The
numbers 3, 5 and 9 featured in
today's flying. 3 being
the number of flights, 5 being the
number of members who committed
aviation and 9 the number of members
who were at the field at some
time. No AEI's and MI
Requests.
Mick
Moloney, Alan Graham, Mike Grady and
myself were there as duty crew.
The day had a few early cu's
but they never mean much. The
cu's on the D'Aguilar Ranges were
the ones that indicated a reasonable
soaring day. It's a
pointer I learnt from Bert. Cu's
forming on the D'Aguilar Ranges
before 0900 will be over Caboolture
soon after 1000 and it's not often
wrong.
The
flying began with Mick taking Alan
for a conversion flight in the Twin
Astir. A 1:01 flight not bad
for a conversion flight.
I wasn't going to waste the thermals
so I took our little ship the Club
Libelle for a 3:06 flight. A
very pleasant flight that saw me
almost get to Kilcoy with a cloud
base of just 4,000ft. A
lot of very good climbs and a few
very tight minutes I spent picking
outlanding paddocks before the vario
started screaming up, up, up.
Meanwhile
Loki waited patiently for his
master!
The
other flight on the day was an
Annual Check for Kevin Rodda with
Mick in the front seat of the Twin.
That's
4 members in gliders plus the pilot
responsible for getting us up there,
Mike Grady our tuggie makes 5 who
committed aviation. Tony
Sorensen was with us all day plus
Karl Bodi and Rupert Perry who
dropped in makes 8. The ninth
member was our makeover artist
extraordinary, Speedy. He
spent his day in the workshop
working on beautifying the IS30.
After Kevin had his Annual
check with Mick he spent the rest of
the day helping Speedy. Thanks
very much Speedy and Kevin.
The
days statistics :-
3
flights.
4hrs
36 min flying.
5
members flying.
Finally
words of advice and caution I'm
quite sure David Higgs will
endorse. We do not want
in-experienced pilots venturing too
far from the field at Caboolture.
It's called HMAS Caboolture
for a good reason. It
can be very un-friendly tiger
country when you get beyond glide
angle to YCAB. You must
have some cross country
experience and for your first
flights beyond glide to YCAB do them
with an experienced pilot.
Mick
Moloney is organising a Caboolture
Week at DDSC at the end of the
year. Watch for his
emails on this great week when he
can confirm dates. It is
a great introduction to X-country
soaring that few of us can enjoy at
Caboolture.
