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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Come and share the Central Victorian sky with us . . .
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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.