Have to agree with Caleb. I got out late and lauched at 12:30 and still managed
to get to Avoca and Lismore for 300 km. The last 50 km were a nail biter though
for overdevelopment but still some climbs to be had under the pancakes. Who
says Bacchus isn't a x-country site?
Rgds - Rolf
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected]> Date: Mon, 7
> Apr 2008 13:43:36 +1000> Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Extremely BORING flying
> related stuff> > Great day at Bacchus, good lift under Cu from 10am lasting
> til late. Base gradually rising from 2500 to 4500. All three clubs operating,
> some pilots ventured out west while others made the most of pleasant local
> soaring with the anticipation of lean thermal times ahead.> > Cheers,> >
> Caleb > > -----Original Message-----> From: "Stuart & Kerri FERGUSON" <[EMAIL
> PROTECTED]>> To: "'Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.'"
> <[email protected]>> Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2008 12:16:23 +1000>
> Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Extremely BORING flying related stuff> >
> ............while over in the South East (Bunyan) we enjoyed perfect autumn>
> conditions for the end of Daylight Saving; thermals to A095 afforded>
> wonderful views of the first snow of the year over the main range.> > SDF > >
> -----Original Message-----> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> [mailto:[EMAIL
> PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Phil> Sent: Monday, 7 April 2008 12:06 PM> To:
> Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.> Subject: Re:
> [Aus-soaring] Extremely BORING flying related stuff> > South Australia had a
> rather pleasant Autumn weekend. Saturday saw good > soaring despite some high
> and midlevel cloud covering the area to the north.> > A few of us flew out to
> the Riverland and found that conditions were best > south of Waikerie so
> managed to fly 300km or so.> Sunday saw similar weather and we tried a
> different form of intraclub flying> > event. Gawler is a very mixed operation
> these days with more power planes > than gliders on the field. A photographic
> scavenger hunt was arranged. A > list of 14 items had to be found and
> photographed. Some were straightforward> > items and some allowed the
> entrants to use their initiative/imagination. > This provided some
> interesting and funny photos put in for judging. The > final object was to
> find as many cemeteries as you could and photograph > them. The winner found
> 34 within 30km of Gawler! - things are pretty dead > over here.> > The only
> down side was that not many entered. The event had two > objectives - 1. have
> fun while flying and 2.to bring together the different > members interests at
> a fun social event centred around what have in common -> > flying. All who
> were there agreed that 1 was met. 2 however failed > miserably. This is our
> second attempt at trying to integrate the various > types of flying into one
> club social event and both have failed. There's a > message here and I'm
> wondering how many times we have to beat our heads > against it before we
> will wake up and smell the coffee! sigh.> > Philip> ASC> ----- Original
> Message ----- > From: "Texler, Michael" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> To: "Discussion
> of issues relating to Soaring in Australia." >
> <[email protected]>> Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 11:12 AM>
> Subject: [Aus-soaring] Extremely BORING flying related stuff> > > > Hi All,>
> >> > Despite the rumours of the wettest start to April here in the West
> (80+mm > > rainfall in about 8 hours), we did manage some flying here at BSS.
> It was > > supposed to be a come and try gliding day, but the rain put a
> dampener to > > that.> >> > Whilst it was p*ssing down, we helped out with
> form 2 work on the Ask 21 > > (BSS), polished the wings and detailed the
> cockpit. I guess most people > > don't realise how much grime builds up on
> release knobs, they are bright > > yellow now after a jolly good clean!> >> >
> Flying in the DG-1000 commenced just before 3pm WST. Not thermic, but > >
> lovely scenery wise. Off in the distance were scattered strato Cu's at > >
> 1,000' AGL drpaed over the hills. Looked speccy.> >> > And yes, I made sure
> this post was being sent to the correct list!> >> > I hope talking about
> gliding hasn't upset anyone ;-o> >> > M.> >> >
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