Re: [Aus-soaring] Bunyan Wave 1/8/09

2009-08-03 Thread tom claffey
to Soaring in Australia. Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Bunyan Wave 1/8/09 At the other end of the Divide we had 15,000 ft climbs over the Grampians on Saturday Aug 1 and the seasons first diamond climb to 22,000 ft on Sunday Aug 2. Luckily the cold front predicted for Sunday pm decided to delay it's

Re: [Aus-soaring] Bunyan Wave 1/8/09

2009-08-02 Thread Geoff Vincent
At the other end of the Divide we had 15,000 ft climbs over the Grampians on Saturday Aug 1 and the seasons first diamond climb to 22,000 ft on Sunday Aug 2. Luckily the cold front predicted for Sunday pm decided to delay it's arrival by about 12 hours. Geoff V Grampians Soaring Club At

Re: [Aus-soaring] Bunyan Wave 1/8/09

2009-08-02 Thread Stuart Kerri Ferguson
[mailto:aus-soaring-boun...@lists.internode.on.net] On Behalf Of Geoff Vincent Sent: Sunday, 2 August 2009 10:43 PM To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Bunyan Wave 1/8/09 At the other end of the Divide we had 15,000 ft climbs over the Grampians

[Aus-soaring] Bunyan Wave 1/8/09

2009-08-01 Thread Stuart Kerri Ferguson
Bunyan produced the goods on August 1st. Most Canberra Pilots have been looking out the windows of their various offices observing visual evidence that Wave Conditions were present. Saturday's forecasts did not look that promising BUT early in the afternoon several pilot enjoyed wave