On 25/1/07 1:28 PM, "Adam Woolley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: John Roake: His reply hereunder:
ATTN; ADAM WOOLEY Adam would you kindly email me please your email address. I want to get in touch with you. Thanks JOHN ROAKE > G'day All, > > I think I win this category hands down.. Unlucky for me as I was the > retrieve driver, picking the great Jay Rebbeck up.. It was worth it though, > as I had unlimited FREE access to a LS8 after this effort! > > This is worth the read, by Jay Rebbeck.. > > > I'm 800km into a 1000km attempt when a line of storms cuts off my path > homeover the mountains. So I deviate way off track to get to landable > terrain,and eventually touch down at Wagga Wagga airport thinking it will > "make theretrieve easy." I land at 7pm, five minutes before the domestic > flights from Sydney and Melbourne arrive. I sit in arrivals reading FHM > until the airportcloses down. > > Kicked out onto the apron at 10pm, I then wait in the LS8 untilmy faithful > crew Adam arrives in my trusty Rent-A-Rocket hire car. We deriginto the > "one-size-fits-all" Australian trailer and are ready to leave at1am. At > which point the car dies. > > With half an hour of engine massage, we're finally away with only 250km of > driving to go. Two hours later, and we're cruising through the town > ofAlburey at 50kph when we hear a faint high pitch noise from the > engine.We're contemplating stopping when all four wheels of the car > simultaneouslylock up and we come to a grinding halt. Smoke billows out from > the seizedgear box and the car and trailer are left snaking across the Hume > Highway.No damage. Sighs of relief. > > Unfortunately, 3am on the Hume Highway is the Juggernaught rush hour. > Wespend five minutes fumbling under the hood with ten tonne trucks > thunderingpast us, before being joined by the state police who call for a > recoveryvehicle. As we wait, the officer asks me how much the glider is > worth. WhenI tell him, he helpfully suggests that I spend more money on my > car and lesson my glider. > > The car and trailer are towed away at 4am to the Alburey police car > impound,leaving Adam and myself stood on the side of the road. It's Saturday > morningin nowheresville but miraculously we find a bar that's still open, > where anenormous bouncer is busy kicking out the local drunks. Having > achieved localcelebrity status with our tale of near disaster, we score a > six pack of VBand a night's accommodation. > > The alarm wakes us at 7am to catch a taxi to the police impound yard. > Whenthe RAC arrive, they prove useless and suggest we contact the hire > company.On the phone to "Rent-A-Rocket" we discover that they have a sister > recoverycompany called "Supa-Salvage" (Clearly a match made in heaven...) > And so,three hours later, a 1950s Ford 250 Pick Up Truck arrives to the > rescue. We winch the hire car onto the truck, hook the LS8 trailer on the > back, jump inthe truck and hit the road. > > The nightmare is over and we're on our way home. > > Two kilometres down the road, and we're just pulling up at the first set > oftraffic lights when the truck goes horribly quiet. It's 1pm the day after > Ilanded out. The retrieve is in its 18th hour. We've had two hours sleep, > our hire car has broken down twice and we've narrowly avoided a motorway > pileup. > > And now, the breakdown recovery vehicle has broken down. > > Looking back, this was the point where Adam and myself finally saw the > funnyside. Bent double on the side of the road I laughed so hard that > tearsstreamed down my face and my ribs ached. Meanwhile our man from Supa > Salvage called for the retrieve's third recovery vehicle. The combination > wasfinally towed back later that evening. > > As for Adam and me, Derek Westwoodwas our saviour, generously agreeing to > pick us up. By 4pm that afternoon wefinally made it back to Benalla. > > Reflecting on the retrieve I assumed that I'd had my season's bad luck. Buta > fortnight later I landed out 15km into a 750km attempt, got retrieved onceby > the wrong trailer, second by a car that broke down in the field, andended up > needing six people to drag the assorted array of vehicles back tothe club. > > Cest la vie... > > > Regards > Adam Woolley > >> >From: Mitchell Preston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >Reply-To: "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in >> >Australia."<[email protected]> >> >To: "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in >> >Australia."<[email protected]> >> >Subject: [Aus-soaring] Not at all about Libelle canopy locks... >> >Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 22:52:18 +1100 >> > >> >BT, >> > >> >I certainly knew I was alive when Macca and I once drove from Keepit one >> >night to a property between Narrabri and Walgett. You were enjoying dinner >> >with the owners after borrowing one of their paddocks to park the Nimbus >> >in while attempting a 750 K triangle. I recall the Nimbus came apart under >> >the almost adequate lights of Macca's 'Commodore du jour'; extra care had >> >to be taken lest the aforementioned centre panels were dropped in the >> >semi-sepulchral ambience of that night. >> > >> >On the topic of retrieves, how about some other stories from the forum? >> >C'mon folks - there must be dozens of tales of 'glider fetching' featuring >> >buxom farm lasses and/or strapping farm lads, perilous roads, electric >> >fences, enraged/amorous livestock, overly hospitable property owners, >> >already full trailers and such. Go on, drag out your best retrieve yarn. >> > >> >MP. >> > >> >On 24/01/2007, at 8:44 PM, Bruce Taylor wrote: >> > >>> >>Cripes, Mitch, I didn't realise that you were alive when I owned that >>> >>glider!! Despite the centre panels, I did enjoy flying it, as it meant >>> >>that I could keep up with all the current hot-shots at the time flying >>> >>all their "little" 15m thingys. This meant that it was possible to learn >>> >>some stuff. >>> >> >>> >>Are we still talking about Libelle canopy locks... >>> >> >>> >>BT >>> >> >>> >>----- Original Message ----- From: "Mitchell Preston" >>> >><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> >>To: "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia." <aus- >>> >>[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> >>Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 8:19 PM >>> >>Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Libelle Canopy Lock >>> >> >>> >> >>>> >>>Nimbus drivers - aren't they the glider pilots with extraordinary >>>> >>>quadriceps resulting from all that rudder action? I seem to recall >>>> that >>>> >>>Bruce Taylor could do squats with a fully-stocked fridge on each >>>> >>>shoulder while he owned GEL. >>>> >>> >>>> >>>MP. >>>> >>> >>>> >>> >>>> >>>On 24/01/2007, at 8:07 PM, Patching wrote: >>>> >>> >>>>> >>>>Nah, I think Robert did mean the G&S tune, the S&M tune is for >>>>> Nimbus >>>>> >>>>drivers. >>>>> >>>>Patch >>>> >>>_______________________________________________ >>>> >>>Aus-soaring mailing list >>>> >>>[email protected] >>>> >>>To check or change subscription details, visit: >>>> >>>http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring >>> >> >>> >>_______________________________________________ >>> >>Aus-soaring mailing list >>> >>[email protected] >>> >>To check or change subscription details, visit: >>> >>http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring >> >_______________________________________________ >> >Aus-soaring mailing list >> >[email protected] >> >To check or change subscription details, visit: >> >http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring > > _________________________________________________________________ > Advertisement: Getting married? 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