The ultimate soaring centre

May 14th The last news of this season. (the next news will be on the 2007 2008 news, after July 1st)

Finally we can close the season. A great season.

First of all we like to thank all our customers for choosing Corowa as their holiday
soaring paradise.
We also like to thank our staff, Victor, Wim, Jan, Chris and Eugene.
They all did a great job and we have to realize that they are "Volunteers" !!

It was season no 6 for us and without any doubt the best season so far. Good weather and a smooth operation.
And fortunately a safe season again without any incident or accidents.

The weather was perfect and we made all together 777 cross country flights (flights over 100 km)
The longest distance was flown by Hans Christian Hoeck from Denmark, he flew 1135 km with "LK"

And another part of our operation is the container transport.
It is normal that the containers leave Grubbenvorst in time , we can start flying on the scheduled date
in Corowa and unpack in Grubbenvorst again on the scheduled day.
But every year there are new surprise somewhere along the trip. Unexpected and unpleasant.
Three very important people in the transport operation are: Erik van Geffen of Sauter Shipping Services in Rotterdam
Jodie Reilly from Vanguard Logistics in Melbourne and mr Ray Vassalo of AQIS Australia.
Erik and Jodie work together and take care of the trip and all the paperwork, customs, custom strikes and
a lot of other trouble.
Mr Ray Vassallo, in close contact with Jodie, is always willing to make time for prompt inspection
which makes it possible to fly almost straight after arrival in Corowa.

		Sauter Shipping Services Rotterdam
Jodie an important chain in our Australian operation	Ray Inspecting the gliders	Erik an important chain in ourDutch operation

The season is over and while we are working on the new season with new staff we enjoy
the "new boss" Frank

April 13th 2007

The season is over.
Last Saturday, after a stressful week, we unpacked all 4 containers.
Grietje and Francesco went to Grubbenvorst on Friday to make the necessary preparations
for unpacking and the first check of the gliders.
All 4 containers with 23 gliders were ok!!!.
On Saturday morning 9 am, we started unpacking and by 1 pm we had all gliders in the trailers
and everybody was on his way home.
We stayed the afternoon  in Grubbenvorst, to clean the containers and prepare them for September
and make the list for the necessary replacement of (spare)parts.
An extra "thank you very much" for Nils who was a great help with the unpacking and my daughter
Megan who was looking after her little brother Frank. They also delivered "NL" at Soesterberg.

All gliders ok !	Batteries chrged	23 glders to go
Waiting	wings and fuselages everywhere	DS and MK in the trailer	Photo's Ben Zwaga

A long season is over, but the new season is not far away.
Thanks to everybody who made this season a successful one.
And special
Jan, Chris, Eugene, Craig and Victor thank you very much!!.

Grietje, Francesco and Frank take some time off now.

April 6th 2007

All containers are in Grubbenvorst !!
More news about unpacking after Easter.

April 5th 2007

All containers have been cleared by customs ( 5 minutes before closing time ).
So unpacking on Saturday !!!!!!!!!
What a relieve>
A special thanks for Eric van Geffen from Sauter Ltd, who spend most of his time
this week trying to clear our containers.

April 3rd 2007

It is very disappointing after all the work and on time arriving of the containers
to be confronted with " Customs on strike".
We are working very hard behind the scenes to get all gliders in Grubbenvorst before Easter
but I fear we stay against the wall and have to wait until they clear the containers.

April 1st 2007

We left Corowa Friday morning  10 am. Peter Presneill was so kind to pick us
up and drive up to Melbourne.
After a reasonable good trip we are back in The Netherlands.
Frank and Grietje did well but Francesco is enjoying his jet lag.
It was very nice to be welcomed by the whole family at Schiphol.

But back to business again.
As mentioned before, Grietje and Francesco managed to finish everything for the next season.
The only thing to be done is putting back the magneto's on FOO after they are back for maintenance.
The pest control did his work just before we left and the were surprised about the cleanness of
the hanger and Clubhouse.

The containers arrived today in Rotterdam on Schedule.

March 24th

One week to go and we are also back in Europe.

In Corowa we almost finished everything in a way that we can start the next season straight away.
Grietje prepared everything in the office and is busy with the new bookings and together with Francesco
they made the necessary changes on the website. Grietje also added a booking overview of the cross-hire
gliders. We are very happy we have an extra Discus 2ct online.
After cleaning the hangar (Francesco)  and clubhouse (Grietje) we had the pest control yesterday and they
Fumigated and treated both buildings. Clean !!
Both tow planes had their 100 hrly and are clean, polished and preserved for the winter.
Anyway we are happy to close the door within a few days.

