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Sunday
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From: Mick
Moloney
Date:
Sun, Jul 14, 2013 at 6:10 PM
Subject:
Sunday at Caboolture
To:
cgcmemlist@vicnet.net.au
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To
all those people who looked out the window this
morning and decided to say home ... Alan Graham would
like to send you a great big thank you!!!!!!!
Only
the duty crew were on hand today. Peter John as L2 and
part time tuggie. Yours truly as L1. Karl Bodi towing
us around the skies. Lindsay Mitchell AEI and DI
instructor with Alan Graham as Duty Pilot. Noted
absence was out assistant DP.
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Alan
Graham (rear seat) about to take-off for his
outlanding check flight with Peter John
[Photo:
Mick Moloney]
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...
and getting his outlanding briefing from PJ assisted
by Karl Bodi.
[Photo:
Mick Moloney]
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What
started out as a bleak uninviting day, turned out to
be a beautiful winter's day with ample lift.
Since
Alan was the only person wanting to fly and an entire
duty crew at his disposal, he was all but relieved of
his Duty Pilot duties to avail himself of the rare
resource. And what did he do with those resources you
might well ask? I have prepared a list:
Daily
Inspector - metal ... passed off
Rear
seat jockey - CQC ... passed off
Outlanding
check ... passed off
'C'
Certificate ... just around the corner.
Well
done Alan!! You worked hard today and it paid off.
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Its
not very often that an L1 (me) gets to sit in the
front seat and take photos.
[Photo:
Mick Moloney]
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AEI
(and fearless leader) Lindsay Mitchell, took our air
experience passenger for a 4,500ft flight. Nigel took
the controls from release and basically flew the rest
of the flight. When I left for a flight with Alan, I
could see he was addicted already, so you will
probably see him back! Nigel's brother-in-law was
equally hooked and didn't even fly! So hopefully two
new members.
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Super
Dimona JLL joins us for a bit of thermaling fun.
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[Photo:
Mick Moloney]
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All
in all, a great day was had by all. Cloudbase was
relatively low at 2,000ft, but the thermals were close
together, which enabled some very pleasant flights.
Stats for the day:
CQC
4 flights
1hr 42mins
Flight
of the day: Alan Graham @ 40mins.
Just
another example of bleak days turning into Great
days!!!!
Welcome
to gliding!
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Safe
flying,
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Mick
Moloney
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