Gliding 28th December 2015

The day prior was pretty stable and the forecast was the same. However Pete, John and Phil decided to give it a try. Just as well we did, for the day was quite good. Russell towed KG and KJ off the seal runway and into a good thermal. Pete away last but soon caught up. John and Phil explored the Dunstans but it was too early and nothing much was happening there. It looked better south so Pete and John headed down the Garvies finding an OK climb, then glided across the Nevis to the Hectors (nothing doing...) so stretching the glide somewhat eventually found climbs well into the Mataura headwaters in the Eyre Mountains. We passed overhead Wakatipu Areo Club's new airstrip, easily seen just to the south of Kingston.

Thermals in the Eyre Mountains

Pete visited Mavora Lakes, John settled for a glimpse and we turned homeward bound to Hectors (still dead) and continued below the tops northwards on the western side of the Remarkables. ZQN was not home on 125.75 but we raised them on 118.1 and got permission to transgress airspace if needed. We finally got a good climb to glide home across the Nevis and after further poking about we landed about 6pm.
Phil had a good 2.5hrs flight, Pete and John flew about 4hrs. Thanks to Russell for towing.