Robert Pls contact me direct. AnneE ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CGC List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, October 07, 2002 12:53 PM Subject: [aus-soaring] QSA State comps last week
> Wow > > I have just had the most fantastic week's flying in my life. > > Alice and I flew every competition day and we succeeded in doing over > 300km each day (I had never done a 300km flight before) - with no > outlandings. On the last two days, we managed to fly over 100kph average > speed. Much of this is due to Alice - she's an amazing aircraft to fly > (particularly with 200kg of water on board) and by the end of the week I > was starting to feel that I might just learn to fly her well enough to > do her justice. At least I managed to fly well enough not to come last > in club class - probably much to Alice's relief as I think a Nimbus 2c > in last place in club class would feel acute shame! > > I learnt heaps listening and talking to the experts. Probably the most > useful thing I was taught was to push up my speed in thermals, crank on > the bank and pull back on the stick to get into the core. By the end of > the week, I was getting the 7kts that the experts were talking about! > > I also made one glaring mistake - I still don't know how I managed it - > but way out in the country I joined a gaggle of gliders, turning in the > wrong direction. Fortunately, the only damage was my acute embarassment > at making such a stupid mistake. > > There's an old saying in aviation about mistakes - "there's those that > have and those that are going to" - and maybe by sharing my experience I > can prevent some of you graduating from the latter to the former > category on this one! > > The comp was superbly organised and run - with many Darling Downs club > members (and their families) working really hard to make it so. To all > of the workers, Alice and I both want to say thanks! > > > -- > Robert Hart [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Strategic IT & open source consulting +61 (0)438 385 533 > Brisbane, Australia http://www.interweft.com.au > > > -- > * 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. > > -- * 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.
