The upcoming weekend is shaping up to be quite good. Grand Final Friday climbs in the blue to 5,000 feet starting before 2 pm. The Saturday forcast is promising thermals to heights in excess of 8,000 feet. That will be the best for this season to date and I hope for a big gliding weekend. The Eurofox is back in action. Why not come out on Friday already (Grand Final holiday) and make it worthwhile for the tuggy.
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Saturday was some better than predicted. I launched just before 1 pm and found a good climb after an initial struggle. The plan was to go to Pyramid Hill and Boort. Plan change when I arrived at P'Hill and continued on towards Kerang. There is still a lot of water on the ground there and I turned 20 km short and headed to Charlton. By that time some of the good climbs went to 8,500 ft but they were not easy to find. At Charlton I found one that got me almost to 9,000 ft QNH and the gadget said I had final glide home with a quartering tail wind. Lost that glide and topped up at Wedderburn to 10,000 ft AGL. That was enought to stretch the flight to south of Raywood before finally turning home. 3 hrs 50 min in the air for a 290 km flight.
Yes, the day got a bit better later, but I still wasn't brave enough to go anywhere. Here's a pic from nearly 6000ft with Raywood in front.
Friday was not as good as forcast 3 days ago but the morning prediction of Skysight was pretty much correct. Launch at 1:30 and at 4:30 there were still some weak clibs present. The first hour was difficult, after the thermals organised themselves a little better. around 3 kts with a couple going to 6,000 ft QNH. Sometimes not easy to find and I stayed within gliding range of the airfield. Today is going to be better with thermlas going to 8,000 ft.