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Surprisingly
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10-Jan-15 |
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SPA
out and ready as the pie-cart headed to RWY06
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A
substantial downpour on the northern outskirts of
Brisbane as I travelled to YCAB this morning left me
thinking it would probably be a wasted trip ... but I
was wrong!
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When I
arrived at the tie down area I was greeted by fellow
Duty Crew members David Higgs (Duty Instructor), Steve
Chapman (Tug Pilot) and Rod Wilson (Duty Pilot) ...
plus sunny/steamy conditions that showed some promise
of local lift during the day.
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We were
soon joined by Alan Graham, John Nestor (expat from
the Friday Regulars) and Jason Humrich (Air Cadets)
... and later in the day by Peter
Stephenson.
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We
set up the flight line at RW06 where the first our
nine flights for the day was launched at 10:16
am.
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The
longest flight of the day was recorded by Jason
Humrich during one of his three training flights with
David Higgs (1 hour 17 minutes from a 1:03 pm 3,200
feet launch.
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Flying
operations concluded when I landed GYK after a
"hangar flight" launch at 4:42 pm (just
after a late afternoon sea breeze change moved in with
a noticeable and rapid change in the air temperature
at ground level).
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All up
there were 9 flights in Blanik GYK (for a total of 4 hours
51 minutes).
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Kevin
Rodda
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AIR
EXPERIENCE
INSTRUCTOR
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Steve
Chapman at the flight line in SPA
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Rod
Wilson and Peter Stephenson ready to launch with Alan
Graham running the wing.
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Alan
Graham, David Higgs, Jason Humrich and John Nestor
enjoy the shade of the gazebo.
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Jason
Humrich assists with the retrieve of GYK after Kevin
Rodda's "hangar flight".
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Bernard
Gonsalves, Steve Chapman, John Nestor and David Higgs
enjoy the shade and refreshments back at the hangar
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...
while
Rod Wilson and Peter Stephenson tidy up the paperwork.
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