So far lake keepit sounds good. We are avid offroad drivers and campers
and it's been a while since we've been up that way so it's a good excuse
for a destination.
As far as the ultimate destinations, this is not neccesarily where i
want to go (this time) it is purely a hypothetical. If you could go
anywhere, money, politics etc aside, where would YOU go gliding and why.
Matt
rolf a. buelter wrote:
Hello Matthew,
Firstly I have to agree with DMcD from own experience that Lake keepit
is a fantastic site. If you have the time and want to travel the
distance, go there. Secondly I have to disagree with DMcD on
Victoria's and Melbourne's weather. Please see below a posting by
GGC's webmaster on our club site from this morning. Make up your own
mind who is right. To go to NZ for ab initio training will be a great
experience but seems a bit of a waste of money to me. Learn to fly
first and have an even greater experience in NZ.
As far as boot camp or club training, you will make faster
progress and solo much earlier in boot camp. Most clubs will require
you to rehash some of boot camp training before giving you one of
their gliders on your own. The reasons vary from the need to
experience a greater variety of conditions to the fact that many
instructors don't believe the commercials do a thorough job (no need
to shout Mr. Borgelt, that's just a simple observation). If you
don't count your own time financially, club training may be lower
cost. How fast you progress with weekend training depends largely on
the number of days per month you come flying, it can easily be done in
2 month to first solo but can just as easily be dragged out to one year.
Last but not least, flying a glider solo is only the very beginning of
gliding. To rally enjoy one needs to learn soaring skills and cut the
umbilical cord tying you to site, instructor and club / commercial
operation and go cross country.
Best Regards - Rolf
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Hi,
This Saturday 27/12/2008, we had the 50th cross-country flight
recorded by a GGC pilot this season. The honors go to Andrew Murphy
who has flown the PIK WQF for a distance of 96 km today.
All flights can be viewed and on the club's website, on the Cross
Country Flights Register - September 2008 / August 2009 page:
http://www.gliding-in-melbourne.org/new/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=431&Itemid=119
<http://www.gliding-in-melbourne.org/new/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=431&Itemid=119>
and flight traces can downloaded from the OLC page linked to each flight.
I'd like to present some stats on the 50 flights cross-country flights
this season:
- We had eight participating pilots: Adam Webb, Andrew Murphy, Frank
Williams, Greg O'Sullivan, Jarek Mosiejewski, Jeff Farrow, Mike
Durrant and Rolf Buelter (Souie Imam and David Fynmore participates as
part of coaching program).
- A total of 8943.05 km have been been flown
- Rolf had 12 x/c flights, followed by Jarek: 10 and Adam: 8
- Rolf had flown: 2943.81 km; Jarek: 2479.21 km and Adam: 968.15 km
- The longest distance flown was: 423.45 km by Jarek and 416.97 km and
391.36 km by Rolf.
- The most utilized gliders were: PIK20B - WQF - 13 flights (2559.65
km), LS4a - UKA - 12 (2539.15 km) flights and Jantar Std2 - CQT - 8
flights (968.15 km)
- There were 8 flights longer than 300 km
One of the most pleasing things that can be read from the stats is
that most of the flights, including the longest ones, have been done
from Bacchus Marsh. If you look closely at the list, you'd see that
even on marginal days some cross country flying has been possible from
our airfield, with distances of 200+ km archived on average days and
300+ km on reasonably good days. There is rally no excuse for not
trying you badge x/c flights from Bacchus Marsh. I believe that a
we've had at least 3 or 4 days this season that would allow achieving
300+ km badge tasks even for novice x/c pilots.
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