2009 GLIDING QUEENSLAND Easter Competition at Dalby |
Special "thanks" Brian and Anne Wade for their many months of pre-comp preparation as well as the smooth administration of the comp activities at Dalby. A huge effort by them on behalf of Caboolture Gliding Club (hosts) and Gliding QLD - very much appreciated by all who participated!
Also many thanks to Ron McLeay for his tireless efforts in providing the on-field catering on behalf of Boonah Gliding Club.
And thanks also to Comp Director - Ralph Henderson (DDSC), Comp Safety Officer - Grant Harper (NQSC), Comp Meteorologist - Robert Hart (DDSC) as well as the many volunteers from Caboolture Gliding Club who contributed as members of "team Caboolture" in the day-to-day running of the comp at Dalby.
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Click on the following link to view a three minute video (on YouTube) of action from the flight on Friday 18th ...
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Many thanks to the hard working tuggies ... |
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Val Wilkinson (Tugmaster) in Warwick's VH-WPS |
Steve Bowtell in Caboolture's VH-SPA | |||
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Gary McMahon in DDSC's VH-SWR |
Ivor Harris in 2 Wing AAFC's VH-TOJ | |||
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| The 2010 Gliding QLD Easter Comp will be held in Chinchilla (and will be hosted by Boonah Gliding Club) | ||||
| 2009 |
| Gliding Queensland |
| Easter Competition |
| Dalby 11th-18th April |
| hosted by |
| Caboolture Gliding Club |
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Brian Wade (Comp Organiser) and Anne Wade (Secretary/Treasurer) with Pearce Mitchell. |
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Geoff Pratt with Grant Harper (Safety Officer) and Ralph Henderson (Comp Director). |
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Briefing - Friday 17th 0900. |
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"Team Caboolture" - Vince Everett, David Higgs, Mick Moloney (in IKW), David Griffiths (about to take the back seat in IKW), Brian Wade and Anne Wade. Missing from this pic taken at the flight line Friday 17th were Leon Moran (at the front of the grid marshalling), Kevin Rodda (behind the lens), Steve Bowtell (in SPA) and Garrett Russell (back in Brisbane). |
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John Ashford (Darling Downs) and Steve Bowtell (Caboolture) looking to the west from the flight line on Friday while two motorgliders were "sniffing" for lift to allow us to send the rest of the pack off the deck on task. |
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An unusually large number of very big white birds on the ground at Dalby today! ... a lone magpie inspecting the flight line at Dalby. |
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| Competition Days: | ||
| Friday 10th - practice (Dalby/Chinchilla/Jandowae Nth/Dalby) | ||
| Saturday 11th - no competition flying (due to weather) | ||
| Sunday 12th - no competition flying (due to weather) | ||
| Monday 13th - no competition flying (due to weather) | ||
| Tuesday 14th - no competition flying (due to weather) | ||
| Wednesday 15th - no competition flying (due to boggy airfield surrounds) | ||
| Thursday 16th - 262k comp task (Dalby/Jandowae Nth/Goombi/Tara Silo/Dalby) | ||
| Friday 17th - 299k comp task (Dalby/Miles Town/The Gums/Dalby) | ||
| Saturday 18th - 224k comp task (Dalby/Kumbia/Chinchilla/Kumbarilla/Dalby) | ||
| Winners are Grinners ... | ||
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| Overall Club Class Winner: Jim Crowhurst (Kingaroy) | ||
| Most Meritorious Flight: Jo Davis (Darling Downs) | ||
| Best Performance by a Pilot in First Competition: Kim Houghton (Kingaroy) | ||
| Overall Sports Class Winner: Tom Claffey (2 Wing AAFC) | ||
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"Reward" Flying Head Gear: The "hat" is allocated by Pearce Mitchell at the start of each morning's pilot briefing session (in relation to good deeds done during the previous 24 hours) and must be worn by the recipient during that morning's briefing session. |
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Smithy seeking fine weather in the distance ....... no, its just Garrett Russell (Caboolture) proudly wearing the "hat" on Saturday for his efforts in retrieving one of the outlanders during Friday's practice . |
Not Elton John ..... just Mick Moloney (Caboolture) wearing the "hat" during Sunday's briefing session as a reward for his excellent work in setting up the wireless internet system for us at the Dalby airfield. |
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Shucks folks, not me! .... Ron McLeay (Boonah) has been doing a great job keeping the campers fed. As a result, he was the proud and VERY WORTHY "hat" wearer on Monday. Many thanks Ron! |
Biggles never wore leather as well as this! .... Anne Wade (Caboolture) has been the strength of the ops room supporting husband Brian in all things admin. Anne was singled out by Pearce for "hat" on Tuesday. |
Snoopy of Red Baron fame? .... no, its Vince Everett (Caboolture) with the "hat" allocated to him on Wednesday in recognition of his efforts in fitting the bat-cam to the cockpit of CGC's Grob Twin Astir IKW. |
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Ready for her next assignment! ... one of the comp's youngest pilots, Sophie Thomas (Boonah) wore the "hat" on Thursday in recognition of the valued assistance she has provided to many over the last week (including baby-sitting). Well done Sophie! |
A lost Antarctic explorer? ... no its Leon Moran (CGC) with the "hat" awarded to him at Friday's briefing in appreciation of his efforts in marshalling the troops on the flight line for our first task mass launch on Thursday (over 40 gliders off the deck in just over an hour). |
Brian Wade (Caboolture) was the very worthy recipient of the "hat" at the final briefing on Saturday. Many thanks from all at the Easter Comp Brian for your organisation over the 10 days of the actual comp and also in the many months of pre-planning leading up to the comp! |
