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> AEF with Keith Burrows - 20 minutes from 3500
feet
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> AEF with John Yates - 43 minutes from 4500
feet
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When he
came back from the second AEF at 1:15, Chris excitedly
reported "lift everywhere" and commented
that he had returned under airbrakes at his
passenger's request due to the onset of the early
stages of motion sickness. John said he enjoyed the
flight but did look a bit pale when back on terra
firma and spent a little while checking out (at very close
range) the view through the fence towards the garbage
tip.
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Meanwhile,
Speedy had GLM's Form 2 paperwork completed and, when
he and Bert arrived back from McLunch, I joined them
again to bring the Kooka to the flight line (after
discussing with Tony a move to RWY30 ... as by then, the
wind had swung around and the Kooka doesn't like any
sort of tailwind on take-off).
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Bert and
Speedy took GLM for her Annual Inspection evaluation
flight and were back from 3,200 feet 22 minutes later
with broad grins that meant there was no need to enquire as to how she flew! They were a little
disappointed however that the cloud street that they
tried for to the northwest of the field had dissipated
before their eyes.
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As
snug as two bugs in a rug ... Bert and Speedy in the
Kooka.
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After
some discussion as to whether it was worth my while
launching in GLM due to the deteriorating sky, I had a
very pleasant 36 minute solo flight in her from 3500
feet. She flew like a dream and it was a pleasure to
be in her scratching around in the light conditions.
We (the Kooka and I) climbed very gradually to 3800 feet out to the north
of "Arthur's Landing" before heading back in
closer to the airfield where we had a lot of fun using
little patches of gently rising air above the
intersection of the runways and then out over the
roundabout near Maccas before landing. I
was a bit startled however by a strange sound that
was emanating from behind me in the
fuselage of GLM as we triumphantly
joined cross-wind for landing! ... (click
here)
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The
view from the Kooka along Bribie Island to Caloundra.
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We decided that was it
for the day for GLM and headed for the hangar ... while
Tony and Chris did a hangar flight in GQA (launched at
2:25 pm). By the time we got back to Bert's hangar,
Speedy glanced upward and lamented that we probably should
have launched GLM again.
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Me
tucking the Kooka back into her nest.
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Ten minutes later we knew we
should have and that was well and truly proven by the
62 minutes they achieved from 3500 ft ... coming back all smiles
and full of praise for the flight characteristics of
GQA.
Their landing on RWY24 saw Tony demonstrating
"ground effect" in landing which saw them
using most of the length of the runaway and coming to
a stop in front of the old Aero Club
building.
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Chris and Tony - all smiles after flying GQA.
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A
special thanks to Chris Weir who willingly
"endured" a busy day at the pie-cart when he
had actually travelled to the airfield for a solo
flight in GJY ... he did however get to enjoy a total
of just over 2 hours in GQA. Thanks also to Tony and
Mark for making Club flying possible
today.
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Kevin
Rodda
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PS: In
case you may be wondering, I.N.F.C. stands for ... if not
for Chris!
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