Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Day Tree

Wednesday was used by many pilots to do interesting things.

A group climbed the local hill, it was exhausting for some who needed the support of others.
Good teamwork.
Ross, Mike,Maurice, Sandy & Steve-Photo By Ed Devenoges

The front went thru yesterday with a very light rain. Today is forecast to be blue around the Gliding Site(there must be a competition on :-) with a westerly on the ground about 10-15 knots with 20 knots at thermal height.
A challenging forecast to plan a task.
But the Panel rose to the occasion. After consulting a couple of wise heads the task has been set as Thames Out & Return. 341kms.   To thinking being that its thermals to the Kaimai Ridge (70ish kms) then a nice ridge run and 70kms thermals home.
To allow pilots to claim a Diamond Goal (and gold Distance) the start and finish points are the same.
Seems three lads are filling in the paperwork for this achievement.

As I write this at 12 noon. The sky is blue.   


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