I went flying on the weekend... www.facebook.com/W3Racing
Had a great weekend soaring at Kingaroy, weather was 8500' under SCT CU. The task was a 3hr AAT on Sunday, which was very appropriate & great fun! I jagged a day win out of it, flying with Trottski's & Dad. The start as it turned out was probably the best timing for the task, though soft until we crossed the Bunyas. The strengths & heights then picked up. Dad had the fastest 1st leg, picking the conditions well above the rest. Averaging 138kph to Chinchilla for memory! Sadly he fell in a hole before turning for the 2nd sector. My run as it turned out was just even & safe, which gave me the speed. Nothing eventful happened on leg 2, except that it appeared to be softer from the recent rains. Leg 3, POW! A humming street set up for us, Lisa cored 7-8kts to base, then proceeded at some crazy LD for well over 100km! I joined the street later, covering 65km at 215kph :) The fun was about to stop & begin though. I left the street at base, throttled back & extended glide at 80kts. The CU's quickly deteriorated, providing only 3kts to get home on. Lisa cored 2kts 15km Nth of Durong from 1000' AGL, would've been character building out there if it weren't for the beautiful airstrip below us! >From looking at being 4 min under time, to 5min over time, I came in for the >day win at 126kph. Great fun for a day in March! Cheers, WPP _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
