I know, it’s only pitch and roll, but I like it.

[Huzo]

Bunyan had (and for all I know still does) a Wave Camp every year where people come from all over Oz to ride the wave. Never did it myself, but did get up to 10,000 ASL in the Blanik without oxygen, so that was that! Best flight I ever had, about 2.5 hours, glorious day. Great tow (I was a good towee apparently - won a prize for it!) and then tooling about for all that time talking about the cricket with the instructor Rod Stone, then a great circuit and landing. At the end of that he said I needed to go solo ASAP as I was 95% there. Oh well. I think that was my 46th Blanik flight....

A few of our guys went there for the wave flying.
I never did myself, but did some at the Grampians in Western Victoria. I went to 10,000 then allowed myself to sneak to 14,000 without supplemental oxygen, but in hindsight not my finest moment.
As is usually the case, the lift was steady at around 4 knots and absolutely smooth. Every other man and his dog properly equipped went to 19,000 with no effort at all.
That was in an LS4, but you could have done it in anything.

[Huzo]

The registration was recycled to the Airtourer, not vice versa.  The plane used to be registered elsewhere before being imported to Australia and rebuilt over a long period by a guy who was once involved with the factory or distributor or something.  I believe with him having aged out, it now belongs to a relative (as of 2019).  Perhaps his son.  https://www.regosearch.com/aircraft/au/POB

I dug this old register up Tusayan.

[Griso8V]

The gliders I flew in were German made airplanes but I don't remember the name.  Very cool airplane!  I only have a handful of time in them but it felt like I was in a fighter jet!  Flew out of Minden Nevada, east side of the Sierra Nevada Mountains.  The mountain wave is the result of the west winds from the Pacific Ocean & Central Valley hitting the Sierras and taking a "bounce up".  The days I flew the wave was not "on".  The gliders were all equipped with O2 and had full comm. in case they went to the flight levels i.e. positive control airspace...which they do when the wave is "on"...

[Huzo]

Yeah, Germans and Polish are the better ones.
These are lovely..









Horsham at Christmas
https://youtu.be/WFTJjk31vqc?feature=shared

[normzone]

Yes…Although it is the easiest of the three axis’ to do without. I did attempt to work it into the title, but it seemed a bit try hard….

Get Yer Yaw-Yaw's Out!