Last Saturday the "young turks" at Geelong Gliding Club based at Bacchus Marsh organised a dawn to dusk flying day.
Dawn was at 6.00 AM and the first launch was at 6.10. BBQ breakfast and lunch were provided at nominal cost along with festive treats like turkey rolls and mince pies. Both winch and
aero tows were available and all enjoyed the day. Some members of the other Bacchus clubs, VMFG and Beaufort, also took the opportunity to have some winch launches. Apart from the flying it turned into a social occasion.
As the sun was slowly sinking into the west at about 20.40 the last launch was done and when complete and the aircraft were safely put away all retired to the clubhouse to celebrate what was a great days flying.
No records set but there were almost 70 launches done of which about 40 were by winch, and as things turned out our youngest member, Ailsa, had both the first and last launch of the day.
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Cooking time (after sweating onions, leeks, celery for a wee while): about 30 minutes
Can also be served cold. With cream on top it's extra tasty! We didn't puree this one - for a chunky winter mouth feel. Usually blast with a Bamix or similar.
Six oxygen-depleted glider pilots left GO2Altitude Hypoxia training at Moorabbin last night confidently well informed about how they would feel if they didn't use oxygen at 25,000 feet. Watch out for an upcoming article on this topic...
Below is a testing image from the GO2Altitude training system.
After a delayed start due to dodgy looking skies and lengthy discussion at the Committee meeting, Rolf, Gordon, Alf and Ailsa with towing help from Ian and Bob enjoyed a useful and instructive afternoon's flying on Saturday 10 May. Each of us flew 3 times in the K13, with the Pawnee towing Ailsa's first 2 of 3 launches before Bob brought the Super Cub over to continue towing for the rest of the day.
The forecast didn't look great, but the day developed into a great one. We had a good turnout, and even the late people (delayed due to minor car trouble) arrived before 9.30!!! Ales, Dejan, Frank, Ailsa, Alf, and Gordon all got two flights in. Ales also did his first 1 hour solo in VH-OWL and after a reminder radio call, he landed, grinning from ear to ear.
Dejan: Celery
