Or 5 hours 26 minutes from 9 flights, to give you
the day’s full score. And that’s not counting a
self-launch by Bert Persson which would add another
couple of hours at least.
Lift was obviously abundant around Caboolture
today, but the big story is not how much we flew
but who did the big times and how they achieved
them.
Top of that list has to be Jessica Bellamy ...
Here she is pointing to some of the half dozen
powered aircraft that instantly followed her from
RWY30 to 12 after a brisk wind change turned her
planned circuit entry for one runway into a
modified circuit for another. This was a challenge
she handled with clear thinking and admirable
airmanship. And she followed it up by logging her
first flight of over an hour - just one minute
short of the club glider flight of the day. Well
done, Jessica!
The FoD was 1:12 for Bob Hainsworth and Arthur
Mailey in GQA.
The other notable flights were by Judith Smith and
Bob Turner in GYK for 51 minutes and Ken Mitchell
on a training flight in GQA with Barry McCarthy
which lasted 56 minutes. When asked why he
didn’t make it an hour, Ken simply replied that
the object of the flight was to practise his
landing …
But the lift didn’t last. By the time Shane Tuck
launched with Barry for his next step on
conversion to the IS-30, all they could find was
18 minutes worth. That was soon after two in the
afternoon, and soon followed by a couple of
quarter hour tie down flights.
The day’s totals:
GQA 4 flights 2:38
GYK 5 flights 2:48
And as always, a big thanks to our tuggies: John
Knox for the duration of an Australian Ashes first
innings at bat, and Steve Bowtell after lunch.
There’s more soarable weather forecast for the
weekend, so come out and see if you can beat
Jessica’s one hour eleven!