In the meantime the containers are sailing on schedule. Today they left Philadelphia. Yes, this time we sailed
Eastbound via the Panama Channel.
The estimated date of arrival is still Saturday March 31st. So fingers crossed , we might be able to unpack on Friday.

So far the weather in Corowa has been amazing. Yesterday, I think it was an easy 500 km day. Nice cu's
and a max temperature 36 grC !!!!!!
Most of the days in March were flyable with cu's and high temperatures.

Yesterday 6.30 pm	Briefing room ?	new tow pilot

February 26th 2007

The last flying day of the season.
Pepe and Rodger flew the Duo to Banella from where Rodger will do some flying in the next few
weeks.
Pepe is leaving for Europe on Thursday.

So this was the last daily daily news.
In the next few weeks we will publish an annual review with some statistics.
So far thank you very much for visiting our website. We had in the last 12 months 6.150.000 hits !!

February 25th 2007

Just another good day.
Pepe and Rodger did 530 km in very good conditions. Cloudbase 3000 m agl.

February 25th 2007

Roger was back from Melbourne and flew with Pepe again.
3000 meter cloud base and good climbs again. They did 510 km and returned
with a big smile.
They are flying until Wednesday and after that our season is really over.

February 24th 2007

A rainy day.
A trough over NSW deepened and moved from West to East. Some heavy showers and rainfall.
No flying today.
A new strong high over the Byte will bring another good week with high temperatures.

Francesco and Griete went to Albury to bring Berry and Katinka to the airfield. They are  leaving
for the Netherlands. tonight.
 

February 23rd 2007

When does it stop? The good soaring weather is still here.
We got 36 grC today and a sky filled with cu's.
Pepe took off just at 13.30, flew a km triangle. Cloudbase 3000 m agl and his best climb was 6.5 m/s avg.
While he was flying we fiinshed the cleaning of the hangar, field cars, pawnees and most of the clubhouse.

Beautiful sky at noon	Pawnee's ready for anual inspection	field cars in storage	The trailers are in	the sky at 7 pm

February 22 nd 2007

Rodger had to do some work in Melbourne, so Pepe flew alone today.
A difficult start but in the afternoon still 320 km . He went to Mnt Buller
and Mnt Beauty.Cloudbase was 3000 meter.
Grietje was busy finishing all the paperwork and Francesco cleaned all the field cars, Pawnees
and half the hangar.
Reinhard left also today and we will see him back in Grubbenvorst.

February 21st 2007

Today we had thunderstorms with lightning.
John derigged QL and put him in the trailer. John and Bron left in the afternoon after 2 weeks
excellent soaring.
In the mean time we almost finished the maintenance and polishing of FOO en hopefully before
the end of the week we have both towplanes ready for the 100 hrly next week. Early, but ready
for the next season.

 February 20th 2007

The pilots were too late today.
When we launched at 2 pm, the sky was already full with cu's.
A perfect day again. Nice cu's, good climbs en a high base of 12.000 ft in the mountains.

Werner and Andrea left in the afternoon. Have a safe trip.

We enjoyed our dinner tonight as Pepe was our "Chef" with his excellent paella.
Thank you very much Pepe it was "top" again.

"Chef" Pepe	The Paella	Ready to serve	Enjoying he meal	Next year for me too

February 19th 2007

An early trip for Francesco to customs in Melbourne, to bring the last paper work.
Just because he forgot to give it to  the drivers on Sunday. That's live.

Fortunately Werner was still in Corowa to do the towing today.
A beautiful day again!!. Cu's everywhere and a cloud base of 10.000 ft.
Sofar 17 perfect soaring days in February.
Pepe and Rodger did over 600 km and John 410 km.
The forecast for the next 4 days is basically the same.

Tomorrow night we will have Paella from "Chef Pepe".

February 18th 2007

We got up early to check the containers before pick-up.
By 10 am the trucks arrived and within half an hour they were all on the trucks and gone.

The weather situation for today was a typical top (1000 km) day before the cool change. By noon we had 34 grC and the cu's
started to pop up. Pepe and Rodger launched at 12.30 followed by Ross Lacombe in the Mosquito.
Pepe and Rodger flew 700 km and Ross 440 km.
Sofar February is an excellent gliding month. It is a pity that not more pilots enjoy this weather.
 

