Sunday 15th Sept

Steve and Dave toured the basin in KLM reporting a 3000' cloud base out east. Just Roland and John turned up to go soaring. It was obviously unstable but the cloud base remained low, except perhaps out west towards Cromwell. VH and KG launched at 1pm but it took nearly 2 hours before they got around the corner and onto the Dunstan tops via the west.

Spring soaring on the Dunstan Range

There was a dusting of new snow which combined with fluffy low clouds made the tops a spectacular place to fly. Roland reckoned it was his prettiest flight since gliding from Alex. Max height was 6500', which is really just above the tops. Lift was unreliable so we didn't venture far. Immediately east of the ridge line the base dropped to 4500. Many thanks to Russell for towing and Garry for running wings.

Sunday 7th Sept

Beaut sunny day...the third week of our stable H. No rain, no snow, no wave, and very few thermals. What an odd winter!
John and Roland eventually winched into a sky where even hawks were flapping. Piks and LS6s can't flap so they were on the ground 5 minutes later. Thanks to Derek and Pete for helping.

Sunday 31st August....last day of winter!

Yet another nice sunny but (forecast) stable day. With little enthusiasm we gathered for some late launches, hoping that some thermals cooked-up over the afternoon. Brian did his BFR with John and it was certainly stable high above the inversion where they practised their spin recovery. Roland (VH) towed out to the translator and was shortly joined by John in KG. They got plenty of weak thermal experience hovering between 2600 and 3400' for an hour or two.
Thanks to Russell for the tows.