Yesterday, Deb, Dave and I headed up to Tongara with high hopes of heading XC south along the ridge. 25 degrees was the forecast and they were right on the mark. Launching conditions were perfect with a NW wind up high but as usual the was a nice breeze being funnelled up the valley and straight up launch.
I went first but end up bombing out after scratching below ridge height for the 20 mins or so. Dave launched next and scratched like a champion and managed to get up above the ridge. He bounced between the ridge height and 500ft (one climb up to 100 above) above for the next 2.5 hours. A great effort on what what proved to be a very tough day. Dave is flying really well at the moment. The time he has been putting in over winter is really paying dividends as we approach the flying season proper.
As testomony to the difficulty of the day, Deb picked me up from the bombout and I had another go. A similar result awaited me and I was once again watching Dave from the bottom of Macquarie pass. Thanks must go to Deb for driving up and down the pass all day to pick me up.
Dave makes his first top landing at Tongara just behind launch to top off a great flight.
We finished off a fun day with Blue Tongue Larger on tap at the Robertson pub.
