A beautiful sunny day again at Lake Keepit. Today was the last day we have the tug before the 100 hourly. I was going to take a launch in the Mosquito to test the vario again, but as luck would have it a couple of visitors turned up.
Peter Atkinson from the UK popped in and then out again, and Olav Liebing from Germany, who learned to fly here, and tries to come back each year.
We got the Grob out and Olav flew it for an Annual Flight review which he passed OK. He was very quick releasing when Boris waggled the wings! I think Boris takes delight in doing this exercise, as he always come back grinning all over his face! After that Olav flew the Grob solo for 2 hours and 10 minutes.
Meanwhile Boris flew the tug to Inverell and dropped it off at North West Aviation, and I followed in the Jabiru to take him back to LKSC. Fortunately Olav was still there to clear the strip of Kangaroos when we got back. He will be spending some time flying here - good news for us.
The weather was blue around here and the day started late, but there was plenty of lift around. There were some cus in the distance.
The grass needs mowing again, but the countryside is browning off again fast - I guess that is why the soaring conditions have improved a bit. Hopefully the tractor will be fixed this week thanks to Roy - committee member in charge of organising runway maintenance. He is being helped by other club members.
The tug will be at least a week and a half, but has been promised to be back before Easter. Cross your fingers. Ian Barraclough will tow with MIE on Weds Thurs and Fri this week, but apart from that we will be using the winch. However everyone should learn to winch launch, and getting away from a winch launch is a valuable skill! Pays dividends when trying to avoid an outlanding. Some days you can get just as high as with an aerotow anyway.
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