Sunday 25th June 2006
Clear, sunny, but very cold. Doug and John shared the gliding instruction.
Flying in JW were Brian Savage (backseat practice), Phil (BFR), Dan from Wanaka
and Bob from 5R. We flew til sundown at which stage it was minus 3C and ice was
forming on the canopy. Many thanks to Pete (and Roger S) for driving the winch
all day.
And flying iron thermals on sunday where JR+Dan in Tecam RLS, John McArthur in
his cub DFO and Lou in BUQ.
ERW is away getting new paint and engine but we should have a '172 on loan
shortly.
Sunday 18th June
Cold but we got a lot done. Firstly Phil, Al, and Pete beavered away clearing
the briar and rocks from Grass runway 14 (far end). John motored up in OQ but
found little else but ice. We started winching early PM, Pete flew Al and John
flew with new member Dan, and Al. Phil drove the winch. Big news of the day was
Al Forbes first solo, well done and what a nice landing!
Sunday 11th June
The forecast put everyone off (could have flown tho)
Sunday 4th June
Good southerly wave all day (and several days after by the look of it). In the
morning John flew OQ up to 13,000
exploring the wave. Later pm, Al and John took JW up to 12000, then Hamish White
flew
Dad (Doug) up to icey heights. By now the wx was packing up but we still
time
for a quick flight each for Bob and Bill (both from 5R) with John instructing.
It was cold,
wet and dark by the time we had the hanger closed but at least the clubroom
fire was going well.
Thanks to Russell for towing.
Sunday 29th May
Mid morning the day didn't look too good for flying with full cover of low
level cloud. This cleared early afternoon and we got the winch out. Not
much wind and the air was pretty calm aloft. Doug instructed and did
circuits with Al and we were joined by Bob Martin of the Five Rivers Club
who also did a couple of circuits.
Thanks to Doug for instructing and Pete and Phil for running the winch.
Sunday 21st May
The day had some promise earlier in the morning, but the Southerly blew up the
Roxburgh gorge. The bad stuff hung around the hills and missed Alexandra,
cloudy all day though. We winched all day, ten flights in total. Doug
instructed, but first did a couple of flights in JW to get familiar with the
winch again; Al, Duncan and Malcolm Taylor did circuits with Doug (and Pete).
Pete and Phil drove the winch and even managed to take out most of the knots
(and put proper joins in) on the Dynema. Thanks to Doug for instructing and to
Phil and Pete for the winch.
Sunday 14th May Wet and snowy!
Sunday 7th May
Sunday was slightly unstable after a wee front early morning. A bit more sun
would have helped but we had weak thermals from mid afty. Phil winched
John('KG) at 1pm and Pete ('LP) a little later. Cloudbase was 3000-4000' but
there were enough thermals for reliable soaring. Chris Davis took an aerotow
and all 3 soared together for the rest of the afternoon. Generally a nice day
had by all.
Thanks to Phil for winching and Roger for towing.
Sunday 30th April
A clear, still day. ERW was busy early (once the fog had cleared) with Steve
Whitren, then Gary Wilson flying with Roger Bennett. The gliding started about
1pm. John headed away in 'OQ and spend a couple of hours soaring weak thermals
on the Dunstan foothills. Pete flew a trial-flighter then instructed Dave
Wilson. Phil flew SJ, as did Brian Savage. Later Brian completed his backseat
rating with John in JW. Duncan and Alistair also flew. We quit with darkness
and retired to the clubrooms, cranking up the potbelly stove for the first time
this season. Thanks to Russell for towing.
Sunday 23th April
Very windy for a start, even some roofs blown off in Clyde! Needless to say we
didn't fly
in the morning, instead did a few chores around the place. Later in the afty it
improved so we decided to winch. It actually turned out quite nice with heaps of
lift
about. We flew til dark and restricted flights to 15 mins to fit the training.
John + Pete shared the instruction and winching duties. Alistair and new member
Dave Watson continued with their training, and Brian Savage flew over from
Queenstown in KVB and got
some back seat practice in JW.
Sunday16th April
Easter, no flying.
Sunday 9th April
Club activity was pretty quiet (ERW away on maintenance). John flew some pax in
KNI, then flew with Alistair in JW while Phil drove the winch.
Sunday 2nd April
A hot sunny day (28C). John instructed Christie, and Pete took a friend flying.
