looking down at clouds 16,000' below you, seeing
them stretch off for hundreds of kilometers. There were plenty of
wave clouds down below as well. But it was -30 degrees outside, and my
feet were numb. I'd gone through one layer of cirrus, with another
one higher to the west. There were ice spicules covering the canopy above
me, and most of it was misted except the clearviews.
I was still intermittently getting 3 knots above 24,500', but
I was somewhat hypoxic, and didn't want to hunt around for the lift at that
altitude. So out came the brakes. It took a long time to get
down, and I played around at low altitude for a while. Low altitude being
14,000'.
Melbourne Control gave me the airways clearance.
Flight Service quizzed me about what I planned to do once I reached FL 250,
whether I'd be hanging around. I don't think other aircraft
could hear my transmissions, as one radioed "Melbourne, what
sort of aircraft is that?"
What a great camp, and what an amazing flight I
had!
Never let it be called the waveless camp again!
Dave Long
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