[Aus-soaring] What a day??

2003-12-09 Thread Leigh Bunting
Hi All, It was a stinker in Melbourne and even hotter in Adelaide. From Melbourne there appeared to be Cu from horizon to horizon. As we climbed out of Tullamarine on the 1745 to Adelaide, we passed through the base of the Cu at 12000 abeam Bacchus Marsh. We were tooling along at 400kts ground

Re: [Aus-soaring] What a day??

2003-12-09 Thread Mark Newton
On Tue, Dec 09, 2003 at 08:39:33PM +0930, Leigh Bunting wrote: A day you seem to have been able to have gone anywhere in a glider. As it wasn't me, did anyone have the chance to use what appeared to be the best soaring day in years? Yup :-) I drove out to Waikerie this morning and bugged

RE: [Aus-soaring] What a day??

2003-12-09 Thread BC Eckey
] On Behalf Of Leigh Bunting Sent: Tuesday, 9 December 2003 9:40 PM To: Soaring List Subject: [Aus-soaring] What a day?? Hi All, It was a stinker in Melbourne and even hotter in Adelaide. From Melbourne there appeared to be Cu from horizon to horizon. As we climbed out of Tullamarine on the 1745

RE: [aus-soaring] What a day Saturday

2002-05-05 Thread Catherine Conway
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

[aus-soaring] What a day Saturday

2002-05-05 Thread ANDREW WRIGHT
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

RE: [aus-soaring] What a day Saturday

2002-05-05 Thread Catherine Conway
Not bad for a lazy Saturday in May. What did others do? ANDREW WRIGHT Went to a SAGA meeting in the Grumman AA5. Cruise along the Coorong on the way home was pretty cool as was looking at the only Fox glider in Australia. So I did an approx 800km out and return G with Emilis and