Chris D did a couple of flights in 'SJ. It was pretty stable and we quit
early. Thanks to Roger for
towing.
Sunday 26th March
High cloud from cyclone Wati crept south on sunday killing any chance of
thermals. However we had 5 trial flights organized so were flying
early, Pete and John instructing. Phil also flew (KJ) and John flew OQ. Thanks
to Russell for towing.
Sunday 19th March
OK soaring was had, especially for Pete in LP who flew all the way up to Mt
Huxely. Pete
scraped home on the last of the day's lift, a very good flight for so late in
the season. Meanwhile Doug was instructor of the day. He took 2 good soaring
flights, one was Dave from Glenorchy (who is joining), and the other Doug's son
Hamish (who wants to learn too). The southerly came in later and made local
soaring a bit difficult.
Thanks to Chris and Phil who helped out, and to Russell for the towing.
Sunday 12th March
A cold front went through early AM and the day cleared slowly though remained
southerly.
We were winching early. Pete instructing and John (then Geoff) driving the
winch. Pete was pretty busy with Al, Christie, Ian C and Claudia all present.
Also a number of visitors including Ian Dunkley (Vintage Glider enthusiast).
There was soaring from mid PM, Chris D flew SJ and John flew KG for a couple of
hours.
Thanks to all the helpers especially Geoff for winching and Russell for towing.
Sunday 5th March
The day started fine and calm although it looked like high winds aloft. John
instructed Alistair and new member Claudia. Phil, Pete and Geoff ran the winch.
Chris D helped out as did Brian from England. Geoff was learning to drive the
winch so he also had a flight in JW to see what it was like at "the other end".
There was the occaisional thermal
but nothing much until about 3pm when the wind touched down just before we were
about to start aerotowing. John and Al had an interesting flight climbing
straight off the last winch to 8000' in gusty lift with varios pegged at 10 Kts
plus. Meanwhile on the ground the wind had gone from calm to a very strong
Sw'er. It got pretty rough and there was little doubt the day was "coozed" so
we put everything away and retired early.
Sunday 25th Feb
A windy day at Alex, with some 'uncomfortable' tows. Pete instructed in JW,
taking Alistair for a couple of circuits and new club member Claudia (from
Dunedin) for a check-flight. No-one had soaring flights... too windy for
thermals... though David (SJ) managed to hover for 20 minutes in weak ridge
lift above the Waikeri translater. Phil and KJ had their second flight together
and a character building aerotow. We packed up early with wind gusting to 30kts
on the ground.
Thanks Pete for instructing and Roger for towing.
Weekend 18, 19 Feb
Lots of flying at 5 Rivers on both days. It was soarable, but mostly below
5000ft, so everyone just stayed local. Pete (LP) and Chris Davis (SJ) had nice
flights on Sat and Sun, and Christie did a couple of extended circuits with
Pete in MO on Sunday.
Thanks to the Southland Club for their hospitality and particularly Mo and
Garth for providing the towplane.
Sunday 5th Feb (Waitangi weekend)
Kerry visited for 6 monthly maintenance on the gliders. The only flying being
Kerry, followed by Phil, in Phil's new glider: Hornet 'KJ. Also flying that
weekend (from Wardells) was Pete in LP.
Sunday 29nd Jan
Another stinker (36 C). John instructed Christie (4 flights) and Alistair (2).
There was good soaring up to the inversion (5000'), both Al and trial-flighter
Garry had hour long flights over the translater. Chris D helped out (many
thanks) and Phil flew SJ. Roger B instructed in ERW all morning plus did a few
tows in afty before Richard took over. It got too hot so we quit early to
sample Ian's shout (solo again in ERW after several years).
Saturday 28nd Jan
Pete, John and Jeremy ('MU) flying from Wardells. A late start (2-3pm) but
eventually the thermals broke through the inversion and took us to 10,000'. We
flew Ahuriri and up the Dobson seeing hang gliders about everywhere,
plus a gaggle of GP06 gliders and chopper cruising way below on the Neuman
range.
Sunday 22nd Jan
A very hot summers day with lumpy lift about. Christie did a couple of flights
with John. New member Brian Savage flew with John for a an hour or so in weak
wave. Chris D flew SJ, and Pete flew LP for a couple of hours. Malcolm flew
about in ERW when it wasn't towing. Malcolm also took a trial flighter in JW at
the end of the day. It was murderous
hard work at low level in the heat. In the end we retired early for a cool
beer. Thanks to Russell and Roger for towing.
