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Bye
bye IKW
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02-Sep-11
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First flight of the day, 10:04 Friday 4
September: |
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Steve Bowtell tows Bert Persson and Lindsay Mitchell off RW06 en route to the Twin Astir’s new temporary home at Gympie Gliding Club. They got off tow at about 8,500 feet near Maleny and landed at Gympie at exactly 12:04 after mooching around for half an hour at 5,000 feet and in 8 knot lift while they waited for their reception committee to get to the airfield. It’s a tough job, this glider ferrying, and we’re lucky we have such selfless volunteers to do it. |
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[Photo
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Garrett Russell] |
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Definitely "two
birds with one
stone" ... two
current challenges for
two gliding clubs have
been addressed with the
agreement to temporarily
cross-hire Caboolture
Gliding Club's
two-seater Twin Astir
(VH-IKW) to Gympie
Gliding Club ... CGC's
upcoming storage space
challenges due to the
need to vacate Hangar
105 ... as well as
Gympie Gliding Club's
need for a two-seater
aircraft while the
ASK-21 (VH-GFB) is being
repaired.
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