John Good’s Report Day 6
A more complicated and difficult day today, but one that worked. Once again the forecast offered good thermal conditions with cumulus clouds, followed by an early end to the day [...]
John Good’s Report Day 5
A “lake Keepit Day” today - a term used by locals to describe a day with good lift under “honest” cumulus clouds, good visibility and no issues standing in the [...]
John Good’s Report for Day 4
A much better day today, featuring less smoke, more cumulus clouds, and tasks over mostly friendly terrain. Conditions never reached “booming”, and the day ended a bit early with easterly [...]
John Good’s Report for Day 2
A more difficult day today, especially for Club Class. The forecast said very hot, very blue (except well to the southwest) and a possibility of lift shutting down around 5:30 [...]
John Good’s Report for Day 1
Report for 4 Jan 2020 – by John Good A good day to start our competition - which is to say frightfully hot (around 106 F) and mostly blue. But [...]
John Good’s Report for Jan 3, 2020
It’s Opening Ceremony day of the 10th Women’s World Gliding Championship, at Lake Keepit in New South Wales, Australia. Practice flying is done and – other than a short ceremony [...]
PAGC Captain’s Report Day 7
I spoke with several Canadians who said that they are impressed with how many days good flying days they have had for this contest. Poor weather has not been a [...]
January 10 in Lake Keepit
Today featured early cumulus, plenty of heat, a prediction of late-afternoon overdevelopment and storms, long tasks, and an early launch. The storms definitely did materialize, making the return home exciting [...]
Day 6 at Lake Keepit
A truly difficult day today. Uncharacteristically, the weather forecast didn’t resemble the actual conditions. Task A had gliders headed east, into the hills, where cloud bases were estimated to reach [...]
Day 5 at Lake Keepit
With a prediction for another hot day with plenty of cumulus and a reasonable chance of over development, the 4-hour area tasks looked a bit bold. And so they proved, [...]