Fri 20th Jan
Pete and Grant (Campbell) flew JW back from Wardells. Hard work at times but
easier than derigging!
Xmas-early Jan
We've had some good flying over the Christmas break despite some indifferent
weather at times. Twin JW shifted up to Wardells for a couple of weeks and
various club members took advantage of the opportunity, having good flights.
The first few days of the holidays dished up the best weather. Pete having good
flights in LP. Roger G came up over that period for a flight with Pete. Pete
also did a number of trial flights with his mates, and instructed Tim, then
shared a flight with David in thermal/rotor on the Saturday (7th). Chris and
John had a good soaring flight in JW on the 9th, Chris getting a good look
around the Omarama basin. On the 10th Chris flew to the Ohau skifield solo in
JW, John to Mt Cook in KG, all later meeting up with Pete (LP) and Kerry
Jackson (Cirrus HY) over Ohau. On the 12th it was very late clearing. Both
David (LS4 'MU) and John (KG) flew for a few hours.
The weather then turned a little sour although there was some good wave about
at times. Pete and John paid a couple more visits. The winds continued, 95kt
winds on top one day. We never flew on the last club Sunday (wind) but Pete and
John stayed for the Monday (16th). That was a good day with thermals and up top
wave in a 50kt westerly. Pete had a long flight south of Old Man and back.
So lots of flying...JW must have clocked up about 20hrs, likewise LP and KG.
Thanks to the South Canterbury club for their hospitality and tows, especially
Darren, Allan and Malcolm. Also thanks to Pete and JR for instructing.
Sunday 11th Dec 2005
Sunday dawned cloudy with some drizzle but it soon cleared to be a good
soaring afternoon. In the AM Roger Bennett had some flights to do in ERW, and
John
and visitor Mike Fisher flew Rans KNI. Around noon we had the gliders sorted
and began a busy day's soaring. First off was John and our new instructor Doug
White. They BFRed for 50mins in thermals. Next up was Phil in SJ. Doug then
took over instructing in JW for a while so John flew OQ for a couple of hours.
The soaring continued with Roger Gibson and Christie enjoying soaring
instruction with Doug.
With everybody airborne Gary Wilson took ERW up for some local flying. John did
some more instruction, and Chris Davis did his QGP landout and retrieve from
McArthur's airstrip. Later in the day John McArthur called by in his Cub to
refuel and go for a flight out west.
Pete had a good flight in LP late in the day quickly racing down to Roxburgh in
good thermals. Thanks to Russell for towing, and a warm welcome to Doug White.
Weekend 3/4 Dec 2005
A successful weekend in Wanaka. Saturday's weather was a bit average, so we
only managed 3 flights in JW (including the tow over - Pete and Chris Davis),
but Sunday was quite nice with clear skies and 25 knot N'Wester (and up to 30
knots on the ground!). The Criffel was soarable the whole weekend, and we towed
there every time. No-one contacted good wave, so mostly the flying was local.
Pete and a mate got over to the Hawea Range on Saturday in JW, David Laing (DP)
and David W (SJ) went to Mt Roy and up the lake a bit to Mou Wahu island, and
Phil and Pete (JW) cruised up the Cardrona. Owen and James Truelove had the
longest flights of all and went to the head of Lake Hawea in Owen's Stem
(without cheating). We did some passenger flights too. Chris Clark and Pete
towed back on Sunday evening into the biggest piece of rotor behind Cromwell,
and then made it over into nice Old Woman wave.
Thanks to Richard for towing both days, Pete for instructing, and Owen and
Chris Streat for the use of their hangar on Sat night.
Thursday 1st December 2005
Well we tried. The southerly gunk arrived early and it was stable with a strong
inversion. John struggled for 1.5hrs after a high tow. Pete and David wisely
decided not to launch. We derigged LP and SJ in preparation for Wanaka. Thanks
for the tow Richard.
Sunday 27th November 2005
Lots of flying. Again good soaring conditions. Both club gliders were busy
along with LP.
Saturday 26th November 2005
Pete couldn't resist a perfect sky. He had a good flight along the Dunstans and
then the Hawduns.
Sunday 20th November 2005
Another grotty sunday. Strong NW'er with rain coming on early afternoon. Pete
flew with Alistair in wave.
