I was doing some solo circuits today at YRED and I using 07, the wind was straight down the runway at about 5 kts or so and a few big clouds around over the airfield but in general a great day, as I took off and got to around 500ft it started getting a bit bumpy and once I turned downwind, I started getting uplift under the cloud because on one circuit I got lifted around 400ft and a few seconds later dropped me back down to roughly circuit height, I thought wow that was exciting, then on final as anyone that has flown at Redcliffe I got a heap of sink over the mudflats and then lift over the mangroves on short final and then over the fence it settled down again.
All in all it was a fun circuit session at Redcliffe, it certainly keeps you on your toes...loved it... moving onto engine failures etc on Saturday morning in preparation to do my area solos....lots of fun...
David