Saturday was another windy day, but the wave was working well. It was the turn of our young (22) club colleague to take the DG303 and he did very well, climbing to 20,000 feet in the wave. Others made it to 24,000 feet.
I was offered a Canberra Club two-seater aircraft, but by that time the wind was so strong and rough the launching was cancelled.
The gliders coming down after their wave flights had some rough landings in huge gusts (48 knots recorded – 89 km/h). Humans (including me) were needed to hold them down before they were tied down to stakes in the ground.
That was it for the week. We took the glider apart and put it into its trailer for the journey back to Camden. We gathered at the local Chinese restaurant in the evening and a trophy for the best climb went to Frank Johann from South Australia – he went up to 24,500 feet.
He also appeared in a pic in the Cooma Express. According to that article, there were 35 pilots at the camp – that sounds about right!
