It was that fun fun fun time of year again where Terry generously lends his trike & Trent gives up his towing skills and time for a weekend of landing practice, a possible XC, some flying footage and most of all, great fun with great people.
The weekend started on Friday for me as I drove to Forbes to meet Steve who was already at the air strip doing some minor repairs to the Dragon fly. Steve’s wife Anet & son Blake where also in town for a bit of fun and sun.
With cumulus clouds starting to form 50km away in all directions, it was looking good for a nice XC in winter.
Unfortunately they never closed in so would have to try and make the most of the blue hole. Steve gave me a great smooth tow
looking for lift everywhere but at 3000ft/agl I released realising the lift was sadly not rising this high. After a nice smooth glide back to the strip I found a 50ft/min climb which I stayed in to base which was 1800ft. The noise from my vario reminded me of a submarine sonar but a least it was making a happy sound.
A bit over an hour, a few short glides and a couple more climbs later I landed 20k or so away towards Eugowra. It doesn’t take much of a flight to put a smile on my face so I was stoked. Steve picked me up and we headed to Munjal to have a beer with Terry and wait for the others to arrive.
Trent, Deb and Makayla were on the way and the Thief was almost here. Andrew will fill the details of the exciting weekend to follow.
Weekends and times like these wouldn’t happen without the good wil, help and generosity of the friends and family involved and I can’t thank enough- Terry, Trent, Steve, Anet and Deb for everything they did to make this weekend so farken Awesome!!!
Dave
