The first trial flights were in clear rough-ish air but by the third we managed to get a climb from 1200ft back to 2000ft and it was starting to feel rotor/wave-ish. At this stage the passenger felt less than wonderful - I'm guessing it's my flying.
While this was happening Scott and his partner arrived with the Duo in its trailer. After finding a few willing helpers we rigged it. Well done Scott...well done indeed cos you rigged the glider, taped it up and then left it for me to fly.
So after bending the elbow of my fellow instructor we hopped in and climbed into wave over Matakana Island. A quick trip upto Waihi beach and back..it took 15 minutes to fly back and land...average speed of about 90-100knots.
However did did observe some interesting wave clouds...more like a breaking sea wave...see picture.
Later wave flights were less and less inspiring...
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