shags_j Posted March 8, 2010 Share Posted March 8, 2010 So with two weeks of no flying and counting (and it was two weeks before that since I have flown) just wondering if anyone else is having the same kind of withdrawals as I'm having. I wake up everyday and look at the sky hoping for blue, but it just won't come. Our dams are full, we can stop the rain for one weekend surely... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markendee Posted March 8, 2010 Share Posted March 8, 2010 Shags, V.M.S.! MD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shags_j Posted March 8, 2010 Author Share Posted March 8, 2010 I'm a bit slow... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markendee Posted March 8, 2010 Share Posted March 8, 2010 Very Much So Shags Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shags_j Posted March 8, 2010 Author Share Posted March 8, 2010 ahhhh ic. Well I am going out to take piccies of a damp and sodden field very early saturday morning i think. If I can't be in a plane, i will look at them... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Sharp End Posted March 8, 2010 Share Posted March 8, 2010 Yep... done a bit of maintenance on the old girl but YCAB is very soggy so no flying for two weeks either! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shags_j Posted March 8, 2010 Author Share Posted March 8, 2010 You're kidding. The aircraft are going to be rented solid for ages. I'm going to have to do some circuits before taking passengers up. I leave for japan on the 12th April. I really want to get a flight in before then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazza 38 Posted March 8, 2010 Share Posted March 8, 2010 Hi Shags, im booked in for saturday coming, i hope it will, be Ok. I just looked at the airfield from the comfort of my arm chair.(boonah gliding club). The web cam looks straight towards our hangar.The grass looks wet, very long and their is some muddy looking car tracks.Not good. The door is open though, but no planes in sight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shags_j Posted March 8, 2010 Author Share Posted March 8, 2010 Ignore me. I don't read things properly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shags_j Posted March 8, 2010 Author Share Posted March 8, 2010 Off topic but since this post is anyways... How much is gliding at boonah? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazza 38 Posted March 8, 2010 Share Posted March 8, 2010 Hi shags,I just looked the site.Welcome to the Boonah Gliding Club. The cost is complicated depending on what you are looking for. I use the site only to look at the camera.Never been in their gliders.cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Sharp End Posted March 8, 2010 Share Posted March 8, 2010 Shags, You have PM. S-E Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shags_j Posted March 8, 2010 Author Share Posted March 8, 2010 So just quickly - Gliding, is that RA cert of GA? I just realised how little I know about gliding. BTW - Can anyone guess I am procrastinating on a job at work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazza 38 Posted March 8, 2010 Share Posted March 8, 2010 It is GFA, gliding federation australia, different membership, licencing, etc. Although gliders are VH registed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomo Posted March 8, 2010 Share Posted March 8, 2010 If you had a Savvy, you could do a STOL take off on the little bit of bitumen at YCAB Mark!! Hope it dries out asap for you. On the subject of withdrawals... of course I get them, pretty much the day after I've gone flying... What's the saying... "Seven days without flying... makes one weak!" ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shags_j Posted March 8, 2010 Author Share Posted March 8, 2010 Blue skies!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Sharp End Posted March 8, 2010 Share Posted March 8, 2010 If you had a Savvy, you could do a STOL take off on the little bit of bitumen at YCAB Mark!!Hope it dries out asap for you. On the subject of withdrawals... of course I get them, pretty much the day after I've gone flying... What's the saying... "Seven days without flying... makes one weak!" ;) Ha, ha! The mighty "big block" AT115 gets airborne on the Rwy12 bitumen no problem... as long as you're solo and have no more than 45 minutes worth of fuel! It's getting there that's the problem when it this wet, puddles everywhere. However, as Shags has said, it's blue skies today, let's hope the BOM's wrong and it stays dry!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shags_j Posted March 9, 2010 Author Share Posted March 9, 2010 The tecnam gets airborne pretty much by the end of the concrete, even with two passengers. I find the Jab takes a bit longer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazza 38 Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 Blue skies!!!! Yes Shags, its been a beautiful blue sky day today.I hope it stays that way, but i think there is supposed to be more rain tommorrow, well some showers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Cloudsuck Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 Blue skies!!!! Yes a lovely day today Shags. I dropped in a flight plan and took off from Boonah. Got a clearance through Amberley and over the nearly full Wyvenhoe and Summerset Dams. I got pushed down to about 700 ft AGL due to cloud and fog at one stage but the lovely military ACT girl gave me a clearance to operate not above 2500 so that was ok. On into YCAB where I landed on 30. The runways were perfectly serviceable. Went home via YGAS. I have a month holidays and since starting, it hasn't stopped raining till today. Forecast for the next week looks grim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shags_j Posted March 9, 2010 Author Share Posted March 9, 2010 Bloody good to see the dams like that. I am going to go up around kilcoy hopefully next weekend and check out the dams around there. Let's hope the rain stays away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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