I’m having fun in the middle of nowhere at Lake Keepit Soaring Club.
The place is very rural and wild. There are several big grass runways running up from the edge of the lake and in the morning and evening lots of kangaroos come out to graze.
People here are nice. I had a dual flight of 3 1/2 hours my first day with an old guy named Garry who is a thermalling guru. I had a thorough briefing first on techniques of entering thermals and finding the best lift in them, then we went out and did that. He taught me lots more about cross country flying, it was a great experience.
The high-performance LS7at Lake Keepit.
Today I flew solo in an advanced glider, an LS7, which is a lovely sleek shiny machine. I had a couple of long flights getting to know the glider and the local area before I set off to try some cross-country flying tomorrow. It’s been good gliding weather with puffy cumulus clouds and thermals up to 8000 feet at times. About 25 degrees in the day but down to 10 at night – quite cool.
I’m staying in a cabin on the airfield – it is very basic with shared shower and toilets – but there’s only one other guy sharing at the moment so it’s not a problem.
