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Saturday
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02-Feb-13 |
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From: David
Guzzwell
Date:
Sun, Feb 3, 2013 at 6:42 PM
Subject:
Gliding ops report for Saturday 02/Feb/2013
To:
members@glidingcaboolture.org.au |
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Hi
all,
Sorry
for the delay.
Saturday
started out bright and clear, a most refreshing
change from smoke, smog and heavy cloud, and it
stayed that way all day.
Most
of the Duty Crew were already busy when I arrived at
around 7:45 and consisted of:
L2
- Garrett Russell
AEI
- Kevin Rodda
Tuggie
- Mark Thompson
Unfortunately
there was no sign of fellow Duty Pilot Shaun Twomey
all day.
GYK
and CQC were selected and prepared for the day's
flying requirements. Theo Mus, Rupert Perry,
Rod Wilson, Speedy and Alex Horvath were also on
hand as ant-clearing operations and other tasks were
carried out ... after which Speedy and Alex
disappeared to prepare a third glider for flight,
Alex's own K6, XOF. |
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Rod
Wilson encouraging friend Gary Smith to take a
flight with him in CQC |
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(photo
provided by Kevin Rodda) |
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Flying
commenced from RWY - 24 at 10:04 with Rod Wilson
persuading friend Gary Smith for a taste of soaring
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All
smiles and still friends ... Gary Smith with Rod
Wilson after the flight |
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(photo
provided by Kevin Rodda) |
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Theo Mus continued his
learning with Garrett Russell ... |
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A
very enthusiastic trainee, Theo Mus, with a
camera-shy instructor Garrett Russell |
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(photo
provided by Kevin Rodda) |
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...
and Kevin Rodda took
Kevin O'Brien (a YCAB-based gyro pilot and a key member of the
Aero Club's mowing team) for a flight . |
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Kevin
O'Brien enjoyed his first ever flight in a glider |
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(photo
provided by Kevin Rodda) |
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local airspace got rather busy with a few powered
pilots insisting the weather was not
"inclement" enough to justify the use of
24 and sticking to 30 instead, causing the
occasional conflicting circuit and some takeoff and
taxiing issues. The AN2 joined the fray,
lending thunderous support to the 24 contingent and
an energetic chase of some marker cones caught it
its prop-wash. |
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The
Antinov AN-2 thundered overhead gliders at the flight line as it
lands on 24 |
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(photo
provided by Kevin Rodda) |
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Alex
took XOF for a short flight and Kevin Rodda scored
the flight of the day at 1 hour 24
mins
(with his solo
tie-down flight)
in CQC while
Theo Mus made improvements on his takeoff and
practiced circuits.
The
day wound up with Trevor Mills taking XOF for a
flight just short of an hour and Rupert Perry with
Garrett Russell doing a "tie-down-flight"
in GYK.
CGC
glider stats:
CQC
- 3 for 2:34
GYK
- 5 for 1:47
Thanks
to all for participating actively in an enjoyable
day at the airfield. |
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| David
Guzzwell
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