Keepit Regatta - Tuesday

After all the rain last night, nobody thought the flying would be much good. There was a low overcast  and it all looked soggy and miserable. So we had a talk by Harry Medlicott on safety - not just the  normal things, but what to do if you stuff it up! And a talk from Garry Speight entitled "My Brilliant Career" complete with statistics!

After that, the sun was coming out, and things seemed to be drying out, so a half hearted, not scoring "run task" was called - Gaineys, Ag45, Gunnedah Lake Keepit as many times around as you could do in 2 hrs. I elected not to fly, as the sky looked to me as if it would overdevelop and rain again, and I had plenty of jobs to do. However a few brave souls took to the air.

Those of us who didn't fly looked a bit silly later on, because the sky got better and better, and it looked really good. In fact Todd and  Bruce Taylor went to Merrylands Edgeroi and back - but they are flying JS1s. Others who flew early said it was rubbish, but it definitely got better later on, and Bruce said there were good climbs out to the west.

Ian Downs flew with Johnny Durand Jr in the Duo Discus after it returned, and they spent a couple of hours soaring visiting Mt Borah and Gunnedah aerodrome, where they had a low save. I notice this flight has NOT been posted on the OLC - tsk tsk. Ian said he only had to do the take off and the landing and John did the rest. An awsome start to his sailplane flying career.

I was endorsed on the club's new Toro ride on mower - was over-controlling to start with - had to practice my speed control and co-ordination! Managed to mow around the new hangars on the North side, David Bull did the south side. Harry Jacques, Ian McPhee and Allbuts did glider maintenance.

After a nice dinner in the club house, some of the boys did the washing up - but not all were willing to be photographed in case their wives got wind of it!