Category Archives: Flying

It was a lot drier this weekend, with the ground crunching and the sun beaming down. This made those 2 minutes of sitting on the runway waiting in the glider with the canopy closed just before the tug pulls you … Continue reading →

When I rocked up to the Darling Downs gliding club around 11am today I was whisked straight into the awaiting Puchacz training glider that had recently landed. My instructor Leon gave me a run through of the preflight checks and I … Continue reading →

As we were under tow, Dennis constantly gave reports on alternative landing sites should the rope break. A cloud in the distance to our right lit up the sky as lightnight struck the ground below. The tow duet came upon a cloud that was lower than the others and so had to dive down underneath it. Continue reading →