Grietje's last check	ready to go	No red backs to Europe	The first container	3 left	2 left
1 left	all gone	Now they have time for me	Nice cu's North	Nice cu's West	Nice cu's South

February 17th 2007

A nice soaring day again.
In the afternoon th cu's popped up and John and Pepe/Rodger had another excellent day.

In the mean time we had some work to do to get 4 containers packed.
We derigged FOX and N? and Max and Brandon brought a cirrus, which is going back in stead
of the Ventus 2 from Max.
We started at 8 am and by 8:40 pm we closed the doors. Tomorrow morning we will perform a last
check of all 4 containers and then the are ready to go back to the European summer.
It was u huge job this time , done by:
Werner, Andrea, Berry, Katinka, Eugene, Max Kirschner, Brandon English, Grietje and Francesco

We also had the last meals in the restaurant.

Lunch time for Frank	Containers ready time for Ice Cream	More photo's tomorrow

February 16th 2007

Early in the morning we derigged SY and 3W. The 'green" container is ready now.
Cees and Francesco did all the maintenance on 3W and FOX . The gliders are going
back as new.
Eugene started the maintenance on the pawnees.

John, Pepe/Roger and Berry did fly today. Good weather with some cb's in the afternoon.
Pepe reported hail and a white Australia on the ground.
But the weather in February is excellent!!. Maybe not for 1000 km, but we could fly every day
over 500 km.

It was Berry's last flight of the season. His score, over 28.000 km cross country and more
then 300 hours.

Cees is also leaving tomorrow and he had a great holiday.

Eugene working on FOX	FOX ready for packing	3W as new	"green" almost ready

February 15th 2007

Happy birthday Eveline.
We said good bye to Andrew Du from China after a 3 day visit to Corowa.
We hope he has enough information for his soaring plans in China.

Grietje went to Albury to bring Victor to the airport.
Cees, Eugene and Francesco used the day for cleaning 3W and FOX.  3W and SY wil be
packed tomorrow morning and then on Saturday 3 gliders and finishing the containers.

Pepe and Berry launched at 2 pm and had perfect weather and excellent climbs up to 6 m/s.

February 14th 2007

This morning we said good bye to Hansi and Eveline.
And also to Victor who is leaving tomorrow. He spend 3 months in Corowa and was a great
help on the grid, in the bar, in the BBQ area and a lot of other things. Victor again, Thank You !!

It was the last flying day for Cees. He flew on 15 days over 60 hours and 5000 km cross country.
What a lucky man !!.

The weather was interesting today. Blue in the morning cu's in the early afternoon and CB from 6 pm.
Pepe landed after the storms.

The last 3 days we also had a visitor from China, mr Andrew Du. He was introduced by Reinhard Pankow.
He was looking at Corowa as an example for a soaring centre in China. 

The last Corowa meal for Victor and Reinhard	Mr Adrew Du	The last dishes for Victor	Beautiful sunset

February 13th 2007

Early in the morning we derigged ILH and put him in the container.
Briefing was at 10.30 in the open air with Water Melon served by Eveline.
On the briefing we said good bye to Otto and Eva.

We had a late start, but good conditions. Berry flew 450 km and the other between 280 and 360 km.
Sofar February is excellent with 12 flying days !!!

February 12th 2007

No packing today.
Just a good soaring day. Berry was the first to launch and did over 600 km.
John, Pepe and Cees launched at 2 pm and made some nice flights.

The lightning yesterday set some new fires in the East. Result a narrow band of smoke.
Hopefully it is gone by tomorrow.

The weather forecast for the rest of the week is sunny, so good flying weather and good packing weather.

February 11th 2007

Daan and Christel left early this morning. They are on the way for a nice holiday in Australia.
We also said good bye to Jan and Chris. Thanks for all the help the last two seasons.
After briefing we had coffee and cake with ice cream made by Herta (JM).

The weather forecast was a sunny morning and storms in the afternoon.
So we started packing after coffee and we had the container doors closed, just before the
first rain drops and the following 10 mm rain.
Nobody did fly today.

So today ZY, JM, PZ and AR. We also put in all the luggage in Red and Blue.
Another 6 gliders to pack before we can finish all 4 containers.
On Tuesday 3 gliders and on Friday/Saturday the finishing touch.
 

February 10th 2007

Today we packed NL AJ DS and MK.
The weather was not as good as yesterday, but still a cloudbase of 2100 m agl and 3.5 m/s climbs.
Only Cees and John did fly.
Cees did 170 km with Eugene in the FOX and John another familiarization flight with QL.
Horri Toshihide, Nishizato Yoskhiaki and Yutaka Hotta left this morning and we hope to see them back
next year.
We are very pleased ,to have an agreement with mr Hotta to have the DG808 available for cross hire next season.

