I’m having fun at the Southern Cross Gliding Club’s annual camp at Cootamundra in country NSW. It’s bloody hot out here – 36 to 40 degrees. That’s good for thermals and good for gliding. But not for everything else.
I’ve had a five-hour 360k flight in the club’s most basic low-performance glider, the PZL Junior. That got me a lot of kudos with other club members. It was also a very enjoyable flight – details here . Yesterday the conditions weren’t so good, but I had fun with a 150k trip to Grenfell. Today was forecast for showers later, so I did a quick trip to Grenfell and back, having to dodge lots of showers on the way back and land in a howling crosswind.
I’m still hoping to fly 500k to get a Diamond gliding badge, but that needs a good thermally day and a good glider. Fingers crossed for later in the week. We pack up on Sunday.
Must go now – we’re all meeting at the Central Hotel (Pub) for dinner and drinks – and lots of tall tales from flying!
