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25.01.2022 A bit of history the club's ASW-15 Bankstown Airshow 1970

25.01.2022 Shot of a lifetime! Crazy roll cloud over Lake Michigan. Epic vid Ken Temple.

25.01.2022 Congratulations Mitch. First night solo. You never know where Gliding can take you.

24.01.2022 Lenticular over Seilebost beach, Harris, Outer Hebrides.

24.01.2022 DG-1001E neo takes-off for the first time https://www.dg-flugzeugbau.de//dg-airc/erstflug-dg-e/18707 The DG-1001E successfully performed its maiden flight in ...the beginning of July. The DG-1001s new version with FES-System by LZ Design was piloted by Jelmer Wassenaar, Head of Engineering at DG. The glider took-off with 18m neo wing tips and small FES Batteries (2x 14S / 4,2kWh). The sustainer system worked perfectly right from the beginning. On both seats there is a FES control unit including main switch which enables controlling the system from both seats. Equivalent to the single-seater system the pilot may use the motor easily by activating the main switch and turning the rpm potentiometer. Instantly the motor will start and bring the glider back to safe altitude. With the small battery we currently achieve around 15 minutes of climb at 1m/s. Alternatively the pilot can do level flight at 105km/h for half an hour. In order to significantly increase this performance we wait for bigger batteries to be cleared for use in the DG-1001. According to the latest EASA standards the batteries need to run through different tests successfully before they may be used in flight. These tests are not completed yet. The new 20m neo wing tips will be ready for test flights. We already had the chance to deliver the first customer aircraft. FSR Kraichgau is the first proud owner of a DG-1001E neo since one week now. Besides FES, the glider is equipped with a handicap system. Thanks to the cooperation with Aktion Mensch (a German social organization) and DG Flugzeugbau, Martin Koehl the clubs handicapped pilot will also be able to take-off in this beautiful glider. At present, DG Flugzeugbau conducts flight tests for certifying the DG-1001E for aerobatics. In order to fulfil its role as versatile aircraft, it will still be possible to perform aerobatics in 17.2m configuration and without FES batteries. As soon as the new 20m neo tips are available we will also begin offering test flights and are very much looking forward to see our customers taking a ride!

24.01.2022 Camden is well known world wide for it's Gliding for over the past 60 years. The past six months have been a struggle with dust storms , bushfires , smoke haze , flooding rain's and wet runways. Over the last couple of weeks we have had limited opportunity to fly due to social distancing and now with essential travel only we have ceased all operations for the forseeable future. Over the years a lot of commercial and military pilots started in gliders with the instruction fr...om the many volunteer pilots that give up there time freely to pass on their knowledge and experience To them we say thank you. Attached are photos from our last flight last weekend over Camden Valley Everyone stay safe and we will see you on the other side. Bill Wotten CFI.

23.01.2022 SMOKE ALERT - #Sydney, #Centralcoast, #Hunter A number of hazard reduction burns are scheduled over the coming days in the Sydney, Central Coast and Hunter ...areas. Smoke is likely to settle across broad areas. If you have asthma or other health conditions, reduce outdoor activities if smoke levels are high and if shortness of breath or coughing develops, take your reliever medicine or seek medical advice. - NSW RFS Ensure you always know whats happening in your area. Register for NSWIA Alerts, alerting you to potentially dangerous weather, bush fires, floods, major road closures and local police news. Register at www.nswincidentalerts.com

