23Jan15 - Pics from Gympie

Pics from Gympie

23-Jan-15

Sharon and I arrived Wednesday and were "living the dream" in the Campervan at Kybong Airfield ... until we were washed out and headed for home on Friday morning. I did however have an enoyable flight in Gympie's Junior (XOP) late on Wednesday afternoon ... 30 minutes of fun from some late afternoon lift to the southwest of the airfield.

Ken Mitchell arrived early Friday morning after surviving "heavy rain, hail, traffic jams, cloud base down to ground level, crashes, intersections that looked like lakes" etc, etc, only to find that gliding operations had been cancelled for the day. Even more disappointing for Ken was the fact that he only had Friday available for gliding! On the positive side however, before heading for home he commented ... "the cup of tea was excellent and the company scintillating ... worth the trip!"

Wednesday late afternoon: How to stack gliders in a hangar Gympie-style. Seven gliders ... to retrieve cars ...

... and our tug!

Getting the tug out of the weather was the objective ... and this was achieved with ease under the expert direction of Gympie's Trevor Burke and Ray Parker!

Kevin Rodda