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Sunglasses
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14-Jun-14 |
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day that greeted the small contingent at YCAB this
morning did not look promising ... and certainly
lived up to that promise! |
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the mention that winds from the south were expected,
the Duty Crew of David Higgs, Kevin Rodda, Rupert
Perry and Karl Bodi headed for RWY12 with Blanik GYK
and Pawnee SPA despite some powered traffic already using
RW30. There we were joined a little later by Rupert's friend John
Kahler. |
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waiting for what seemed like an eternity for a break
in the circuit traffic (which was by then all
heading to the north west off RWY30) the decision
was made to also move our operations to RWY30. |
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was some speculation that the smartphone that was
being used to check the weather forecast earlier may
have been upside down when viewed! |
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David
Higgs with my assistance had the flight line at
RWY30 well and truly under control. |
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Karl
Bodi had SPA ready but with no promises of towing
gliders to lift. When I commented that he had never
towed me into lift, Karl's immediate response was
that he only did that for his friends! (Karl 1
- Kevin 0) |
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first and only flight of the day was Rupert Perry
(who appears to have found my barber since I last
saw him) with John Kahler. They managed a 16 minute
flight in GYK from a 3200 feet launch at
10:34. |
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John
Kahler about to launch in GYK with Rupert Perry in
the rear seat. |
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| Plans
had been made for at least another flight into the
dull sky, however they were soon shelved when spots
of rain started to fall as Rupert and John returned
to RW30. With rain falling to the west of Caboolture
and heading our way (we by then had received first
hand reports re washouts of gliding at DDSC and
Warwick from rain coming in from the west) the
decision was made to get SPA and GYK under cover as
quickly as
possible. |
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View from
the retrieve vehicle as we towed GYK back to the
tie-down area.. |
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balance of the days operations took place out of the
rain in Hangar 22 where we were joined by tomorrow's
rostered tug pilopt Neil Schaefer who commented that
the outlook for gliding tomorrow looks much
better. |
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Neil
Schaefer, Rupert Perry and David Higgs relaxing in
the hangar. |
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| After
a de-briefing over coffee at Macca's, the trip home
to Brisbane through light but persistent rain proved
the decision to pack up early to be a correct
one. |
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| Oh,
and why was this report named "Sunglasses
Saturday"? Certainly not because of the glare.
The end of the day saw Karl searching everywhere for
his sunglasses. When he came into Hangar 22 looking
for them, I failed to tell him straight away where I
had seen them. |
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photo shows where they were the whole time ... |
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Karl
Bodi and the "missing" sunglasses!
(Karl 1 - Kevin 1)
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Don't
fly slow when low,
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| Kevin
Rodda
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