Ed, Ryan, Dan, John, Dave and I met out at the lake yesterday afternoon in the hope of picking up one of the first sea breezes of the season. We were not disappointed.
Like clockwork the westerly was replaced by a smooth but strong sea breeze at about 4:30pm.
Almost 2 hours in the air later we all top landed in the fading light. Many happy faces – It’s seabreeze hunting season!
Memorable bits for the flight include:
- First flight in my new Scorpion 2 RR harness. This is an awesome piece of gear and is now set up great for Canungra next week.
- Dave and I following lift lines way out over the lake. Trying to see who would chicken out and turn back first. Dave won.
- I clocked 154km/h over the deck on the way back. As fast as I’ve been in a glider. Dave managed even better cracking 160km/h (100mph) at the same time. That’s moving.
- Grant and I made it up to the tower near Collector. Dave pushed on another 6km further to make it his furthest sortie north along the ridge.
- Ryan managed a nice top landing despite not being able to get his legs out of his harness due to a broken zipper. A ballsy manoeuvre.
October 10th, 2007 - 6:09 pm
Hey Trentos! Wish i was coming to Cunungrabut ya going to have to have all that fun with out me. Best of luck mate Enjoy!