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"Been there, done
that, got the tee shirt." Who is making that
fashion statement?
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[photo: Garrett Russell]
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From: Garrett Russell
Date: Sat, Aug 17, 2013 at 4:09 PM
Subject: 19 Flight Friday @ YCAB
To: CGC Members <cgcmemlist@vicnet.net.au>
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Another
late Friday report because of another big Friday.
Correction not
just big, this one was HUGE. 19 flights for a total of
six hours and ten
minutes flying. As our hard-working club treasurer
observed, it gives a
whole new meaning to the old phrase "thank
goodness it's Friday!"
10 launches on the almost-full flight sheet were for
checks of some sort,
from annual to post solo daily to pre-solo, so there
was a good bit of spin
to the day. And while it was another Friday with
multiple tuggies present,
the day was also remarkable for the fact that all four
of them actually flew
a glider John Ashford, Steve Bowtell and Karl Bodi
doing check flights in
their other guise as instructors and John Knox taking
a well-earned solo
flight. Thanks to Knoxy and Karl for sharing the
Pawnee seat as well.
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It was Karl Bodi
wearing the tee shirt ... seen here contemplating his
Annual Check flight at the hands of Barry
McCarthy.
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[photo: Garrett Russell]
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All
those check flights plus some training kept the Baz
and Gaz instructing
team busy all day, and it was one of the training
flights that scored flight
of the day. 32 minutes for brand new member Chris
Hansen on his very first
flight with the club.
Double congratulations, Chris, for not only logging
the day's best time but
also for beating all the IS-28 jockeys in a Blanik!
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New member and FOD
(flight of the day) pilot Chris Hansen - whose day job
involves talking big jets into Australian airspace.
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[photo:
Garrett Russell]
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GYK
recorded 10 flights for 2:43 while CQC's were 9 for
2:27. To keep the
Blanik/28 rivalry going a bit further, keen sporting
statisticians will be
interested to note that those figures give the two
gliders identical average
flight times at 16.3 minutes. Although to be fair, two
low level rope breaks
did bring CQC's average dramatically down.
Those two low flights resulted in the club's newest
"first solo" pilot, Neil
Schaefer. "First solo" in quotes because
Neil first soloed in a glider many
decades ago, has since logged some 2,000 hours
instructing in other forms of
aviation, and is set to soon have his L1 GFA
instructor's endorsement
officially reactivated.
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"Fisrt Solo"
for Neil Scheafer.
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[photo:
Garrett Russell]
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The
day's other flights saw Ken Mitchell, John Nestor,
Shane Tuck and David
Crocker continuing to spread their wings, Judith Smith
and Bob Hainsworth
enjoying a longish mutual and Rupert Perry being
stretched out wide by Barry
McCarthy.
With the last flight landing after 5pm, it was a very
big and hugely
satisfying day. Let's hope it leads to a big weekend.
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How many glider pilots
does it take to fit a new wingtip wheel? (The wheel
had been freshly crafted by the ever resourceful and
industrious Speedy Gonsalves).
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[photo:
Garrett Russell]
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Garrett
Russell
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for the
Friday crowd
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