SI Regionals (Omarama) 12th-19th Nov
Pete, John, Roger Sparks and Chris Streat had some good flights, plus enjoyed
yacking about
gliding for the whole week. Perhaps the best flying was the first day in
thermals
(O-Simons-Dingle-Thomson-Clearburn-O), and last day in wave (O-Cotters-Mt
Cook-O). Not the best wx in between but still enjoyable.
Weekend 5/6th November 2005
Five Rivers
The crew headed down to 5 Rivers for the weekend, and were joined by the locals
and a Balclutha contingent. Saturday we had a moderate S Wester setting up some
disorganised wave. Pete, Terry, Karen, Matt and David, plus a few others in MO
flew locally off the winch, mostly getting into the wave between Mid and West
Dome, while John found his way to the south coast and back. Meanwhile Phil
checked over the club's Hornet with a view to purchasing.
Sunday was contrary to the stunning day forcast... we had overcast until about
2pm and then low cloud base after that. Pete, John, Terry and David tried out
the Alex club's winch (not much difference in height really) and mostly had low
soaring flights close to the strip.
Thanks to the 5 Rivers club for hosting us.
Sunday 30th October 2005
We ended up flying at Alex instead of Roxburgh. However the wx was good (Alex
got the national high yet again). We were winching by 11am. Basically John
instructed and Derek drove the winch all day, and everyone else either did all
the other
work involved or scored a flight or 2. Flying were Christie, Alistair, Rob and
Roxburgh
local Bob. Each flight included a little soaring. Later in the day Phil flew
SJ, Derek took Adam Foster in JW, and John escaped to the Dunstans for a while
in OQ.
Also airborne were Stevie and Geoff in Tecnam RLS. They did the grand tour of
Southland (Balclutha, Invercargill, Manapouri and home).
Monday 24th October 2005
The good weather continues. John (KG) took an early high tow to get above the
inversion and flew north to Omarama then home via Aspiring. Out west it was
excellent soaring with 9000' cloudbases. Meanwhile Pete and Alex Sim in JW took
a shorter tow and soared local below the strong inversion. Later on Derek gave
them a winch launch for another flight.
Thanks Russell for
the tows.
Sunday 23rd October 2005
Nice soaring weather. Peter (LP) and John (OQ) headed north in good thermals
reaching Ohau Skifield before returning home. Phil also had good soaring in SJ.
Thanks to Derek for winch driving.
Sunday 16th October 2005
A busy day. We hosted a practice competition event with aircraft flying in from
Wanaka and Dunedin. Events included bombing, spot landing with and without
engine (simulated!). Russell scored the most, followed by Gary.
While this was happening the gliders where winching away next door. John
instructed Chris C, Alistair, Trev, and John Lochhead til mid afty then took
KG up to
Hawkduns and back. Phil had driven the winch all day so took SJ for a well
deserved thermal flight. Pete took a friend up
in JW and also flew with Richard W.
Thanks to Chris D (now called Bob to avoid confusion) for working all day and
still not flying, and Phil for winch driving.
Thursday 13th October 2005
The front went though early AM and the day promised a lot. David (SJ), Pete
(LP) and John (KG) arrived at noon along with the dreaded southerly. We were
winching and wished we'd got started an hour earlier.
David and Pete eached launched and
returned after a brief scratch. Derek arrived and winched John who committed to
a downwind run to McArthurs strip. His luck held and he climbed away, luring
David into trying the same on his next flight (but landed at McArthurs). Pete
struggled for a couple of hours on his next launch but the southerly had washed
out all the local lift.
John escaped over the Dunstans out of the southerly reach. Cloud base jumped
from 5000 to 9500 and he flew northwards in good lift to the head of the Dingle
and back. Meanwhile Phil had retrieved David from McArthurs. We were all home
by 5pm.
Thanks to Derek for winching and Phil for helping out too.
Sunday 9th October 2005
A nice sunny day for lots of flights with ATC cadets. No wind, and light
thermals to an inversion at about 4000ft. Roger Benett managed 11 aerotows as
well as a few hours of of instructing in ERW. Pete, David and Derek took
students in JW, and Phil and Chris squeezed in a flight each in SJ.
Thanks Pete and Derek for instructing and Roger for towing.
Sunday 2 October 2005
More winching action at Lowburn. The day was quite unstable with some
over-development at times and basically no wind. Alistair and John got away in
JW on the first flight of the day, so we decided to carry on with the winch
only and cancel the tow plane. Obviously it clouded over above the airstrip
after that, which reduced us to flying circuits for a while. David and Chris
D had a turn in JW, Phil went up in SJ and almost stayed up.
