I’ve been playing Flight Control on my iPhone since it was released, because it’s fun, and a great time waster whilst on the train. It also prescribes to my flying ambitions.
Flight Control has spawned a bunch of related apps, including games like HarborMaster, which I also have, and enjoy playing.
The game play is pretty simple [...]
Jerilderie 2009 has been staged for another year, and I didn’t do too badly this time around, finishing 26th out of 65 competitors. I had some great backup from Joe Wurts, Steve Keep, Nick Chabrel, and Brian Hamilton, who all provided awesome and lasting advice.
Along with a great crew, I was flying a great glider, [...]
A few weeks back, I witnessed a disgraceful piece of flying by a pilot in a full-sized aircraft - they decided to fly low and slow diagonally across the HSL field right into what I believed was the same patch of air that we were thermalling away in. Because I couldn’t ignore this aircraft, I [...]
I attended the Cowra round of the Millennium Cup on the weekend, and didn’t do too badly in the end. The conditions were interesting - weak lift, lots of broad sink including various spots around the field with guaranteed sink, and a fairly defined shear layer with winds aloft. The first day of the event [...]
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