23.01.2022 MY NOTE: this is a copy/paste from an email from Wings and Wheels. Good read IMO. Editors Note: Even when taking precautions tow out gear accidents happen. A r...eport from this accident pictured above. " I heard a metallic sound and saw a wing lift in the rearview mirror, so stopped the pickup. Immediately its left-wing smashed against the tailgate while the tail went swiftly past the driver-side window and slammed into the front fender. Putting this together analytically, a powerful whirlwind (dust devil, if there had been dust) had pounced. The tail dolly had been split at the hinges, releasing the glider to be driven forward." Tow Out Gear Accidents I should start with a disclaimer. I run Yankee Composites a repair station, specializing in composite sailplanes. I also am the US Representative for Schempp-Hirth. The disclaimer is if you don’t follow this advice I can help you purchase your new glider or help you fix your broken one. SLOW THE F&)K DOWN If you can’t walk along the side of your car while towing, you are going too fast. If your windows are up with the radio on, you probably are not paying attention to what is going on outside. Tow out gear is very convenient you do not have to walk your wing like it is 1960. It is also great job security for me. I have yet to be at a contest where something was not damaged by the tow out gear. This damage not limited to, split elevators, split rudders, removed rudders, aileron damage, runway lights plucked from the ground, corporate jets grounded, hangers scratched (the winglet suffered worse), broken rear windows. Treat it like you mean it Your 40 yr old glider that you inspect every year, you keep in a hanger and never leave it outside, is well taken care of. I have written in the past about neglecting your trailer. But I have never mentioned the tow out gear you leave out in the rain and sun when you fly, toss into the back of the car when not using, drop in the ground when you remove from the glider, you know those three pieces you do not treat as well as your glider. You somehow imagine that those Home Depot latches and hinges riveted through a few layers of glass are going to perform miracles and stay together all these years? When a hinge is held in by 3 rivets and 2 are clearly lose, you are playing on borrowed time. You are towing your $260,000 glider hoping that 6 rivets don’t snatch right out. Pay attention to where you are going. Drive with windows down, paying attention in the mirrors, remember your car might be 2 meters wide, but the glider behind you is 15 meters. Even after the driver asked me Are we clear? I looked out the window and said Yes", we still hit a post. I still have nightmares of that fateful drive. (editors note: I still have the FAI SGP flag from that post you hit as a souvenir.) The land speed record was an ASG29 in Finland full of water approaching 30mph. The entire grid watched in anticipation. It was uneventful this time but would have been epic. WIND There is nothing sexier than the Concordia towing out to the grid with its 2 wing wheels. Those of us that don’t want two wing wheels many times hang a gallon of water or a parachute on the tip to help keep the weight on that wing wheel. There is a lot of surface area. One taxiway you might have a crosswind from the left holding the wing wheel on the ground the next might be trying to lift it up. This is bad. Now the glider is leaning over and dragging on that wing. Putting a lot of side load on the tail dolly and those 6 rivets. Brakes Slamming on the brakes puts all that side load and now all the rolling mass and moves it forward. Something might give, and the glider tail goes crashing into the car. Composite gliders are strong but they are not built for impacts on the control surface backwards... As you see the wing rotating slow down you can stop before it hits the ground. This should be easy because you are only going at a walking pace. Thanks for your time, everyone! Your new tow out gear is available from Wings and Wheels, and your expensive repair (Closely followed by new tow out gear) is available from Yankee Composites! Daniel L Johnson

21.01.2022 TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST Detailed Severe Thunderstorm Warning for DAMAGING WINDS and LARGE HAILSTONES For people in parts of Maitland/Cessnock, Grea...ter Newcastle, Gosford/Wyong, Sydney, Wollondilly/Wingecarribee and Greater Wollongong areas. Issued at 3:01 pm Friday, 13 November 2020. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING, MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS Plan Image The Bureau of Meteorology warns that, at 2:55 pm, severe thunderstorms were detected on the weather radar near Camden, Campbelltown, Cessnock and Kurri Kurri. These thunderstorms are moving towards the southeast. They are forecast to affect Budgewoi, Belmont, Charlestown and Swansea by 3:25 pm and Sutherland, Bundeena, Engadine and Holsworthy by 3:55 pm. Damaging winds and large hailstones are likely. 81km/hr gust observed south of Singleton at 2:23pm.. The State Emergency Service advises that people should: * Move your car under cover or away from trees. * Secure or put away loose items around your house, yard and balcony. * Keep at least 8 metres away from fallen power lines or objects that may be energised, such as fences. * Report fallen power lines to either Ausgrid (131 388), Endeavour Energy (131 003), Essential Energy (132 080) or Evoenergy (131 093) as shown on your power bill. * Unplug computers and appliances. * Avoid using the phone during the storm. * Stay indoors away from windows, and keep children and pets indoors as well. * For emergency help in floods and storms, ring the SES (NSW and ACT) on 132 500. The next warning is due to be issued by 4:05 pm. A more general severe thunderstorm warning is also current for the Hunter, Metropolitan, Central Tablelands and parts of the Mid North Coast, Illawarra, Southern Tablelands, North West Slopes and Plains, Central West Slopes and Plains and South West Slopes districts. Warnings are also available through TV and Radio broadcasts, the Bureau's website at www.bom.gov.au or call 1300 659 210. The Bureau and State Emergency Service would appreciate warnings being broadcast regularly.

21.01.2022 Must be a Glider pilot.

20.01.2022 This time last year.

19.01.2022 Why flying cars will never work

19.01.2022 PART 2 , PLEASE FEEL FREE TO SHARE After my sons (and dad) first STAY AT HOME air show we now bring you our 2nd(with Hannah Cooke) unfortunately Red 8 and Red 9 have technical problems and wont be flying

17.01.2022 Here's a use for a Caribou that nobody I'll bet would have envisaged, a flying glider trailer! Forbes Aerodrome, circa 1980, the location of several gliding clu...b summer camps, hosted by the local Forbes Gliding Club. This year, the RAAF Richmond Gliding Club bought a new Romanian IS28 B2 all metal 2 Seater sailplane but as yet had no trailer for it. Somehow they got permission to have it flown to Forbes and back, not by aerotow, an arduous task with risks of an outlanding, but inside a Caribou, with the tail and wing tips partially sticking out of the back with the doors open. In case of an outlanding, they approached our club, Concordia, who also had an IS28 B2 with a trailer, if they could borrow our trailer if needed.

