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Saturday Wave

Todays southery brought the prospect of wave lift which was a new concept for some of us new guys.  The old hands took best advantage of it though with John Feeney using most of the available daylight doing 4 hours 45 minutes.  John's flight was limited to 10,000 feet due to his oxygen system but still took him through Cunningham's Gap amongst other places.

John Preimonas made a personal best solo in SK, and Phil Slocombe had a field day in GU in wave above the ridge for 2 hours 20 minutes without contributing much in the way of tow fees.  Steve Thomas was having so much fun with his air experience passenger that they had to be called back to the field by the friends and family.

Thanks to Z Man for standing in as the Level 2 instructor and running the day and Andrew for a good days towing in windy conditions.

Same again for tomorrow please.

 
 

19 June BBQ

 

 

Big night out in Boonah

The 19 June BBQ

 

Thanks to our GTO who also acts as GEO (ground entertainment officer)

Ron Mc Leay we were treated to another bbq of the best steaks from both cow and kangaroo, in the very cool night air of Boonah.

 

We also had the use of two very large telescopes one from Brian Gilby and one from Roger Sutton. With the clear cold air and dark night we were able to get great views and with the help of Brian and Roger we also got to know what we were looking at.  

 

Another highlight was an impromptu discussion by John Stockwell on navigation by the stars. John spent 30 years as an airforce navigator long before they had gps units available. This was a truly fascinating discussion.

 

It was a great night, with a very interesting bunch of people.

 

Thanks to everyone who helped to make it.

Wave Soaring

This is a lenticular cloud caused by South Westerly winds over the Great Dividing Range. These winds cause lift to be generated as "waves" and allow gliders to climb to heights over 20000ft. Pilots wear oxygen masks and thick socks for these flights. The winds reach speeds over 140 kph at these heights but it can be dead calm on the ground. Boonah "wave" happens in winter usually July till September. This photo was taken on 8/6/10 and there have been several good wave flights already this year to 10000ft

Magic May and awesome April

The last week has been some of the best gliding weather I have seen at Boonah. From last Tuesday the sky has been Q city culminating in three oustanding days of the long weekend. On Saturday Steve Bateson had his introduction to X/C flying with a two hour flight around an FAI 100km task Boonah-Beaudesert-Barrney View-Boonah. The first leg took a while as Steve got the idea of flying point to point while assesing the best track to follow to Beaudesert taking about an hour and a bit for a X/C speed of about 30kph but the last two legs were much faster  travelling 70kms in about 45 mins or 90 kph. There were some excellent thermals sometimes averaging 7 knots plus. Later in the afternoon the massive streets of cloud allowed pilots to fly from Boonah to Mt Barney and beyond without a turn all the while climbing to 6000 ft. Can'y say I've enjoyed a days flying quite as much for a while. After the next couple of days of rain I expect these conditions will return for the weekend. Can't wait! If you want to try X/C just ask. Mike McLachlan, Andrew Maddocks, others and myself are happy to oblige.

first solo

 Another first for Boonah!

Mark Bahr took his first solo flight on Sunday 21 March 2010. He enjoyed it so much he went back immediately for two more solo flights.

Mark's choice of aircraft for most of his training and his first solo was the K13. His comment “I like a plane with character”

 This beautiful old plane has taken many of us on our first solo and looks like taking many more.

 Congratulations Mark, now you know the feeling.

