Yet again a hot humid day, but the cus popped early, and the sky looked fantastic. Al Giles declared his 300 km task yet again and launched.
I went to Somerton to get diesel for the tractor, all the time looking at the sky, thinking I was missing my 750 km opportunity. However when I got back Al was putting his glider away. The lift wasn't as good as it looked apparently, and Al had had a close inspection of my outlanding paddock from Monday.
Todd Clark turned up later and launched at 1530, and flew to Eumungerie and back. The tug needed an oil change, so Todd's tow warmed the oil up nicely. However having drained the oil out, we discovered we did not have quite enough oil to fill it up again. Quick phone call to Country Capital in Tamworth, yet they had the required type of oil, so we hopped into the Jabiru to collect it.
I don't do controlled airspace very much, so this was good practice. Imagine our surprise to hear IID, Todd's LS4 calling up the tower and getting clearance to fly through the control zone. On the way back, the tower gave us traffic information about a glider flying through the control zone. "Its all right we know him" I told the controller. "Cool" was the response!
The people at the tower at Tamworth are very helpful.
Anyway, got the oil change done OK, and Todd made it back to Keepit OK. There has been another thunderstorm and rain this evening.
No one scheduled to fly tomorrow, so it will be a day of mowing and maintenance. The grass is excessively long again. Perhaps we should be in the haymaking business.
The new vario for the Junior has arrived so will have to see if I can fit it tomorrow.
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