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Lift
scarce Saturday |
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30-Aug-14 |
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| Any
decent lift was fairly scarce at YCAB today ... a
4,500 feet Air Experience Flight taken by David
Higgs just after noon returning the aerotow flight
of the day (a modest 35 minutes). |
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Bernard
"Speedy" Gonsalves and Bert Persson
re-rigging Kookaburra GLM in readiness for a trip to
the flight line later in the day. [Photo: Kevin
Rodda] |
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| With
only two voucher Air Experience Flights scheduled
and no members on hand for training and/or member
flying, the Duty Crew consisting of David Higgs
(Duty Instructor), Mark Thompson (Instructor), Neil
Muspratt (Air Experience Instructor), Steve Chapman
(Tug Pilot) and Rod Wilson (Duty Pilot) took IS-28
CQC and Blanik GYK to RWY12 where they set up a cosy
flight line using the foldable gazebo. |
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Speedy
gets a helping hand from Ed Field who normally flies
an aircraft with a few more horsepower than the
Kookaburra ... the 1500 horsepower Mustang in the
photo below! [Photos: Kevin Rodda]. |
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| A
call from Garrett Russell advising that he had taken
an enquiry for three Pay on Day AEF's upped the
ante. This, along with Robert Hart calling in for an
annual check flight (after an absence resulting from
surgery to a snapped Achilles tendon), Garrett calling in to ensure
all was well with the AEF passengers, and the
arrival at the flight light of the Kookaburra (with
its owners Speedy Gonsalves and Kevin Rodda) made
for a fairly busy day that resulted in 9 flights
totaling 182 minutes. |
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| Highlights
of the day were:
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watching close up Speedy's very well executed side
slipping descent on late final in the Kookaburra,
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watching in the distance David Higgs' creative
flying to satisfy the aerobatic interest of some of
the AEF passengers,
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and enjoying the excellent interaction between CGC
members and our guests under the shade of the
gazebo. |
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| While
this was all happening, without any fuss or
attention seeking, Bert Persson self launched in his
motorglider and disappeared for 2 hours and 10
minutes! |
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| Statistics: |
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Blanik GYK 2 flights for 36 minutes |
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Kookaburra GLM 2 flights for 32
mins |
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IS-28 CQC 5 flights for 114 minutes |
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| Rod
Wilson |
| DUTY
PILOT |
