Andrew’s still getting over the weekend. His therapy is aided by letting the worl know how good flying around Canberra is – even in Winter!
Sunday 2 August saw Tman, Dave, Barnsy, Nicos and myself tear it up at Binalong. We left Canberra at about 11.30am and got to Bineos at around 12.20pm. The weather looked perfect on the way as we drove through rain shower after rain shower. This only excited us more as our gliders all needed a wash and Trent just can’t get enough of flying in the rain of late after enjoy his last flight at the Lake in misty conditions 
So we arrived at the bombout to discuss our options and decided to drive up the hill and assess the conditions and the cloud base that was forming below hill height! We get to the top and to our amazement the rain had disappeared out in front and the cloud had lifted we above lunch. Without any thoughts we all set up and got ready to go. Just before we all took off Trent’s oldies turned up to say g’day on their way back home. A big thanks to Terry for driving Dave’s car down to the bombout for us once we had all taken off!
The conditions were perfect as it always seems to be at Binoes no matter what the forecast says and what the conditions are like on the way out there. We all enjoyed over an hour flying in the silky smooth air before all having hot landings and a enjoying a few beers back at the Harcourt on our way home.
On the way back from Bineos we discussed the fact that Canberra has to be one of the best inland places in Australia to live if you fly a hangy. If you live in town there are 4 launches within a 30min drive including Lake George which is a 30km long ridge! Further afield and within a 1-3 hour drive you have Binoes, Carrols Range, Tumut, Tongara, Mt Cambawarra and the list for hill launches goes on and the best of all spot and only 3 hours away we have areotow mania out at Forbes.
Anyway enough from me…
Thief >:-)
August 13th, 2009 - 8:41 pm
Bloody inspirational! I fly hang gliders for the pure enjoyment of the sport and that is exactly what hang gliding is all about. I think this video will inspire others to get out there and get their hang gliding endorsements – Just do it you will never look back