Adam, and all the rest, Congrats on a great effort. Great to see so many YFITTH's. Ian P. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Adam Woolley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 10:05 PM Subject: [Aus-soaring] Baccus Marsh Junior Weekend!
> G'day All, > > Thought I'd give the webgroup a few words about the fantastic Junior Meet > that was held on the weekend just passed at the Baccus Marsh Airfield! > > The weekend started off with myself and Adam I�nson egging on our mate > Scotty to have a go at flying from the Benalla A/D down to the deep south! > With CUes to 10,000' it seemed like it'd be an easy trip! It ended up > bluing out and getting very cool on the ground unfortunately, so after one > blue climb scotty landed at Mangalor A/F. Fortunately Adam I�nson (Charlie) > and I were about a km away from the turnoff when we got the call! Had the > Hornet in the box after 20 minutes! > > Scotty and I were spewing, as we should've both taken out the 2 LS-7's, > filled them to the eyeballs with water and gone and done our 500's! Like a > couple other pilots had done that day! Not to worry, we got to Baccus at > 5:30, and were taken straight to an old pub where we had a nice meal and a > few.. beers with 4 other Juniors! > > On the morning of the saturday Rolf Beultler, David Wilson and Peter (XJG) > gave a really good site briefing, as well as David giving a few very helpful > words on interpreting the weather and charts! > > Around 1330, we were called back to the clubhouse for a quick few words on > what we might like to get up to today, site checks and just plane staying > airborne was called for! > > In the, Saturday bought a cool westerly breeze with high cirrus, looked like > little soaring to be done. So Scotty and Charlie had their site checks and > managed a local flight in the Janus and small cross-country in a Puch > respectivly. > > Later that evening, the Juniors cooked up a feast for the members at the > Baccus A/F, including snags, steak, salad and of course the dessert of > custard pudding and cake! Thanks Charlie, and 5 other juniors providing him > with the moral support! > > That night, we all stayed up talking about the things juniors talk about.. > as well as singing about a thou-sand songs at the top of our lungs on > tailgates of the cars! > > Sunday morning, all was very well, blue skies but with a strong southerly.. > Cues starting early.. Looks like a good day! > > After Rowan's Dad cooking us all 4 pan-cakes each with syrip, cream and > fruit salad were were keen for some action! Rolf, David and Peter calling > us in for a de-brief on yesterdays conditions and flights as well as a very > well presented briefing on Team Flying and the days weather. > > The task for the day, considering the early finish (we had to get home in > Daylight) was an out and return 95km task to the South! Scotty in the > Hornet, Shannon McGowan and Charlie in the Janus, Kimberly Power and David > Wilson in another Janus, Rowan and Rolf in the Puch and myself running > wings.. funds very low. > > The Juniors all came back with many smiles, some jumping and punching the > air in excitement because of the fantastic day and conditions! I was going > to go for a local flight in a Short Wing Kooka, but ran out of time. The > day turned out to range from a first cross-country outing to the first race > around a given task! > > We packed up at 1500, and had a thorough de-brief on what the juniors > thought of the conditions and task given, followed by the experts thoughts! > Very well done, I think the Juniors got a sniff at what can be achieved by > having a de-brief at the end of each flight with experienced pilots and even > other juniors! > > So a HUGE thanks must go to David, Peter and Rolf on putting on a Fantastic > show over the weekend! I spoke to all the Juniors afterwards and they said > they all had a ball, and took alot away from the weekend! At other Junior > Meets that I go to, will definately try to organise something of the simular > - maybe like a Teams Challange! > > Also a very big thanks must also go to Shannon, Kim and Rowan for organising > this great weekend out at the Baccus A/F! We'll definately have to do it > again! > > That's it from me, will keep you all up to date on the Junior movement and > especially the Junior Nats to be held in Temora Nov Dec 2004!! > > Best Regards > Adam Woolley > > _________________________________________________________________ > SEEK: Now with over 50,000 dream jobs! Click here > http://ninemsn.seek.com.au/ > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring > > _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
