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Blown away

Posted on September 28, 2013 by John

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 … Continue reading →

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Mountain high, and on oxygen!

Posted on September 28, 2013 by John

A great day of soaring for me in the DG 303 on Friday. I achieved a personal best height of 9200 feet in difficult thermals with several climbs to that height and a great view of the white caps on … Continue reading →

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Silent flight, with a new view

Posted on September 26, 2013 by John

Here I am at Bunyan, in a howling gale. Jan went off to a conference in Perth, so I decided to go along to a Wave Camp hosted by Canberra Gliding club at their airfield at Bunyan near Cooma. It’s … Continue reading →

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Aloft with a propeller up front

Posted on September 24, 2013 by John

After a three-year gap, I’ve taken to the air again in a power plane. I went up in a Citabria, a two-seat tailwheel aircraft, with an instructor. I needed to have a Flight Review, a two-yearly requirement from the Civil … Continue reading →

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All change on the blog front

Posted on September 17, 2013 by John

I’ve just moved my two blogs from my home server to Godaddy hosting ($1 a month special offer!) The home server is a little QNAP NAS box and it has been a bit slow loading the web pages recently, so … Continue reading →

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