Boonah Blog
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.