Don't forget the SAGA winter trophy that started on May 1st! -Cath
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of ANDREW > WRIGHT > Sent: Monday, 6 May 2002 12:46 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [aus-soaring] What a day Saturday > > > What a day in SA on Saturday 4th May. > > Many a old timer waxes lyrically about the good old days when the > weather was really good and they used to fly 300s at over 100kph out of > Gawler in May. Well the good old days returned to SA on Saturday 4th. > May. > 28 degrees was forecast for Adelaide and the trace predicted > 10,000 feet at 29 degrees. A fleet of about 10 X/C gliders launched from > Gawler at about 12 am into a promising looking sky of developing Cu's. > Slow climbs to 9,500 early developed during the day to some reporting 10 > knots to cloudbase at 9,500 ft. Large areas of easy to follow > streeting saw > several Gawler sailplanes get to Jamestown and back (300) at over 100kph. > A slow spot at about mid-afternoon put pilots like me in GAM into chook > mode but the day "rebooted" itself to last till at least 4.30 - > 5.00 pm. Not > bad for a lazy Saturday in May. > > What did others do? > ANDREW WRIGHT > > -- > * You are subscribed to the aus-soaring mailing list. > * To Unsubscribe: send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > * with "unsubscribe aus-soaring" in the body of the message > * or with "help" in the body of the message for more information. > > -- * You are subscribed to the aus-soaring mailing list. * To Unsubscribe: send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] * with "unsubscribe aus-soaring" in the body of the message * or with "help" in the body of the message for more information.
