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07-May-12
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From: Garrett Russell
Date: Mon, May 7, 2012
Subject: Olympic Podium Monday at YCAB
To: cgcnews@groupspaces.com
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You
can expect to see a lot of podium shots from London this
Olympic year, so here’s one from Caboolture to get your
eyeballs warmed up:
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Gold,
silver and bronze as depicted here are for a very tightly
contested flight of the day, which featured four flights
over an hour each and two more at 55 minutes. However all is
not what it might at first appear to be ...
Kevin Rodda is the definite winner with a 1:16 solo in GQA,
but Lindsay Mitchell and Arthur Mailey are NOT second and
third. They actually tied for second with 1:14 each and both
with a passenger: Lindsay’s an AEF in GQA and Arthur’s a
young mate of Simon Williams in GYK.
Third place should go to Barry McCarthy with 1:09 in GRS –
and I’m happy to report the Ka-6 had no six-legged
passengers!
The 55 minute flights were Mick Moloney and Tim Williams in
GYK and Mike McCluskey in CQC with young son Aidan on his
first ever glider flight.
Obviously there was plenty of lift around in the mainly blue
sky, and plenty of good cheer around the Pie Cart as the day’s
ad hoc crew accrued a total of 16 flights, all towed by the
indefatigable Karl Bodi.
For the record, the three club gliders notched up:
GYK 4 flights 2:58
CQC 6 flights 2:46
GQA 2 flights 2:30
Other notable flights included Bert Persson flying GRS for
its first test flight after an extended lay up of more than
a year and Tim Williams mastering the art of spinning a
Blanik under Mick’s instruction, but the day’s real
laurels go to another young member who racked up a list of
achievements of Olympian scale:
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Adam
Luff, in two flights with Duty Instructor Peter Stephenson
and two solo, added to his log book:
- First
outlanding exercise
- Solo
endorsement for IS-28
- First
solo in the IS-28
- First
solo over 30 minutes
- Endorsed
off daily checks
And all on a day when he shared the tasks of Duty Pilot!
Congratulations, Adam, and to all our other podium
finishers. To finish on a cliché which you will no doubt
hear a lot more as the games take over the year’s media,
we were all winners today.
A very happy day of bonus flying after so many weather
disappointments at the start of the year, and a good portent
of more great flying days as we soar into winter.
Garrett Russell
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Webmaster's
Note:
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As
we closed the hangar at dusk, the south-western sky put on a
show ...
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Above
photos courtesy of Lindsay Mitchell.
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