Video of the fun had on the weekend: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxoVHG1vuT0
Cheers, WPP ________________________ On 2012-07-02 01:40:05 +0000 Bernie & Sue <[email protected]> wrote: > > How nice to have a flying report on this forum, especially during winter. > Thanks Adam. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Adam > Woolley > Sent: Sunday, 1 July 2012 6:39 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Aus-soaring] BORING > > G'day All, > > Thought I'd put a boring report together of my weekend soaring activity in > the KING-A-ROY area. Saturday was a non-rostered tug pilot day, thankfully > though with a few phone calls we were lucky enough to get a launch at 1300 - > not one launch, but 5 of them for the hungry pilots that wouldn't accept no > gliding for an answer. Thanks DMF! I spoke with Colin's passengers (who > took to the sky in the DUO) afterwards, they had a ball & enjoyed an evening > out at the club, before checking out the area on four wheels on Sunday. > > Conditions saw an average of 2kt climbs around the area, even though they > were regular enough under very lightly spaced wisps - I didn't venture > outside of glide. Partly because the paddocks were quite wet in areas, & > fine elsewhere. I flew alongside Simon & Don up to heights of 6,500' - > thanks for the company. W3 is performing well, though with everything so > well sealed, it's blowing out the high pressure air out the wing-gap seals = > strategically placed vent required? I landed in the smooth conditions at > 1530 after climbing in a weak climb earlier - great to be airborne again > after 10wks off! > > I received a phone call from the Trotters saying that they'll be up on > Sunday, I naturally responded 'great, the weather is looking better for an > XC flight'. In the end, jagged that one - it was much better than forecast! > > We launched at 1140 into weak conditions under a CU filled sky. Thankfully > after a 1/2hr, conditions improved & stayed that way. Declared task of > Kumbia, Murgon & home. Thankfully mother nature took it's place & set up an > epic street that we couldn't resist! I asked the Trotters what their goal > was for the day, they responded with 'just to pay particular attention to > having fun, & working on communications'. We promptly abandoned the task to > fly what looked like a great line. It was. > > All three of us in close proximity, cruising down the line, just playing. My > first L/D was 167:1 for 50km, before running into a 7.1kt climb for 1100'. >> From there & after we turned around, all of us flying 78km at a staggering > 277:1 ! We were joined by Colin & Simon on this street, turning for Murgon > approx 11km to the SE of Nanango. > > Off the freight train & into regular XC conditions. The paddocks below we're > like lakes, thankfully the climbs were still there - working 4kts to the > North. Overhead Murgon the Trotters got the jump, climbing in a nice 5kt > climb. I was close by, but slow to react persisting with my 3kt climb to > long. We decided to keep tracking North on the track line towards Windera, > before pulling the pin approx 15km from the turn. > > Changing gears now, we start topping up in weaker climbs & taking bigger > deviations as we enter areas of uncertainty & blue holes. Lisa surging ahead > now, picked up a climb over head Woroolin to get a marginal final glide in. > Pete had a slightly better run & landed quite a number of minutes ahead. I > took a similar route to Lisa, though topped up over Wondai in a weak climb > for the same marginal glide - knew I was home as I crossed the 7km point! > > All in all a great winters day, 211km at 89.8kph; 3.7kt climbs (17%); 64:1 > for 21.7km glides at 60kts. Movie to follow in a few days! > > Where we're you? > WPP > > P.S. off to Moresby for the first time on Tuesday, to start my induction > into Air Niugini. To date, I've passed my ground school & F100 sim training. > Let the next part of my adventure begin, hopefully it brings as much gliding > in the coming season as it did last!! > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
