At last a good soaring day!
Good forecast and good weather as well. Jim Staniforth picked a couple of tasks - a 500km for the foolhardy, and a 300 km for the "old school" as he put it. We were faced with a shortage of club gliders - every single one of them flew today!
John White in the LS7, Jim Dingess in the LS6, Gabriel Kalkbrenner in the Jantar, Paul Roche in the Junior, Roland and I in the Puchatek, and John Hoye in the Grob 103. Matthew Minter came out and flew Garry's Twin Astir. In addition Jim Hackett flew his ASH26E, Gerhard his Jantar and Jim Staniforth his Nimbus 3. Quite a busy day for the tug!
Jim Staniforth attempted the 5oo, but wasn't making good enough time at the first turnpoint, so reverted to the 300 km task for the second one. He ended up flying 452 km. Gabriel flew around the 300 km triangle with Jim Dingess, and due to the handicap ended up with more OLC points!. John White went to Narrabri, then somewhere south and back via Gunnedah for a flight of over 6 hours. Matthew Minter also flew to Narrabri and back in the Twin Astir. Jim Hackett and Paul Roche stayed local, but Paul got his five hours for silver C duration. Not sure where Gerhard went. Roland made some good progress during the day with circuit planning and aerotow exercises, and later in the afternoon he flew the Puchatek just past Mt Borah and back - with some nagging from the back seat. When we got back we uploaded the flarm to the OLC, so Roland is now an OLC competitor.
We have uploaded most of the flights to the OLC if anyone wants to check them out.
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