WOO HOO! - GREAT SOARING AT TEMORA 1000 KM+ Hi folks! Just letting you know that the soaring here at Temora has been just great! Canberra GC, Bathurst GC and various visitors have made some great flights over the last couple of days.
Canberra GC pilots have enjoyed some outstanding flights. The outstanding flight was Dave Pietschs 1011 km flight in his ASW 20 ZZ Temora a/d Corowa a/d Tottenham a/d Narrandera a/d Temora a/d. He started at 1101, headed south to Corowa where conditions were a bit lower and slower than local Temora, but got high near Coolamon and scorched up to Tottenham, just getting in and out of the turnpoint before the overdeveloping clouds dropped heavy rain. From there he stayed high, getting up to 16200ft on the Narrandera leg, then from abeam Wyalong at 14000 slowly descended to the last turnpoint. On the homeward leg he worked a late thermal for half an hour, until he had 20:1 glideslope. There were many broad smiles when he landed at 1945. A fabulous effort Dave! Congratulations! Congratulations and commiserations also to Col Vassarotti who was flying Discus D1 on the same task, but arrived Tottenham slightly later, encountering hail at 12000ft and impenetrable storm conditions. Col managed a highly creditable 800 km plus! Robert Percival had a very long day in his Libelle Temora a/d Cootamundra a/d Tomingley Hilston Temora over 750 km. He wafted home on the breeze at about 2030, with a tired and satisfied smile on his dial. Norm Sanders took our Jantar Std 2 CQT on a dash up to Narromine and back, 507 km, also beating the storm conditions. That gives Norm his diamond distance! Les Kinsley in Open Libelle IR roared around a late afternoon 511 km task in under 4.5 hours, Temora Forbes Rankin Springs Junee Temora. That was a top effort! Even our humble two seater trainers got into the act! John Thomson and Stu Ferguson managed an FAI 326 km triangle Temora Caragabal Moombooldool Old Junee Temora, and then stayed up for 6 hours just for fun as the sky was going gangbusters. Lloyd Bungey (Corowa GC) took his PIK 20E from Corowa to Forbes, various towns and landed Temora having covered 615 km. Richard Bull from Bathurst GC also achieved an excellent 627 task Temora a/d Hillston a/d Condoblin a/d Junee silo Temora a/d. Yours truly Drew McKinnie managed a personal best the previous day, 516 km diamond distance and third diamond - Temora The Rock silo Garema silo Coolamon silo Temora a/d. Many smiles and much relief at finally getting an official 500 done. Someone has to do it, and Im sure glad weve been part of this magic soaring season. -- * 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.
