It was foggy at Lake Keepit till about 11 o' clock ( 0100 UTC to you), but it was really socked in at Cowra. Not even the bank plane got in. The fog did lift by about 10.00 am - to about 300 ft above ground level. I could not get away until just after midday, (in fact just after the bank plane left - it normally comes in and out at 7.00 am) when some holes in the low cloud opened up and I was able to fly up through one of them to go VFR over the top.
The cloud was much more broken and then scattered towards the north east, and I was able to get back to Lake Keepit without further incident. However it was very cold.
Doug Knight and Michael Newnham, my students for the week, along with Garry Speight had the tug and glider ready, so I did another running changeover this time from Jabiru to Puchatek. We managed five training flights in the afternoon but there was no soaring to be had. However it is ideal training weather as it is so smooth.
We'll see what tomorrow brings.
Don't forget to come out on Thursday.
Jenny
