Err, knees are bit knobbly. [biggrin]Quote:
This is me preparing the Libelle BA for a comp flight at Bordertown in 1974 - nice hair and shorts eh!
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Err, knees are bit knobbly. [biggrin]Quote:
This is me preparing the Libelle BA for a comp flight at Bordertown in 1974 - nice hair and shorts eh!
First thought was.... "Auster"... Last Century, friend of mine dropped so many he got good at outfield landings....and re-building engines. [bigwhistle]Quote:
Originally Posted by JDNSW
- Nah, with their great glide-ratio you were spoiled for choices ! [bigsmile]
No, it was a Grumman AA-5B Tiger, Lycoming engine, not De Havilland.
Has a surprise flight I’m a glider today for my burfday.........
It was with the glider club at Boonah.
I was quite amazed at the tow hitch arrangement. Didn’t look overly substantial, they indicated once in the air it less than 50kg force on the hitch.
A small Cessna was doing the towing...it has an upgrade engine 180hp I think they said.
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When we were driving out I thought cloudy weather might not have been that good...yes and no apparently. Yes it was a little low but what i learnt is there was a better chance of thermal.
Launching
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Anyways we disconnected at 4000ft , pic below was 300-400ft which apparently is all we needed to get back to the air field.
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I was given the control for a little while, I had to steer us toward a black cloud.
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Doing some donuts
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Pilot took over and managed to keep us at same altitude for a while......
It was than hard work finding any lift until right at the end when we were doing donuts infront of a small hill and managed to gain a few hundred feet.