March 16, 2011
Well after a nice sleep in my own bed Kim dropped me out at ASC on Sunday the 6th March. According to SSU the day was looking like being quite good with cu predicted in the riverland and heights up to 10’000 feet later in the day…you beauty! I prepared the glider and chatted away …
March 11, 2011
I have been keen to collect the SAGA President’s Trophy better known as the “Come & Get It” trophy for quite a few years now. It has been stuck @ Balaklava since 2008 so I figured Saturday the 5th March was the perfect opportunity to go and get it. I didn’t realise at that stage …
February 14, 2011
Visit the web page at http://www.horshamweek.org.au/ for results and task information Friday 4th XOK Greg Jackson and XJB Peter Paine depart with the crew John Ridge from Forreston around 8:30 in a convoy for Horsham. Coincidentally we met VNL Craig Vinall at Bordertown for Lunch. Arrived at the aerodrome around mid afternoon and decided that …
January 11, 2011
Following the successful 2010 SA State Comps in November, the Waikerie Gliding Club was preparing to send a small contingent of members to Narromine for Joeyglide 2010, accompanied by the Club’s AS K21. A problem existed in as much as the AS K21 trailer construction was complete – including the fittings for the glider – …
January 10, 2011
Not much to see on this blog, but the last few weeks have been busy at Waikerie. In November the 2010 SA State Comps were held. The weather was great, a good time was had by all. Then Joeyglide, the Australian Juniors championship, came to Waikerie. They had more flying days in the week than …
November 23, 2010
November 21, day 5 and the weather looked to be even better than day 4 with thermal heights of 11000′ under cumulus predicted. Due to it being the last day of the competition a modest AAT with large circles was set WKI – Meribah (40km circle) – Wentworth (40 km circle) – WKI. Danny Kilgariff …
November 21, 2010
Saturday 20th November – Day 4 The forecast for Day 5 was considerably improved over the previous days, particularly to the west of Waikerie, with Cu expected along the Flinders Ranges and thermals to around 10,000 Ft. A speed task was set, from Waikerie to Farrell Flat (near Clare), Peterbourough, Spalding and return to …
November 20, 2010
Friday 19th November The weather improved significantly overnight – from a full cloud cover on Day 3 to “blue” conditions on Day 4, with a forecast max temp of 25 with light south-easterly winds. The task set for the day – Waikerie – Merribah (30 km circle), Lake Culleraine (40 km circle) – Waikerie Finish, …
November 19, 2010
2010 State Comps – Thursday 18th November The weather forecast for Thursday was gloomy – with a bank of rain-cloud on the south-western horizon at daybreak and a prediction of rain (which is lately more commonly seen in Queensland). At the 10.00 am Briefing, it was agreed to meet again at 11.30. At …
November 18, 2010
Tuesday 16th November, 2010. Today was an unofficial practice day for the 2010 SA State Comps. Grant Hudson in his LS-4 “IID” flew xxx km at a speed of xx km/hr in ideal conditions, providing climbs to 7500 Ft. Mark Morgan and Rudi Gassmaier also flew, in the Nimbus 4DM and Ron Brock flew his …
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