Norwegian Hanggliding

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Windy and blue day. Weatherman called inversion at 600 meters this morning, and probably no lift above 1000 meters. It was a 35km/t wind from the south west this morning, but it calmed down a little. We got a nice and easy start with a 182km task to Ivanhoe :-)
I towed up and got out [...]

Me towing up in Deni, photo shot by Carol Binder.

We had a nice relaxed day in Deni after the comp, driving to Echuca for some shopping and see the movie “Meet the Fockers”, very funny! The day after we drove to Hay, and got our stuff packed out into the houses we have rented. Our driver Carla showed up today, and we managed to [...]

It was nice and blue this morning, but driving out to the briefing we saw lots of high clouds move in over the area. The weatherman forecasted a front coming in from the west, with some embedded storms and higher winds. We got an earlier task than ususal, with window open at 13:30, and first [...]

Today was very gusty and inverted. The weatherman called a strong inversion from 600 to 2000 meters, and not much heating. We got a 151 km task downwind again, with one tp. I got a good thermal after the roughest tow ever, and got to 1000 meters. From there i drifted with a gaggle turning [...]

Yesterday was a grey and windy day, it was a delayed day, but at the briefing 11:30 we got the message to go out and set up at Conargo. We were told the lift would go to 1800 meters, and got a 157km downwind task over some quite remote areas.
At first nobody got up, [...]

A quick update before we go out flying again. I’ve found a Internet access point and can write a little more than when using my phone.
We arrived in Deni driving directly from Sydney after picking up the gliders. My bag was of course delayed in Hong Kong, and it had to be sendt with [...]