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  1. 18th August 2020, 08:51 PM #21
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    This is me preparing the Libelle BA for a comp flight at Bordertown in 1974 - nice hair and shorts eh!
    Err, knees are bit knobbly.
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  2. 18th August 2020, 09:46 PM #22
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    Quote Originally Posted by JDNSW View Post
    This thread has led me to reflect that maybe my minor gliding experience was useful on the occasion that I found myself flying a glider when I did not intend to after the engine dropped a valve, although I did not think of it at the time. At least, for some reason I was flying at 9500ft, and knew exactly where the best landing spots were (made it to Wagga airport and did a straight in, downwind landing).
    First thought was.... "Auster"... Last Century, friend of mine dropped so many he got good at outfield landings....and re-building engines.

    - Nah, with their great glide-ratio you were spoiled for choices !
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    No, it was a Grumman AA-5B Tiger, Lycoming engine, not De Havilland.
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    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.


    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


    Anyways we disconnected at 4000ft , pic below was 300-400ft which apparently is all we needed to get back to the air field.



    I was given the control for a little while, I had to steer us toward a black cloud.



    Doing some donuts


    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.
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