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25.01.2022 A delightful springlike day at Elliott Field welcomed Tom, an aviation student from CQU, who wanted to try out flying in a glider. #gliding #cquaviation

23.01.2022 Thought this was a good illustration.

21.01.2022 For a blustery Westerly and flying off our cross strip, it wasn’t a bad day. With only one aircraft and one instructor we managed to give our few students a couple of flights each. Some need circuit practice and some need soaring techniques practiced. It’s always a buzz to share a thermal with the local wildlife too.

18.01.2022 Glorious blue sky awaited a small crew at Elliott Field on Sunday morning. The BoM forecast was unusually helpful, saying something like "winds from the SSW and NE and everywhere else too", but also turned out to be completely accurate. This led to discussion about when to relocate the launch point to the southern end of the main runway, accompanied as always by arguments about who needs the 1,800m wingtip walk most. Those familiar with the laws of thermodynamics will know th...at energy can neither be created nor destroyed; rather, it can only be transformed or transferred from one form to another. Likewise, time for faffing can neither be created or destroyed, it can only be ... etc., etc. Sergej arrived with perfect timing, just as the crew was finally ready to go. It looked like being a great day for training and so off he went with Gary, who said something about getting a bit of height and spending time on the controls. It turned out to be only a very little bit of height and not much time on the controls. Twice. The only ways to get back on the ground that fast involves cable breaks, serious sink or an emergency. Gary claimed serious sink and shortest flight of the day. Leigh had arrived wanting to practise his side slipping and went next. Up and up followed by down and down. Leigh reported turbulence at 2,000 feet, excellent lift and even better sink. The day was turning out to be rather more challenging than expected. Always up for a challenge, Grant decided to renew his currency in the Pilatus and disappeared into the blue for long enough that the naysayers in the pie cart started mumbling about penetration, 30:1 glide ratios and outlandings in cane paddocks. When he finally reappeared, he claimed 6,000 feet and a tour of the region. With no official observer, we'll have to take his word for it. In the meantime, Sergej and Gary took another couple of notably short flights. The day was turning out to be perfect for circuit training. Having made a point of recording the flight times accurately and loudly, Greg couldn't avoid the sky any longer and took off, planning to do a Grant and disappear for a while, or risk having to face sniggering in the pie cart. After getting away (technically at least), he was soon back on the ground after finding Leigh and Gary's excellent sink. Mike decided he wasn't going to fly for various reasons, including lack of confidence in his ability to hold a plastic bag in one hand and the stick in the other, kindly drove the winch for the second half of the day. He didn't say so, but I don't think he was planning to use a plastic bag if the moment arose. Finally, for those with an interest in club house 'U' bends, I'm happy to report that full flow is restored.

16.01.2022 Thanks CQUni Aviation Society for joining us this weekend, for our visiting instructors and for Guzman Y Gomez Bundaberg for their free catering! Thanks for an awesome weekend - hope everyone had a load of fun

14.01.2022 Great TV News piece.

13.01.2022 The cross strip at Elliott Field is a bit like Siberia: we all know where it is, but none of us really wants to go there. That's probably because It's rather bumpy, a bit on the short side for the winch, and the trees on either side make it look more like a forest track than a runway. Unfortunately the breeze on Sunday, a cold and gusty 12-18kts, was just right for flying off RYW 22. On the other hand, the absence of an L2 at the start of the day meant that only independent ...operators could, well, operate. This was a bit of a blessing in disguise, because nobody (apart from Mike) had to admit they really didn't fancy taking to the air. Mike stuck his head out of the club house door to check on the cold blast and said he was absolutely not going to fly. Something to do with risk of shear finding him at 50' on final approach and leaving him with a lot less than safe speed near the ground. He said that, in fact, it was never his intention to fly and that he had a wheelbarrow and spade in the back of his car to prove it. To working bee or not to bee, that was the question. Trust the senior member present to want to make the most of the day! Faffing immediately reached new heights with discussion of club logos, Natan'El's Blue Card, Kiwi John's K6 outlanding exploits in the land of the long white cloud in rainfall from that cloud, and Greg's interest in the clubhouse kitchen 'U' bend and data cabling. Bowing to the inevitable, Mike headed for the cross strip to make it smoother for next time we don't fly there, Natan'El reorganised the clubhouse and Greg hid up a ladder in the new hangar. By the time an L2 finally arrived, it was time to pack up with runway ridges smoothed, fly screen reinstalled, and a bit more light in the hangar and CCTV coverage around it. The forecast for next weekend is for less wind, more flying and a sink plunger on the clubhouse kitchen 'U' bend.

12.01.2022 A great weekend at the Bundaberg Gliding Club.

09.01.2022 Vale Charlie Dean Chris Lane - Vale Charlie Dean who Past away Peacefully in Bundaberg last Tuesday night 26/11/19 Charlie was club CFI for the Bundaberg Gliding Club for many years and was one of the Clubs Foundation members of whom went through a lot of hard work to Form the club. Charlie was one of my instructors during my early stages of learning to fly. Charlie was well known in Queensland add had flown several state competitions Charlie will be missed by us all.

08.01.2022 Hi all, Yesterday's visit to Elliott Field by the Childers rural firies gave us a chance to thank the brigade for saving the Club's buildings and contents during the Gregory River fire. The firies and their families had fun and about a dozen of them flew. Many thanks are due to GDA for putting IKC online, to GDA, GCH and JGO for flying, and to GED, SPE, JEN and MAV for ground support.... It's great to have been able to thank the firies and hear just how close we came to losing everything. Kind regards, Greg

04.01.2022 A great article featuring the Bundaberg Gliding Club.

02.01.2022 25 August 2019 A stunning warm springlike day welcomed the early birds to Elliott Field. The forecast was for good lift until about 14:00, with a touch of the northerlies, so Natan’El DI’ed the club gliders while Greg disappeared to play with the pie cart and security cameras in order to avoid excessive faffing. Grant was soon on hand to take control of operations and hitched up the pie cart and set off for the southern launch point, soon to be followed by the gliders. Cu’s w...ere popping all over the sky. Kiwi John breezed in with Robyn en route to Cairns from Gympie, where he had spent Saturday driving the winch, not flying. It was therefore not hard to persuade him to hop into the Acro with Grant. The sky had developed well and it was no surprise to hear later that they had conducted a grand tour. Natan’El took a couple of launches in the Pilatus, the first of which ended earlier than expected and put her back on the ground complaining about minus eight. Sink, not Celsius. Her second launch ended with a cable break at the top of the launch, but she was soon at cloud base and ventured away to the south, reappearing much lower overhead after 20 minutes. She said something uncomplimentary about what the sea breeze does to lift and committed herself to start earlier next time. Tom, an aviation student from CQU, arrived wanting to learn a bit about gliding, so we handed him over to Leigh. We deemed Leigh’s pedagogical prowess perfect for the task. He flies well too, which was a good thing, because the sea breeze arrived and put them under pressure almost immediately. Greg took the hangar flight in the Acro and Grant did the same for the Pilatus. If it had been a race, Greg would have won tidily, because he was on the ground next to the hangar in double quick time. Grant took much longer, proving again that he can find lift where there shouldn’t be any. Couldn’t figure out why one of the hangar doors was moving around so much until I found this parked in the bottom track: A couple of stainless pop rivets should do the trick.