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A
pretty big Friday @ YCAB
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18-May-12
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From: Garrett
Russell
Date:
Fri, May 18, 2012
Subject:
A pretty big Friday @ YCAB
To:
members@glidingcaboolture.org.au
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Needless to
say the first order of business today was getting CQC out of
the trailer and on to the flight line. That’s a pretty big
start to any day and we were so busy there are no photos to
commemorate the event. The roll call of those involved
should give you the picture:
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Lindsay
Mitchell, Bob Turner, Barry McCarthy, Kevin Rodda, Arthur
Mailey, Judith Smith, Ken Mitchell, Ray Sharkey, David
Robinson, Hideaki Ogawa, Garrett Russell.
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While that lot
were thus engaged, Karl Bodi prepared SPA and Bob Hainsworth
did the same for GQA.
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Back to the
re-rigging party.
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Were you sharp
enough to spot the new names in that list? One is David
Robinson (see photo in Judith’s recently published report
on last FridaY) ... two other new faces did not escape the
camera today:
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Ray Sharkey
has been around for a couple of months and now finally gets
his mug on the new members page of the website (sorry for
the delay, Ray).
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Hideaki Ogawa
is brand new as of this morning and if you’re finding his
name a bit of a mouthful you can call him Hide (which
conveniently rhymes with Ray).
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Now on to the
flying ... 13
flights all up for GQA, CQC and GRS. Flight of the day went
to Barry at 44 minutes (no prizes for guessing in what).
David Robinson enjoyed 33 minutes under instruction from L2
Bob Turner, and six other flights were over the 20 minute
mark.
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However,
in the midst of all that activity, one CGC member took a
flight which got everyone else’s attention even though it
had nothing to do with gliding:
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Bert Persson
seemed to enjoy his second test flight of the beautifully
restored Gypsy Moth VH-ULM, and our congratulations on a job
very well done!
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Thus ended a
pretty big Friday for a pretty big Friday crew.
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And that ends
this report, except for a lost property notice:
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A jumper and a
carry bag with the tag 187 LCV are now waiting in Hangar 22
to be claimed by their owner.
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That’s all,
folks
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Garrett
Russell
for the Friday Fliers
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