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From: Judith
Smith
Date: Fri, Nov 8, 2013 at 10:07 PM
Subject: A mixed Friday
To: cgcmemlist@vicnet.com.au
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Friday
November 8 was not our usual Friday at first glance.
The tug was in the air as I arrived but there was no
glider behind it. All was explained when we assembled
on 30 with gliders, van, assorted vehicles, etc. and
Peter John assured us Tony Sorensen is again a tuggie
- as well as an instructor. Great to see you back
Tony.
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You
will have seen Bob Hainsworth's report on our
vehicular problems. Thank goodness we seemed to have
nothing wrong with our gliders. The weather was not up
to par but we could not fix that so we got on with the
day's activities as best we could with the help of our
L2, Bob Turner, and rostered tuggie, John Knox who was
relieved by Karl Bodi about mid-day. Just to keep up
with the Friday bunch, Barry McCarthy and Lyn called
in for a chat too, so maybe Barry will be back in
harness very shortly.
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While
Bob and Kevin Dobbie got started in GYK, the other Bob
(Hainsworth) and Charles Hock took CQC for a spin,
metaphorically speaking. Both landed back after most
unimpressive times and the day got no better. Best
flight of the day was Bob Turner's effort when he took
Ken Wales off to see what gliding is all about. Maybe
a convert there?
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We
seem to have a lot of 18 min flights on the day's list
- John Nestor in GYK, Arthur Mailey and Tony in CQC
and Neil Schaefer and Peter Thomasetti in CQC as the
sea breeze blew in to spoil our fun. Neil's second
attempt to take Peter up to enjoy a gliding experience
proved the sky was definitely not cooperating though
Ken Mitchell had earlier scored a most creditable 35
mins late in the morning. Unsurprisingly after that,
we packed up just before 1600 and, once everything was
put away, sat in the cool of Kevin's Hangar watching
all the boiling coils of black smoke from the fire
that you will, no doubt, have seen on the news
tonight.
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And,
quite irrelevant here, is the photo I took of the
smoke while waiting at the lights at North Lakes on
the way home.
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Flight times as follows: GYK, 5 flights for 1.39 and
CQC, 5 flights for 1.57 indicate that one decent
flight could have accounted for the day's totals.
Guess there's always next time.
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Hopefully, things will be better tomorrow.
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Judith
Smith,
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on
behalf of the Friday Crew
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