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JoeyGlide comp days 2,3,4

10 December 2005

Hello there everyone!!!
I’m sorry I haven’t updated… have been sooooo active lately and with so little time, that I’ve rarely had the energy to type up a nice post like this.
I’m curled up in bed, it’s the final day tomorrow, so I’ll keep this short.
Wednesday was an interesting day… the task was very much over-set, […]

Joeyglide No-Fly 2

7 December 2005

Hi boys and girls!
Today is the second day that we’ve not flown. Yesterday was cancelled at the last minute because a strong inversion meant that the gliders could not climb about 2,500′ above ground, which simply isn’t enough to really go anyway. Thankfully, they had only launched 3/4 of the fleet before they realised the […]

Joeyglide Competition Day 1

5 December 2005

Hi all
Well, I didn’t update yesterday as I was too upset to write.
I had a very hard day in the office yesterday… the air was rough as guts and took a lot of hard work to get anywhere. However, I managed to get around, even if it did almost cost me losing my lunch.
The […]

JoeyGlide - Official Practice Day

4 December 2005

Hi All !!!
I’m here, tucked into bed in my tent. Enjoying the wireless internet to communicate with y’all
The flight today was definately an interesting one. The thermals were very broken down low, and I really had to get high and stay at cloudbase to really make any headway. With 20-30kt winds, every time […]

JoeyGlide Practice day 1

2 December 2005

Hi Folks!
This is going to have to be a REALLY fast post… so I apologise for the typing.
We’ve had a power blackout out here at the airfield, and surprisingly there is a UPS that keeps the wireless alive and also powers the 512K microwave link back to town. So I have limited time until it […]

3 more days!

29 November 2005

3 posts in one night! Almost a record!
This is going to be probably my last post before I head off to JoeyGlide out in Leeton. I got a fair bit of preparation and planning done on the weekend, jury-rigging a few electrical systems and making sure I have all the pieces of the glider ready […]

Wistful thinking

4 November 2005

Hello again racefans!
Two updates in as many days…. you can tell I’m procrastinating, can’t you?
i think I’m finally get bored of *procrastination*.. it’s getting that bad. I’m now deciding to read my textbook as a break from checking my email for the 40th time.
I don’t know why it is that I hate study so much…. […]

Post - Monday, 13 December 2004

13 December 2004

I’m back in the land of the living !!!
After one hell of a trip back yesterday, I’ve returned triumphantly… to Redfern. *sighs*

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The last day of the comp, we were determined to get in a flight after Friday was rained out and cancelled. The morning started off looking promising, but if history meant anything, it was […]

Stormin\’ in Temora!

8 December 2004

So here I am, sitting in the council library at Temora. Outside, there are HUGE thunderstorms rolling across. Thankfully they didn’t send us to fly today!
Yesterday was a different story though. We could see the huge thundercells building to the west, but we still went on task.
Sure enough, the cells moved closer and closer, and […]