February 9th 2007

A perfect soaring day!!
We started launching at 12 and the cu's started to develop a bit earlier as forecasted.
Soon we had the sky filled with cu's and we had excellent conditions.
Cloudbase up to 3000m agl and climbs over 5 m/s.
In the afternoon some cirrus clouds covered the sky over Corowa, but we still had good climbs.

It was the last flying day for Daan and Manfred Ringel.
Daan flew again over 950 km. (no 7)
Tomorrow we will pack 5 gliders and slowly we are getting ready for the return transport.
But we still have a week to go with probably good conditions.
 

February 8th 2007

What a summer !!!.
Again another good flying day with cu's and perfect blue thermals.
John Blyth made his site check and later his first flight on the ASW22.
And for tomorrow ?? Most likely the same weather.

February 7th 2007

After a (cloudy) rest day, we had a reasonable day.
Blue in the North and cu's west south west and in the mountains.
Most pilots went into the mountains and had a perfect day.

John Blyth arrived in the afternoon and will fly his own ASW22 "QL".

February 6th 2007

After all those good flying days a cool change with the associated clouds.
No flying today.
Ian left for Bathurst again and we hope to see him back next season.

February 5th 2007

A happy birthday for Grietje today.
We started launching at 12.30 as we needed 36 grC to get to 1000 m. The forecasted cu's did not
appear as the dew point dropped by 10 grC.
Nevertheless we had a good day with strong blue thermals.
In the morning Daan left for Melbourne to pick up his wife Christel. After a scenic tour thee arrived
in Corowa. Early enough for Daan to fly 400 km.
 After flying we celebrated Grietje's birthday with champagne.

February 4th 2007

JT landed out yesterday evening at the Berrigan strip and was retrieved early in the morning.
We had the first launch at 10.50, not easy, but everybody could stay up.
We had an excellent day again with over 12.000 km cross country .
Daan flew for the 6th time between 950 and 1000 km.
Jenny Thompson flew a new australian female record on the 500 km o/r. Congratulations.
Geoff Kidd flew his first 500 km. Well done Geoff.
Jenny and Jeremy are leaving tomorrow for the Horsham week. Hopefully the weather will stay
so good for another week.
And for tomorrow, 40 grC again.

February 3rd 2007

Another good day.
After putting LK in the container, we started launching.
By1.30 pm the pilots reported 11.000 ft and very good climbs.
Pepe and Roger were the last to land, just at last light.

February 2nd 2007

An exciting last day for the Slovak pilots.
Dominik and Juraj landed out after 65 km. and were retrieved by aerotow. After a 1,5 hour stay in
the paddock and the retrieve they flew another 200 km.
Ivan did 600 km and lubor landed at last light after 1004 km, but started at 1300m and lost 15 km.
IZ and NIT are already in the container and LK tomorrow morning.

we had an excellent day again with  a total of over 12.000 km cross country.

IN the morning 2 new pilots arrived, Yoshiaki Nishizato and Horii Toshihide. They will fly GOB and JE.
Tomorrow morning we will finish the site checks.

February 1st 2007

After the late start of yesterday, we could launch at 10.30 again.
Today it was Ivan who took the first launch. By 12 pm everybody was airborne and
we had good flights again. Ian started his stay with 600 km and Cees and Eugene
 flew the FOX today. It was Cees his first 300 km flight.

January 31st 2007

The last day of January.
It was a very good month with only 4 non flyable days.
Together we did over 150.000 km cross country !!

Today after all the long flights and the average forecast  most pilots took the day off.
Only Roger and Pepe did fly. They did 190 km.!

In the morning Berry went to Melbourne to pick up Katinka. He took Jan Ritsma and Birgitte
with him so they had an easy tip to Tullamarine. Jan had a good Corowa season. He flew
137 hours, 12.365 km cross country and "14" new Dutch records.

In the afternoon Ian de Ferranti arrived with his DG600 HDU. Welcome back and hopefully
he can make some good flights in the next days.

January 30th 2007

Nice cumulus clouds were good for some shade on the ground and some shade for the pilots.
An early launch again for Lubor, Ivan and Dominik&Juraj.
Almost 1000 km again for Daan. All together we did over 13.000 km cross country today.
Jan Vercammen found his Waterloo after 720 km on his 750 km attempt.

January 29th 2007

We had a late start today.
The forecast was good, but it took a while before we had good conditions.
The forecasted cu's stayed in the West and our pilots were in the blue.

