Thursday December 14.
No sun this morning, no blue skies, but clouds and a few rain drops.
Still warm around 34 dgr. C. A good rest day after the long day’s of good soaring.
Enjoyed my tea with Nicole and Richard and their French friend. Caught up with several people in town.
Amazed to see how quickly they built the new extension of the Super market. I could not count how many are working and in between “it’s business as usual.” Registers moved from right to left and huge freezers have been installed.
Still there and now 86 years old ….Keith. He was the one who was the president of the Chamber of Commerce in 1986/1987 when we were here with 50 pilots from all Nationalities to practice for the Benalla worlds.
He organized a boat trip on the Murray, a party at somebodies house on the river and EVERYBODY enjoyed it. I remember Tapio pretty “over-refreshed”, so were a few more!
Good old times!!!
Temora;
A scorcher yesterday, so I was anxious to see the results!!
Club; the 4 hour AAT was NOT won by Bernie but by local “hero” Tom Gilbert in the DG 100. Good on him;421 km. in time 3.58.
Bernie did well however with 442.90 km. in time 4.08 in his PIK 20.
standard; Don [Woodward] from Benalla flew during the 4.30 AAT a distance of 597 km. at the dot!!! The Trotters were runners up.
15 m; a 4.30 AAT as well with as winner ….who else than Butch; 606.45 km. in time 4.35. 4 Days and 4000 points!!!!!!
18 m; No not Bruce this time during the 5 hour AAT, but Adam who flies the ASG 29 from Butch[whilst Butch flies his Ventus] and a great 742 km. was the best distance for the day!!!Flown in 5.03. Bruce was runner up with 730 km. in in 5.04.
Open; same 2 toppers!
Bruce wrote again:”What an interesting day! The trough line was almost over the top of us today, and the forecast was for strong lift to 13,000 feet. Originally there was supposed to be strong winds, then a revised forecast said much lighter, and the reality was somewhere in between. Initially we had to wait for the temperature to rise enough to get things going, when the lift popped through from about 6k to 10k. Then the first leg had some areas that were going well, and some that hadn’t started, so it was a delicate balance to keep traveling quickly. After that it was a challenge to figure out where the lift was under the cloud, and how to manage the overdevelopment. We had some very strong climbs, big sink, and fast glides. What a day!
Adam Woolley managed a day win – Great flight Adam, in challenging conditions. Look out! He might be on a roll.”
Courtesy Bruce.
Great results and after 4 day’s luckily a front passed by so today NO flying!! But for sure it is not over yet!!They continue till the 16th. And the temperatures will go up again till over 40 in the beginning of next week!
Other great flights;
A 1000 for Matthew Scutter flying from Gawler in the Discus 2.
As said the weather here was good. Joergen and Brigitte flew in their Arcus from Tocumwal up to the NW passing Mildura and back ,an out and return from 964 km. Good on them!!!
Anton from Austria flew over 600 km. in the LS 4 and Terry in the Janus CT RG a distance of nearly 600 km.!!!!
AND congratulations……“Gold c and one Diamond in one Flight for Kenda” !!!!!
Corowa owner Francesco flew a 750 triangle and flew 807 in total in his ASG 32MI, whilst longtime guest there, Jos from the Netherlands flew 846 km in the ASH 31/21m.
Benalla had a nice flight in an SZD 55;618 km.[500 FAI triangle]
Tomorrow I will have no time to write, most probably on Saturday neither, so just a short story today with the latest to keep you informed.
CU on my b