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From: Adam
Luff
Date:
Sun, Dec 16, 2012 at 4:49 PM
Subject:
Saturday 15/12 at YCAB
To:
members@glidingcaboolture.org.au
All
things considered it was a quietly successful day at
YCAB this Saturday. With no AEFs scheduled and only
one MIR from Tim Williams, the day was not expected
to be terribly eventful, but success does not always
result from a full flight sheet.
The
day started with L2 John Ashford, Tuggie Tony Esler
and myself arriving at the field to find Mark
Yabsley looking for a passenger flight and Tim
Williams looking for some post-solo work. The
decision was made that we'd only need CQC for the
day, but not before the l’hoteliers were greased.
After Mark and Tim assisted John with the work, we
began our trek to the end of runway 12 to start the
day's flying.
Not
long after Tim began his check flights Speedy
arrived looking for a tow in his K6. We didn't see
Speedy again until well after lunch, nabbing himself
the flightsheet flight of the day at 3hr 39min.
Flight of the day in a CGC aircraft however, along
with a CGC congratulations for flying his first
flight over an hour, goes to Tim Williams at 1hr
06min. An awesome flight early in his solo career,
he only came down because we told him to!
Mark
took his flight in the late morning taking advantage
of the excellent conditions to log another 25min on
the flight sheet. It was at this point new member
(and previous glider/power pilot) Rupert Perry
arrived to get in on the great conditions. After
John put him through his paces with a low level
simulated rope break, Rupert was off on his first
CGC solo, putting another 45min on the flightsheet.
Having
no AEFs scheduled, our AEI Kevin Rodda had resigned
to his hangar for most of the day; preparing for
Caboolture week at DDSC. However a drop-in from my
friend Peter Bausch, a musician on exchange from
Germany, saw Kevin kindly take him for a noteworthy
afternoon flight of 1hr 03min, the final flight for
the day.
Stats
for the day:
CQC
7 launches 3hr 41min
See
you at the field
Adam
Luff
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