Oz Report
Volume 18, Number 66Monday, April 7 2014
Valle de Bravo, Mexico
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"Toto, I have a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore."
- In this issue:
Tandem Hang Gliding Victoria Harry is un-CIVL The week at Quest Air Spring has sprung here Wills Wing Demo Days video Rattling the tin cup Dragonfly pilot training at Quest Air Friday at Quest Air Saturday at Quest Air Dalby Big Air HG 2014 Sunday at Quest Air
Tandem Hang Gliding Victoria
Fri, Apr 4 2014, 7:49:29 am EDThttps://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=272629366247949&set=vb.191561397688080&type=2&theater
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Harry is un-CIVL
Fri, Apr 4 2014, 7:50:18 am EDTCIVL|comic|Harry Martin
We don't take this that seriously.
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The week at Quest Air
Fri, Apr 4 2014, 7:51:42 am EDT(Quest Air, Groveland, Florida, USA)
Bobby Bailey|Dean Funk|Dragonfly|photo|Quest Air
Kim «info» writes:
Quest Air is enjoying the sound of the Dragonfly as the success of the newest operation in flight takes off!! For the first time ever, we welcome our three new students buzzing through the air learning to fly in the open air cockpit of Bobby Bailey’s baby, the Purple Haze. Congratulations Jeff Walker, for your Dragonfly Solo today!
Quest welcomes U.S. National Champion and #1 US ranking hang gliding pilot in the country, Zac "Zippie" Majors, here to do an cross country clinic for members of the U.S. Sport Class Team! Zac brings high energy and excitement to the clinic format! His knowledge is widely sought after and his infectious passion for the sport is a great addition to Quest as an established resource of advanced training.
Flying has been great at Quest this week! We have experienced pilots from East to West training for the World's! From National Champions to aspiring novices, Quest has launched an average of forty tows per day this week! Favorite quote of the day was heard from Mike Pattishall from Kitty Hawk Kites "I have a lunch date with two bald eagles" ~followed by~ "This blue hole is going to turn into a street of clouds when I launch my lucky charms!"
Photos by Dean Funk
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Spring has sprung here
Fri, Apr 4 2014, 7:52:10 am EDTDean Funk|photo|Quest Air
Photos by Dean Funk
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Wills Wing Demo Days video
Fri, Apr 4 2014, 7:52:31 am EDTRafael Arcos|video|Wills Wing
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Rattling the tin cup
Fri, Apr 4 2014, 7:52:52 am EDT(Quest Air, Groveland, Florida, USA)
Davis Straub|Quest Air|video
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Dragonfly pilot training at Quest Air
Fri, Apr 4 2014, 7:58:59 am EDT(Quest Air, Groveland, Florida, USA)
Dragonfly|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Quest Air|video
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Friday at Quest Air
Fri, Apr 4 2014, 10:51:52 pm EDT(Quest Air, Groveland, Florida, USA)
Dean Funk|Mark Stump|Quest Air
Dean Funk took this photo:
We didn't take off until late in the afternoon and Mark Stump flew for ever as it was his last day here. Nice to have the cu's back after a week inversions and blue skies (with nice light winds). The winds were a bit stronger at 9 MPH out of the west.
I flew to the southwest corner of the cultivated lands and then out into the Green Swamp to get under a nice cu. Bruce and Stumpy were there by chance also.
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Saturday at Quest Air
Sat, Apr 5 2014, 9:00:51 pm EDT(Quest Air, Groveland, Florida, USA)
Blue Sky|Quest Air
The cu's showed up again like on Friday and quite frankly it is a lot better here when there are cu's rather than an inversion and blue sky. There was also high clouds from the north that crept south just over Quest and then retreated.
I pinned off at 1,000' at 1:30 PM and got up right away to almost 4,000' before heading south to the turnpoint at Dean Still and 33. The wind was west southwest at about 9 mph, so I wasn't super fast. The cu's worked on the southwest corners and I found 600 fpm under at least one if not more.
South of the Seminole airport I could see the higher clouds coming in so decided to turn back before making the turnpoint, but that turned out not to be needed as there was plenty of lift on the way back.
Cu's are just so much more fun to fly in.
Should be good after a morning fog on Sunday. Looks like a chance of rain on Monday and 60% chance on Tuesday.
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Dalby Big Air HG 2014
Sun, Apr 6 2014, 8:15:25 am EDT(Dalby, Queensland, Australia)
Adam Parer|Cameron Tunbridge|Curt Warren|John Smith|Kathryn O'Riordan|Konrad Heilmann|Steve Blenkinsop|Tim Osborn|Wills Wing
Adam Parer|Cameron Tunbridge|Curt Warren|John Smith|Kathryn O'Riordan|Konrad Heilmann|Moyes Litespeed RX|Steve Blenkinsop|Tim Osborn|Wills Wing
Adam Parer|Cameron Tunbridge|Curt Warren|John Smith|Kathryn O'Riordan|Konrad Heilmann|Moyes Litespeed RX|Steve Blenkinsop|Tim Osborn|Wills Wing
http://www.williamolive.com/dalby/2014/
# | Name | Glider | Dist. | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Guy Hubbard | Moyes Litespeed RS 4 | 23.76 | 121 |
2 | Steve Blenkinsop | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 21.12 | 113 |
2 | Curt Warren | Moyes Litespeed RS4 | 21.13 | 113 |
2 | cameron tunbridge | airborne rev 14.5 | 21.14 | 113 |
2 | Konrad Heilmann | Moyes Litespeed S 5 | 21.08 | 113 |
2 | adam stevens | airbone rev 13.5 | 21.14 | 113 |
2 | Tim Osborne | wills wing u2 | 21.07 | 113 |
8 | Adam Parer | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 21.07 | 112 |
8 | John Smith | Moyes Litespeed S 5 | 21.04 | 112 |
10 | Frank Chetcuti | Moyes Litespeed RS 3.5 | 20.82 | 111 |
Task stopped due to a thunderstorm.
Kathryn O'Riordan took this shot after landing:
Adam Stevens gets this shot:
Day two, the ground is too wet for aerotowing.
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Sunday at Quest Air
Sun, Apr 6 2014, 11:10:57 pm EDT(Quest Air, Groveland, Florida, USA)
Dean Funk|Quest Air|record|Robin Hamilton|weather
The cu's showed up again, just like the last two days and that called for another day of flying. Armand (Canadian Swift pilot and electrician) got to try for the 100 kmh Swift record (Robin Hamilton holds it). The place was packed as usual with new and old pilots flying as much as possible. We were getting to over 5,000'.
Dean Funk took this shot also. He is having trouble with the pollen so not flying.
I took a late flight (4 PM) so as to experience the mellowest of conditions and for sure got them. Still a southwest wind, but going upwind was again in order for a nice out and return.
So we flew all week starting on Tuesday after the bust the week of the Wills Wing Demo Days (I always have to add weather wise as somehow they are able to entertain themselves otherwise)
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