Another fun winter weekend in Canberra with many hangies in the air. Dave managed to score another chapter in the chronicles of an “urban flying”. Dave tells us about it:

Well the weather felt still felt like winter but the atmosphere and turn-up was very summerish. Saturday began with a thick fog that cleared mid morning to reveal a great wind strength for Spring hill. It was a top little turn out of pilots consisting of Phil Robertson J.P, Karlos, Geoff, Sam from VIC, Jeremy (new to Canberra) and new pilot Christelle straight from learning under Rohan at Dynamic flight.

First off was Christelle and after a great launch was soaring the Fun nicely and really enjoying herself until a little increase in wind strength caught her by surprise and with help of some pilot induced oscillations she managed an unintentional top landing only bending a DT and a little confidence. Thanks to the generosity and good will of Phil Robertson lending his fun, Christelle was able have a second flight.  Full credit to her for the courage to try again, having a fantastic flight this time round. The rest of us had a great flight in light to moderate conditions. Jeremy showing great skills in avoiding the flush when the wind went light. All landing well including Sam in the Scareoss, it was a fun winters arvo.

Sunday promised to be a couple of degrees warmer and after getting a call from Trent to say he was heading out I thought I better shake the late night and join him. It was Spring Hill again and on arrival Trent was already in the air mixing it with the Parras. Nick was there so he jumped in along with Sam and Christelle and we drove up to launch. Trent, on a deadline, cruised out to land which is not so easy without legs!!! The old stuck zipper trick. So he flew across the road to the bigger paddock and cruised in for a nice long final and belly landing. Pulling it off better than could be expected, he said it wasn’t too bad at all.

I bailed off the hill next followed by Nickos joining each other in some sweet little bubbles. I stole a nice climb quite consistent thanks in part to the fire Phil had lit in the bombout paddock. I stayed in the climb to 4400 asl leaving it about 500Ft of short of its potential. I flew over to near One Tree hill and then over Nicholls choosing a footy oval to land on. It’s always a buzz to land in a new spot so it was fun little XC. Trent picked me up and we had beers while the others finished their flight for another awesome fun day at SPRING IN WINTER.