3 Jul 2010 Saturday Wave
23 Jun 2010 19 June BBQ
10 Jun 2010 Wave Soaring
4 May 2010 Magic May and awesome April
23 Mar 2010 first solo
1 Mar 2010 27 and 28th Feb 2010
15 Feb 2010 Valentines Day Weekend 2010
27 Jan 2010 Australia Day Flying
26 Jan 2010 Rhys Update
6 Jan 2010 Sailplane Grand Prix in Chile
13 Dec 2009 December Soaring
13 Sep 2009 Another Solo
30 Aug 2009 Lenticular Clouds
26 Aug 2009 solo
17 Aug 2009 Sophie's first solo
3 Aug 2009 Winter, Winter, Soar, Soar
19 Jul 2009 Sunday 19/7/9
18 Jul 2009 Winter Wonderland
5 Jul 2009 Wave is on!!
1 Jul 2009 Winter gliding
26 Jun 2009 Andy at the Junior Worlds
24 Jun 2009 The shortest day
22 Jun 2009 Nostalgic Flight
15 Jun 2009 JWGC09
4 Jun 2009 Fox at Boonah Gliding Club
25 May 2009 Member's Login
11 May 2009 May
28 Apr 2009 Congratulations Steve
29 Mar 2009 Windy? Or what a great time?
17 Mar 2009 Another Solo
10 Mar 2009 7/8 March
2 Mar 2009 9000?
25 Feb 2009 New to Boonah!
23 Feb 2009 Sat/Sun 21-21 Feb
15 Feb 2009 Nice Weekend
9 Feb 2009 Brian Gilby's 1st NTT AEF
9 Feb 2009 Another Boonah Beauty
1 Feb 2009 Ridge Soaring !!
26 Jan 2009 Sophie has gone solo
25 Jan 2009 Girl Power
24 Jan 2009 Beautiful One Day....
22 Jan 2009 17/18 -1 - 09
12 Jan 2009 What a weekend!
5 Jan 2009 2009
20 Dec 2008 One Good Day
15 Dec 2008 Frustrating Weather
27 Nov 2008 Glide Omarama
13 Nov 2008 Kingaroy Week
7 Nov 2008 Kingaroy to Boonah
4 Nov 2008 Right Weather, Wrong Day - for Boonah.
28 Oct 2008 K13 Outlanding
28 Oct 2008 Weekend 25/26 October 2008
21 Oct 2008 Fri/Sat/Sun 17-19 Oct
19 Oct 2008 Sunday
16 Oct 2008 Club Class Nationals
6 Oct 2008 State Comp Photo
6 Oct 2008 State Comp Photo
6 Oct 2008 State Comps Photo
4 Oct 2008 Saturday 4 Oct
30 Sep 2008 State Comps
28 Sep 2008 Sunday 28/9/08
25 Sep 2008 September.. Boonah's Best
23 Sep 2008 Sat 20 Sep, 2008
22 Sep 2008 20/21 Sept 2008
20 Sep 2008 Mike's new baby
18 Sep 2008 First Solo
10 Sep 2008 2nd Annual Vintage Rally Wondai
9 Sep 2008 6/7 September 2008
8 Sep 2008 Sat 6th, Sun 7th Sept 2008
1 Sep 2008 29/30/31 August 2008
25 Aug 2008 23/24 August 2008
9 Aug 2008 Wave
28 Jul 2008 Sat/Sun 26/27 July 08
19 Jul 2008 Guess who oulanded ZAJ
13 Jul 2008 Sat/Sun 12/13 July 08
9 Jul 2008 It's Winter.
30 Jun 2008 Weekend 27/28/29 June 2008
25 Jun 2008 Finland
23 Jun 2008 21/22 June 08
21 Jun 2008 Junior Pre-Worlds
9 Jun 2008 God's Own Country
7 Jun 2008 Open Cockpit Flying
2 Jun 2008 Saturday 31/5/8
25 May 2008 Spoke to Soon
25 May 2008 Sunday 25/5/08
24 May 2008 Saturday 24/5/08
18 May 2008 WAVE
17 May 2008 Saturday 17/7/8
27 Apr 2008 Sunday 27/4/08
22 Apr 2008 Zen Glider Maintenance
7 Apr 2008 GUSS comes to Boonah!
1 Apr 2008 Tuesday 1/4/8
1 Apr 2008 Monday 31/3/8
30 Mar 2008 Congratulations Andrew Georgeson
24 Mar 2008 US Visitors
20 Mar 2008 Easter Comps
15 Mar 2008 Saturday 15th March 2008
15 Mar 2008 Boonah Brilliant!!
14 Mar 2008 New Web Site
13 Mar 2008 Welcome to Boonah Blog