It looked like it was going to be a bit of a
non-event Saturday. Only the duty crew were at the
airfield and the best news to report was that we got
the Barina back:
Graeme Manietta delivered it positively purring
from the tender care of his apprentice (the car,
not Graeme) and we immediately pressed it back
into retrieve service. He also took the white
Suzuki to see if it will respond to a similar
miraculous makeover, so many thanks, Graeme, for
all the hard work!
But there’s a hint of great news to come in the
photo above. See the clouds above the glider wing?
They’re the energy mentioned in my 09:00
message, and they lived up to their promise with a
55 minute first flight in CQC for David Guzzwell.
He quickly followed that solo with 42 more minutes
mentored by Bert Persson.
Meanwhile Kevin Rodda, with no passengers booked,
pulled his orange rocket WUC out of the hangar and
revealed what may be the greatest secret of its
legendary flying prowess:
Yes, Kevin has a glider with balls
And just to prove it, that glider took off at
11:03 and landed at 16:05 - the rare and elusive
Five Hour Caboolture Flight!
For almost one of those hours Kevin shared the sky
and thermals with David and Bert; for another hour
plus he was flying in company with Adam French and
me as Adam expanded his back seat experience to thermaling
the 28.
The statistics:
WUC 1 launch 5:02
CQC 4 launches 2:43
So if you see a message that the sky has energy
tomorrow morning (or any other day) come out to
the field and add your own verse to the saga of
soaring at CGC!
