On Wednesday I flew my first passenger flight in a glider, with Jan as passenger. I’ve taken up lots of passengers in light aircraft in my 1200 hours of power flying, but none in a glider.
Jan is a seasoned small-plane passenger so I had no worries about her feeling ok. We had a smashing flight on a brilliant Sydney summer day. It was warm (26 degrees) at Camden, very clear, and with plenty of thermals about. 
We soared up to 4,500 feet, the highest allowed near Camden, then set off for the airstrip at The Oaks where you can climb to 7500 feet without infringing controlled airspace above.
We didn’t quite manage that, but we got to 7000 feet and flew out to nearly the edge of the Burragorang Valley. The views over the mountains to the west and east to the city and the sea were spectacular.
Jan was enjoying the quiet ride. we came down to 4,500 again and set off east to Menangle Racecourse. After almost two hours, we decided to come down and finished off with a loop-the-loop. We landed with exactly two hours duration. Very good fun, so I must take up some more passengers.
There were other fliers at Camden. Lots of swallows were nesting under the roof of the hangar and feeding their chicks.
