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David Hobby happened to get his travels plans to the USA changed and he
snatched me from the jaws of work to head out to their soaring site here in
Melbourne...warm light winds with puffy clouds and a deep grass field pretty
much explains the day.
We got cleared off the field at dusk by the mosquitos then headed directly
over for some Kangaroo steak and beer. (Okay the beer wasn't from a Kangaroo
:-)
There were five of us flying and shooting landings at a plate and am I glad
I got to fly, I have my "B" Pike with me cuz its newest and wanted to look good
if not fly well :-) My A plane has been thru my catarach days and sports a
few beer can leading edge patches..but still looks pretty nice. But since
I haven't flown my B plane much, it needed some serious tweeking. Its
swamping for some reason pretty seriously, I suspect cuz its filled with
humidity...the bag was near soaked from the plane ride I guess... in any case it
still flew without a single glitch and I ended the nite with a perfect 10 and
100. So feeling pretty good.
Its not over till its over and while they actually expect me to work (if you can call it that) while I am here, another nite in the presence of soaring greatness is looking pretty possible...and a full blown BBQ too. The weekend is still looking great for the contest in Madden Plaines outside of Syd for the first leg of the Heathcoate Cup series. My host is the extremely talented Carl Strautin. Then Monday off to NZ. I may just might be able to get in on the first day of a contest that Saturday, although I fly out of Aukland at 7:30pm....could be tight if I have to stick around for some wood :-) Wish you were all here with me! Gordy
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