16.01.2022 A bit of maintenance in the morning and off flying after the fog lifted. Calm winters day.

15.01.2022 First spring day Gliding with a bit of haze from controlled burn off.

15.01.2022 Anzac Formation flight Air Combat Australia Paul Bennett Airshows Camden 25/04/20 Filmed and Edited Tyson Greathead

14.01.2022 Magical winters day Gliding. Safety 1st when flying two up.

14.01.2022 Forecast for the rest of Monday Shower and thunderstorm activity spreading across the state apart from the southwest and far northeast, clearing from the west ...during the day. Showers most likely about the southwestern slopes and adjacent ranges. Dry and mostly sunny in the northeast Image Leanne Knox Glen Innes 13/11/20 See more

14.01.2022 Camden a little windy!

13.01.2022 Another wonderful Spring Saturday.

12.01.2022 A waterspout has been observed at Brooms Head, south of #Yamba this afternoon. Waterspouts occur most frequently at this time of year as cold air makes its way... further north and interacts with warm ocean temperatures, creating a large temperature gradient. Via Northern NSW Severe Weather : Michelle Peters

11.01.2022 When you have one job.

11.01.2022 Day 14 in Quarentine got me like...

11.01.2022 Another wonderful Winters day. From the ground.

10.01.2022 ** Widespread rain and East Coast Low potential for southern and eastern Australia ** A dynamic weather situation is unfolding across southern and eastern Austr...alia, as a upper level cold pool interacts with a surface trough over the east of the country, bringing potential for widespread rain and a potential east coast low over the coming days. A high over the Tasman Sea is currently directing a humid onshore flow over the nation's east coast into a developing trough, generating showers along the coastal strip and causing moisture to push inland. Meanwhile, an upper level cold pool is making its way towards South Australia and is due to affect the state tomorrow, bringing showers, possible thunderstorms and the risk of small hail. This approaching feature will cause an amplification of the surface trough over eastern Australia tomorrow as well, causing rain and thunderstorms to develop over parts of southern Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria. Over the weekend, this cold pool will push gradually east and continue to bring with it rain and storms across parts of SA, VIC, NSW and QLD. As the system approaches the east coast and reaches higher levels of moisture and slightly more than average ocean temperatures, rain and thunderstorms have potential to become heavier as the trough deepens further. There is growing consensus that a low is likely to form within the trough as it moves offshore around Monday or Tuesday next week and bring heavy rainfall to eastern NSW, although this is highly dependent on where the low forms. With such a dynamic system and the convective nature of the sytem, rainfall amounts are difficult to predict, particularly from early next week. Across many parts of VIC, inland NSW and southern QLD, widespread totals of 5-25mm are likely, possibly heavier about the ranges. However, depending on where the low forms (and how close to the coast it gets), coastal rainfall has potential to be in excess of 100mm. If the low forms close to the coast, damaging wind gusts are also a chance as well as potential for rough seas and large swells. There are also indications of possible snow as far north as the NSW Northern Tablelands early next week. Our team at EWN will post regular updates as this system unfolds over the coming days. Graphic 1: Rainfall accumulations across next 120 hours from the ACCESS G Model (Source: Weatherwatch metcentre) Graphic 2: MSLP Anomoly at 10am AEST over Australia showing east coast low potential (Source: WXcharts.com)

09.01.2022 Fog in the Burragorang valley.

09.01.2022 Magical winters day

08.01.2022 Cloud burst in Austria. Credit: Peter Maier #australia

08.01.2022 Off the coast south of Sydney today.

08.01.2022 POTENTIAL EAST COAST LOW During late Thursday or early Friday, a significant low is currently forecast to deepen in the Tasman Sea, off the southern NSW... coast. This system is likely to remain in the area over a number of days, potentially developing multiple centres which pivot around the main centre, meaning bursts of heavy rain and strong winds for the coast. Strong winds around 50-70km/h with localised higher gusts in excess of 90km/h, large surf and heavy showers will develop along the southern half of the coast during this time. Snowfall is also possible over alpine regions and even throughout central parts of the state. We will bring you more information as the system develops. - Early Warning Network

08.01.2022 Preparation for limited operations a little smokey after been put into preservation.

06.01.2022 From this Friday 18 December we will have cross hire of e-tug PIJ. We will be aero tow only till end of January 21 due to airfield works restricting winch operations. Aero tow will be available up till end of Feb 21.

06.01.2022 A flying cow! Really! :O

05.01.2022 One of the local residents in inspecting the glider runways today.

04.01.2022 Here are some more photos showing some of the Blanik L-13 work. It is an extensive modification to both the wing spar and the fuselage.

03.01.2022 Emergency services give an update ahead of predicted extreme weather conditions this weekend. www.7NEWS.com.au #7NEWS

02.01.2022 Watch lightning from the Taal Volcano in Phillipines. This volcano hasn't erupted since 1977. @franckeydelenard

01.01.2022 Thankyou. ANZAC Day.