Dave and I shared a lot of circles over the weekend – We were even going up for some of them. Check out our tracklogs.

Lets hear about it Dave:…

On Saturday, Steve, Trent, Andrew (thief) and I met at the airport for some flying fun!! Despite the cool wind we were keen as usual, and why not?  The sun is out, we have a Dragonfly and a tug pilot that’s second to none.

We cruised the sky having a ball on tow, gliding around and getting some landing practice in.
On my third tow I found a bubble, and to my surprise, it held together for a consistent but weak 50ft/min. Drifting down wind, it wasn’t long before I was out of glide back to the strip but help was on the way, Trent spotted me sneaking away so he jumped in for another tow. Lift was only going to about 1700ft agl so I was glad to see Trent join me for a bit of help.

Unfortunately as fun as it was we were on the deck a couple of climbs later. The Thief had a tow a little closer to the Stratosphere than usual and cruised over our heads like a satellite loving every minute of it. Nice one bro!

Deb came out of retirement with baby Makayla to retrieve. As impressive as always, she arrived before we had packed up. So, back to Munjal to have a drink with Terry & Trish… Oh and watch Trent crash his new RC plane. Ba Ha Haaa 

We woke on Sunday to a sky that reminded me of something you would see in Beijing. It wasn’t pollution although it still made us hangies feel a little sick.

On the bright side Geoff, Pete D & Karlos were coming up for some flying fun today.  The wind was a little lighter than Saturday and there was the odd little scrappy cloudy thing forming under the blanket of main cloud every now and then, so I was quietly confident of a little XC stroll.

While on my second tow I heard Trent on the radio saying he was in a climb with KB. Getting excited, I released in light lift sticking with it trying to get a visual on Karl and Trent. It dropped to zero’s so I glided downwind to Trent who was still doing the circle thing. Karl was not so lucky and bailed back to the airport.

It was great working with Trent to make the most of this light lift. We stayed with what we had knowing that it was unlikely we would find another climb under that unimpressive sky. Patiently, we got to 4500ft asl enjoying the challenge and the sweet view as we crossed the over the middle of the little range west of Forbes.

We landed a fun 35km away from launch, and, for the second day in row we packed up in the same paddock.
Well once again a fantastic fun weekend at Forbes and Munjal. Again we have Steve to thank for his time and skills. Cheers mate really appreciate it!

Thanks must also go to Moyes for the use of your Dragonfly we couldn’t have all this fun without your support.

Cheers,

Dave