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 the Snowy Mountains in the distance.
On oxygen at 9,000 feet near Bunyan, NSW.
It was my first time using oxygen (mandatory above 10,000 feet but recommended a little lower).
I had a cannula in my nose and a special little electronic box giving me the correct flow from a bottle of aviation breathing oxygen.
There was wave lift about and one pilot went to 20,000 feet. I got into the wave and climbed a few thousand feet but it was difficult to stay in the lift.
I didn’t feel so bad about that because lots of other more experienced pilots couldn’t get into the wave. The sky was completely blue with no clouds and this made life a little more difficult. The clouds help to mark the positions of the thermal and wave lift.
A view of the Snowy Mountains in the distance.
I had a lovely three-hour flight with some great views. Very satisfying.
