Callair Returns to Keepit!

At home at Cowra, I looked at the aviation forecast, and it was none too good. Strong headwinds and rain showers. However, looking out of the window, it didn't look too bad so I decided to give it a go. Went out the the Cowra aerodrome at about lunchtime and started loading my stuff into the hopper of the tug and installing the required cushions so that I could reach everything. The DI revealed that an inspection hatch was missing - Phil Goard supplied me with another one. Everything else being OK, I fueled it up and sallied forth to Mudgee.

There was a citation jet doing (very large) circuits at Cowra, and he called me up to see if I was doing ag work locally or flying away. Silly man - if I had been a real crop duster, I wouldn't have had a radio!

Anyway the flight to Mudgee went very smoothly - a bit of a shower on the way, but only a few spots. As luck would have it the wind was blowing straight up the strip, and I greased it on. Of course there was no one there to see.

Fueled up again (60 litres) and set off for Lake Keepit. Went up higher this time to try to save fuel, but it was very cold. Once over the Liverpool ranges I came down again to warm up a bit.
Not a soul at Lake Keepit, so had to do a precautionary search to scare the kangaroos off the strip, then landed on runway 14 (several times). Boris used to say that the number of bounces you do when landing corresponds to the number of people watching. It certainly worked at Mudgee - but do kangaroos count at Keepit? I'll have to practise more. Fueled up again - 68 litres, so it took 128 litres for the trip. The tanks hold 150 litres, so I could probably have done it in one go - but played it safe. (A Jabiru requires 30 litres for the same trip - but not so good for glider towing!)

Managed to rearrange the hangar so as to get the Callair in ( the Junior, E-tug & Jabiru are in there as well), and that is the end of the story!

We need to do "Action 2" on the hook before we can use it for towing.

E-tug needs to go to Inverell this week for a bungee change amongst other things. Anyone interested in flying it there? I will retrieve said person from Inverell either by Jabiru or motor car whichever they prefer! Alternatively I can fly the E-tug, if someone else can do the retrieving.