Rush of blood to the head...sprinted over the hill with glider in tow. Rigged and ready to go in 30 minutes (a new record for me), added 180 liters of water, launched into a wild looking sky...AND...
We had a rough ridge day...couldn't go south of the road X-crossing or north of Tirohia spur (showers and heavy overcast).
A bit too rough to go faster than 120 kots and sometimes at 90 knots it felt like the tailplane would come off...
Won't have beaten the times of early August.
Interestingly with that much water on-board the ground roll on tow was quite long even with a 15 knot headwind.
The tow-plane had come across from Tauranga...with a glider in tow...in the rotor behind the Kaimai's, dodging showers...and the glider pilot got air-sick and had to release and fly home...bugger.
There are worse ways to spend a Wednesday afternoon...
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