Monday 10 November 2014

6/7/8/9th Nov 2014

There's been a power of soaring lately, out of Alex and Omarama.
Phil winched John on the 6th, straight into a good thermal! He flew to Dingle Peak and back. On the 7th Roland and Pete flew late in the day but still had good XC soaring out east. John/Mark/Graham flew at Omarama over much of the next few days....check OLC for full details, but:

7th: Omarama-Matuki-Dobson
8th: Hunter-Hawduns
9th: Wave flight to Mt Cook

Mark and Graham are still soaring away at Om, 51hrs and counting!

Soaring the top of Mount Cook


Monday 3 November 2014

Saturday 1st Nov 2014

A great wave day. Our Ozzie members Mark and Graham have grabbed JW for a week in Omarama, and we decided to fly Satuday as Sunday sounded wet and very windy.Garry did his BFR with Nick in the morning then we got straight into it. John, Roland, and Mark/Graham all had bouncy tows to 3000' into strong wave and rotor...thanks Garry!

Mark and Graham in JW


John headed south to Balfour then north to Cook to meet up with JW which had gone direct. Roland also got into the Omarama basin after first heading to Roxburgh. JW landed Omarama after a long tour and we all flew about 4.5hrs.

Wave on Saturday
 Meanwhile Dave Pollard drove the Ozzies rental to Omarama, and they drove him home....a long day but worth it!
Driving back to Alex