A lady was booked in for a birthday TIF so we got the Grob out and Boris got the tug ready. Had to wash the bugs off the leading edge to improve the glide! A check of the blipmaps indicated there would be good thermals but no cloud.
Took off at about 1330 and had a beautiful smooth soaring flight. Climbed to 6000 ft under blue sky and cruised around admiring the view. Clouds were forming out to the west towards the Warrumbungles and over Mt Kaputar. There were also nice looking cus out to the East and in the Tamworth Control Zone. Pam Cork took lots of pictures but didn't want to handle the controls. Her husband had a flight afterwards, and did a little bit of flying himself, but was also happy just to admire the view. It was just perfect weather for doing these flights - you could cruise around in lift and climb without having to bank steeply and make the passenger feel sick. Its hard work but someone has to do it!
Thought I might go for a fly myself in the Mozzie after, but defrosted my fridge instead. Maybe tomorrow.
Can't understand why there are not hoards of people here gliding. It really was a nice day.
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