Then Pete and Alistair found a good thermal on their down-wind leg (as you do),
and followed this to cloud base, joined by David (SJ) and John (KG) along the
way. All three wandered over to the Dunstans and SJ and JW lobbed over to land
at Alex a while later. Some really spectacular cloud formations.
Thanks Derek for driving the winch all day, John/Pete for instruction, and
Chris for shutteling between Lowburn and Alex.
Sunday 25 Sep 2005
Lowburn. Considering the forecast (rain) we had a good day at Lowburn. Derek,
Phil, Pete, Chris Davis, Renee and David played with JW and the winch, getting
heights of around 1600ft AGL in six flights. Wasn't soarable due to a moderate
ground wind killing the thermals.
Thanks Pete and Derek for instructing.
Wed 21 Sep 2005
David took Renee up in JW for a nice flight in the Old Man wave to 14500 ft.
Went down to Roxburgh then across to Thomsons Gorge and Tarras, and landed at
Lowburn. Thanks for the tow Richard.
Sunday 18 Sep 2005
We had a dodgy weather forecast, but the day turned out quite sunny and
thermic. Miniture thermals to 4 or 5000 ft most of the day until the Southerly
came in at about 3:30 and killed them. Had the winch out to start with, then
Russell aerotowed. Everyone had soaring flights of an hour or more... Malcolm
instructed Alistair and a visting student, Nicole, in JW, Phil and David had
turns in SJ and John had 3 hours or so in OQ without cheating.
Thanks Malcolm for instructing and Russell for towing.
Sunday 11th September 2005
Last Sunday 11 Sep
Not a bad day really. Quite thermic with light wave on the Dunstan and Old Man
ranges to about 10000ft. Alistair and John kicked off the day with a flight in
JW before Richard had to scoot down to Dunedin and back to drop off a
passenger. Then Phil went up in SJ, and Derek and David in JW, both finding
widespread lift over the golf course. They were joined by Terry (him and Karen
visiting from Balclutha for the day).
Meanwhile John was once again quite useful in his wave-finder (OQ), and managed
to spur us on to some quite long areotows. David landed to replace Derek
with lighter ballast (Alistair), and they went off to find the wave above the
Dunstans and later joined JR over the Obelisk. Phil was also seen quite high in
that area in SJ. Terry and Derek (SJ) both had a second go, but contented
themselves with flying in the lower atmosphere.
Thanks Richard for towing and John for instructing.
Friday 2nd September 2005
Wow mid week flying starts again! A weak front passed through mid morning so it
was nicely unstable. The high cloud came in again but fortunately
the thermals still worked and there was wave above. Pete LP, David SJ, and John
OQ launched about 2pm. We towed over to the Old Man range climbed to 7000' in
thermals then spent the rest of the day in gentle westerly wave. Pete got well
down the
Garvies. John was dressed for sunshine (shorts and sandals) and found it damn
cool at 10,000' with no sun.
Thanks to Richard for the tows.
Sunday 28th Aug 2005
Sunday was overcast and cool with some wave cloud to be seen too. It remained
calm on
the ground but the westerly kicked in at 3000' and reached 40Kts at 10,000'.
Roger Bennett was busy instructiing in ERW during the morning and also flew
with John in RLS later. Also flying RLS was Geoff Campbell and son.
The gliders where winched in the morning and Richard towed us in the afternoon.
Pete instructed
Chris and Alistair, John flew with Chris and also gave Roger Bennett his first
winch flight. Phil had a couple of nice flights in SJ.
In the afternoon most flights were an hour or more, soaring in weak wave. Late
in the day John motored high in GOQ to play in the upper wave.
Sunday 14th Aug 2005
A front had gone through early AM with snow on the hills and a cold SW
remained. John motored up in OQ and parked in wave for 3hrs. Above 10,000' it
was 40Kts SW and
-17C. Meanwhile Pete and Alistair (JW) and David (SJ) spent the afternoon
soaring in unstable thermals and rotor. It was the cold that forced us down
before 4pm. Thanks to Richard
for the tows.
Sat 6th+ Sunday 7th Aug 2005
Saturday was spent with Kerry carrying out the "Annuals" on KG, LP, JW and SJ.
A big job, special thanks to Kerry and Phil, also Pete and John.
