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20¢
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02-Nov-12
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It was a windy
day that greeted the small group of gliding stalwarts who
had gathered at the airfield this morning (Bob Turner, John
Knox, Bob Hainsworth, Karl Bodi, Shane Tuck and Kevin Rodda). We
were joined later by Tony Sorensen, and then after lunch by Steve and Nathan
Bowtell.
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Five
flights were launched in the IS-28 (from runway 12).
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- Shane Tuck
and Bob Turner
18 minutes
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- Bob Hainsworth/Karl
Bodi 19 minutes
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- Kevin Rodda/Matt
Watt 28 minutes (AEF)
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- Tony Sorensen/Shane
Tuck 14 minutes
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The air was
very bumpy up to about 1,500 feet which meant that keeping in station behind
the tug took a fair bit of concentration as well as a lot of stick
and rudder input.
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The strong and gusting winds were
straight down 12 ... providing some good practice opportunities
in terms of circuit planning/execution under less
than favourable landing conditions.
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Matt
Watt (a Dash 8 Customs Pilot) and Paula Easton had flown down from
Cairns for a few days in Brisneyland. Matt thoroughly enjoyed
his birthday gift ...
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The following photo
records a significant event for Caboolture Airfield ... an event
that took
place quietly in the background of normal activity at YCAB today.
The hangar doors were open for business on Sandora Aviation's last working day!
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Meanwhile, back at the tie-down area, there appeared to be a little vandalism taking place
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But alas, it
was only today's crew "finishing off" an already dangerously damaged chair
so that Shane Tuck could take to the garbage tip. Pictured below are
Shane, Karl Bodi, Bob Turner, Bob Hainsworth and Tony Sorensen
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And just in case you
were wondering about the reference to "20¢
Friday" ... well ... someone had early in the day
commented that we had two Bob's at the
pie-cart!
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Safe flying,
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Kevin Rodda
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for the Friday
Crew
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O'Hare Approach
Control: "United 329 Heavy, your traffic is a Fokker,
one o'clock, 3 miles, eastbound."
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United 329: "Approach,
I've always wanted to say this... I've got the Fokker in
sight."
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