where else could I do that?
>From Boonah, this month we had no fewer than 3 wave flights, one to 16,000ft and we could have gone higher as it was still 4 knots climb, views out to Byron bay lighthouse and the gold coast high-rises - outside OAT on -5 , inside a toasty 5 degrees. The Cunningham wave system allows us to thermal from 1300AGL from a ridge at the side of the airstrip up to FL180 without approvals, the wave seems to be best at 220 to 270 degrees. My last aerotow into the thermal rotor was 8 units at 1500ft AGL release with no agro rotor turbulance, a few years ago a Boonah pilot got to 25,000ft. The interesting thing about this wave system is that it may be possible to fly south, joining up with other divide systems and fly from here to Vic boarder, would require uninhibited approvals and extended high altitude time, the Kiwi's do it all the time but we don't get the practice of X/C wave flights over distance. Any of you Mexicans that come up here for a winter break should bring glider in tow and between June and August is the wave season here, leave it at Boonah and when its on get a check flight and experience the friendly Queensland wave! Cheers Nigel Andrews -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Leigh Bunting Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2004 10:28 PM To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Boring Report skf1 wrote: >Two weeks ago I had a wonderful flight of 3 hours up to 21,000ft, I >could see the Tasman Sea and the NSW snow fields at the same time, and >where else could I do that? > > Orright, orright!! :-D Leigh Bunting Colonel Light Gardens South Australia <Open Windows and let the bugs in> _______________________________________________ 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