On Sunday there were still some jobs to complete but we got gliding around 1pm.
Derek instructed Andi, Alistair and Duncan. Geoff and John also did a flight
each in Roger's Tecnam RLS. Both days were fine, blue and stable. Thanks to
Richard for towing.
Sunday 31 Jul
A dull-looking day but it's amazing what's going on up there! There were no
isobars on the map but it sure looked like some Dunstan wave was present. John
motored up in GOQ to confirm (yep) and came back after a couple of hours to
instruct.
High tows to the edge of the rotor at 6000' were required. John and Alistair
froze inside JW for 2 hrs at 12,000' (under high overcast so no sunshine.) They
were joined later by David in SJ.
Also flying about were Geoff and Stephen in Tecnam RLS, they went on a 2 hr nav
exercise to Omarama, Oamaru, Dunedin and back. Phil also flew SJ and John did
some power circuits in GOQ.
Last Sunday 24 Jul
Lots of winching action with some folks working their way up into the Westerly
wave. Pete (LP) had the best flight of all... down to Roxburgh at 12000ft then
almost to the Garvies. After we re-attached the tail skid on JW (thanks Richard
for the welding), John instructed Alistair and Adam... both having good soaring
flights. Phil and David had turns at not getting away in SJ, followed by Roger
Gibson, who areo-towed into the wave behind the Leaning Rock.
The day ended with people collecting in the light wave over the Waikeri
translater.
Thanks to JR for instructing and Richard for doing a couple of tows later in
the day.
Last Weekend 16/17 Jul
A very nice pilots dinner enjoyed by around 30 people at the Blues Lounge on
Saturday evening. Delicious food and a good vibe. Thanks to Gary and Russell
for organising.
Sunday news from Derek...
Sunday was VERY COLD but still and ideal for circuits. Chris did 8 (6 with
Pete, Derek on winch and 2 with Derek, Pete on winch), Phil did 2 in SJ and
Adam Foster did 1 with Derek. So, 11 winches for the day, max height 2500 QNH,
min height 2200 QNH.
July 10 2005
A winter's nice day with some gentle instability, but not really enough to stay
up in unless you motored to 8000 ft. Some folks arrived early to unwind the old
winch cable and put on the *new* 4mm Dyneema. Then out onto the field to try it
out... and what an improvement. Aside from no breaks and no spreading of the
drum, the winch can now be run at less than full-power, even for JW. Heights
acheived are better than before, the highest being 1900ft above the ground (nil
wind).
So Phil (SJ), David (SJ) and Pete (LP) did a few winches from each end of the
field, and Chris and Alistair each had an aerotow with John in JW. John also
did a few laps in his Picolo OQ, and later motored up to some scrappy wave
behind the Old Man.
Thanks Derek for driving the winch, Russell for towing and JR for instructing.
July 3st 2005
Firstly congratulations to Hayden Anderson for his first solo in ERW on
Saturday, gee that didn't take long!
Another nice wave day on Sunday. The morning was wet but it cleared up nicely
about noon
as
forecast. John motored up to the Dunstan wave in 'OQ and Phil followed in SJ.
Malcolm took JW for a quick circuit then both Roger Gibson and Malcolm took JW
up again. Soon all 3 craft were soaring in gentle wave. John left the Dunstan
wave at 12500 (still going up fast) and headed over to the Old Man wave. Malcolm
and Roger climbed over Earnscleugh and did some spin/stall exercises. Meanwhile
Roger Bennet and Duncan Anderson flew ERW. All day it was calm on the ground
but was 30-40kts up top.
No one found any rotor, the air was pretty smooth everywhere.
Fading light brought us down and we retired to the clubrooms for a beer around
the fire. Thanks to Roger Bennett for his help.
July 1st 2005
Phil helped John rig his Piccolo 'OQ for the first time. After waiting for the
wind to die down a bit John had his first flight reaching 10,000' in SW wave,
landing with a big smile!
June 26th 2005
First nice Sunday in a looong while. 30kt Southerly set up some nice wave in
the lee of the Old Man range. Quite a small turnout meant unlimited glider use
by those that rocked up. Chris and Pete had 2 flights of about 1hr each in
JW... first one in thermals and second one in the Old Man wave. David had 2hrs
in SJ cruising the wave at 10 to 12000 ft... his feet did not really apreciate
the experience.
Thanks Pete for instructing, Richard for towing, and Derek for helping out.