Forbes, no fence and an additional hangar?

It's turning into a popular spot (Forbes airfield, Australia)

Steve McCarthy keeps sending out emails announcing that he'll be towing at Forbes (this last weekend and two weekends from now).  There continues to be a lot of interest from pilots wanting to tow up and fly big cross country flights from Forbes.

Bill Moyes started leaving a Dragonfly or two out there two years ago and last year pilots finally figured this out and made arrangements for getting towed up.  Now there is more demand than ever, while there was little demand for towing from Rylstone where Bill normally keeps his tugs.

Now the rumor is that Bill is in the market to buy 50 acres next to the airport, pull down the north fence (it didn't seem to be an issue this year), and put in his own hangar.  Maybe if Vicki gets the bid for the Worlds this will all come to pass.

Here is the latest report from Forbes.  Steve McCarthy <tuglowview> writes:

Turn up this week end was not high due to a poor forecast, however we still managed to launch at 4pm on Sat day with most flyers landing around Young and one managing to get to the goal paddock at Lake George (well done Attila).

Dave May is improving out of site and is now one of the best pilots in the world on tow and off tow is putting in consistent, impressive flights in average conditions.

Sunday saw Peter Leach towing in his new glider and Rodger Lynch completed his aerotow endorsement.  A bit of air to air photography was done using the Dragon Fly as the camera platform, and the very brave Liz as the photographer.  Thanks Liz.

I dropped Mark a long way up wind in his Sonic to give him plenty of thermal time and still allow a landing back at the field but it didn't quite work out as planed.  Sorry Mark, hope we have better conditions so you can have a better flight next time.

Shorter goal tasks were set for Sunday to allow pilots to get home at a reasonable time with most setting goals in the home direction.

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