They sure are Dave! I did two years down in Tassie 1989-90, flying with SCOT out of Woodbury.
The mountain ranges on the West half of Tassie run North/South and are in the roaring 40's westerly. The wave is very strong but is limited by the main Hobart Launie Melbourne controlled airspace overhead. The Australian height record is waiting for the person that can organise the necessary clearance and sufficient oxygen equipment. I can well remember soaring along the leading edge of a lennie in IS28 with full divebrake open and 80 knots maintaining level at the base of controlled airspace. I can also remember being quite badly frightened flying in a giant rotor in a club libelle and making a vertical approach to the grass pad in front of the hangar with an unforecast surface wind of about 40knots. Regards, John Welsh. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Graham Watts Sent: Friday, 8 May 2015 7:47 PM To: Dave Donald; Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Tassie waves Lee Waves generated from the high country in Tasmania in a strong westerly flow. Soarable?.. don't know as I am a long way from there. Image here is from an Android app called Skew-T. Strong westerly even at 37,000ft.. Maybe someone from Tassie can chime in.. http://i.imgur.com/dckyv7Q.jpg On 8/05/2015 6:25 PM, Dave Donald wrote: Can someone describe what these waves are and how they are propagated? Are they soarable? Regards, Dave Donald www.designbuildtest.com.au 0409059929 Do not go gentle into that good night - Dylan Thomas _____ From: Graham Watts <mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected]> To: aus-soaring <mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, 8 May 2015, 18:34 Subject: [Aus-soaring] Tassie waves It looks like it was a good wave day in Tassie (via BOM) http://imgur.com/5wSevJz Graham _______________________________________________ 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
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