August 18, 2008
The mid-August weekend at Waikerie was cold and showery. Unfortunately, there hasnt been enough rain to serve any useful purpose – although perhaps we should be grateful for the little dribs & drabs which have occurred. A smalll group flew on Saturday, with Bill Mudge the Instructor and David Schenke in the Tug. Bill flew …
June 19, 2008
The Adelaide Uni gliding club invited WGC members to come on its annual Flinders Ranges camp to Rawnsley Park, near Wilpena Pound, over the June long weekend. Our tug was also invited, and I was asked to fly it. I didn’t have to think about it for long… I had a good trip, although the …
May 14, 2008
May 10 & 11 The weekend was planned as a Working Bee to undertake a number of tasks around the Clubs facilities. It was unfortunate that so few turned up, resulting in a number of tasks not being undertaken. Yo Hasegawa, from Japan visited Waikerie for the weekend, having returned to Australia to undertake a …
May 1, 2008
Just before I launched last Saturday in my Nimbus 2, Pete Siddal who was towing advised me that a band of rain was only 15mins away approaching from the west and that there was no lift out to the west. We had a good look at the sky, which was 8/8 cloud and there was …
April 29, 2008
Following the invitation from WGC, a number of Balaklava Gliding Club members visited Waikerie during the weekend 26th and 27th of April – despite the forecast change in the weather to wet and windy conditions. It was great to see Dene and Jean Newton, Judy and Peter Goodale, Steve Shuck, John Bradbury, Ulrich, Jess and …
February 5, 2008
Here are some pics of the wave clouds on Saturday which had bases around 9,500ft – pictures taken at 8,500ft We tried to connect with the wave but no luck. The highest I got was 10,400ft. The second picture shows a cloud with holes in it like swiss cheese. Under it I found the good …
February 3, 2008
Peter Paine, Craig Vinall, Greg Jackson, David Lawley, Phil Hollick all arrived around 8:30 ~9:00am we agreeably sorted out who was flying which glider and spent the next few hours (as we do) in preparation. Around mid day another look at the latest weather indicated a late start. Peter Robinson arrived and quickly prepared his …
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