Geoff V
At 05:33 AM 7/04/2008 +0000, rolf a. buelter wrote:
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 theHñ 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 peopHñ le
> > 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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