January 28th 2007

We were prepared for an early start again. But the wind was too strong and too cold. Nevertheless, most gliders
went for a flight.
Before we started flying  we rigged ZDR and JT.
The first launches were for Lubor and Ivan. They planned a goal flight to Warwick (Qld). But they returned after 300 km.
A maiden flight was done by the new Duo Discus xt ZDR. Flown by the owner Roger Druce and Pepe.                                                                                                                                                                 Cess Cees made his first flight in Corowa with Francesco in the Duo "FOX".

After flying, we derigged RA and 6E to put them in the container for the European season.

A high tow for Lubor	Rigging the new Duo	Cees and Francesco	Pepe and Roger

January 27th 2007

A windy day!
Today we kept the hangar doors closed. By 8 am the wind increased and we got over 20 average and a gust of 41 kts.
Roger Druce arrived with his new Duo, but also too windy to rig the glider. Roger will fly with Pepe.
In the late morning Jenny and Jeremy Thomson arrived with "JT" (ASW27). They are on the way to the Horsham week
and will fly a few days in Corowa.
We said good bye to Jos and Sonja who are leaving tomorrow morning.

41 kts gust	Strong SW during the day

January 26th 2007

Today Herbert Dressler and Tohra Ikeda left.
And last but not least Wim. Grietje and Frank went to albury where Wim took his flight to Melbourne.
Later in the afternoon Francesco went to Albury to pick up his friend Cees Hendriks. Cees will fly FOX for the
remainder of the season together with Francesco a/o Grietje.

The weather was interesting today. Blue thermals and later some cu's. Bit due to a strong wind we got wave.
some of the pilots got up to 15.000 ft.

Begin of the wave over Narrendera	"RA" abover the cu's	"RA" 15.000 ft and still climbing	Photo's: Richard Aldous

January 25th 2007

On the briefing we said good bye to our Danish friends Ole, Ole, Jorgen and Ib.
After briefing we derigged HD and put him back in the container.

The weather forecast was not to optimistic. 1000 m at 12.00 and max 1800 meter
blue thermals in the afternoon.
Only  Daan, Berry and Jeppe did fly. No long distances but nice flights. Jeppe made his first outlanding
after 20 years. He had a great paddock and was retrieved within half an hour.
Grietje flew with "FOX" for an hour with Wim. Wim is leaving tomorrow after 5 weeks Corowa.
Thanks o lot again Wim.
 

January 24th 2007

Fred left today. He was here for 3 weeks. Did some nice flying and gave a hand on the airfield.
Thanks Fred , we hope to see you back next year. " Het was weer gezellig"

The first flying day for Mario on the DG808 and from tomorrow the ASW27.
The temperature did rise very slowly due top the SW wind. We had to wait until 12.30 to get the
temperature to go to 1000m. But most pilots left earlier. LK, IZ and NIT at 10.45 and struggled up
to the North.
As we got the right temperature, it was a reasonable day with good  cross country flights.
Special in the North where we got almost 3000 m cloudbase.
It was the last flying day for our Danish friends, Ole, Jorgen, Ib and Ole.
The had a good time and made excellent flights. We hope to see them back next year.

January 23rd 2007

An early start again. JR was the first to launch at 10.30. followed by Lubor and Ivan.
The weather forecast was a reasonable day, but a the air mass just North of the airfield was much better
as forecasted. (On the temp trace page,  we added the Wagga temp).
Cloudbase almost 3000 meter and sometimes difficult to find ,but good climbs.
In the afternoon Hedwig and Mario van Bree arrived. Mario will take over 3W on Thursday.

January 22nd 2007

Today was the last day for Zuzana. She flew with Dominik for about 2 hours before she left
for Slovak. She mad a lot of good flights together with Dominik on the DG 1000T "NIT".
We welcomed Jeppe Sorensen from Danmark. Jeppe is here for about 1.5 week and will
fly the LS4 GOB. After the briefing and site check this morning he made his first flight on the LS4.

The weather today was ok. Blue thermals and a late start. We had an inversion which too a while
to break. No real long flights, but a good training day.

January 21st 2007

We only had 8mm rain during the night and early morning.
By 4 pm the sky cleared and we had nice cu's up to 2000 meter.
Daan was the only one who did fly and did 200 km.
The new High is in the Byte and we expect some good soaring weather for the next days.

January 20th 2007

An interesting day and 1020 km for Lubor Kuvik
The forecast gave the approach of the troughline by 4 to 5 pm in the afternoon. However after initially
moving SE it changed track to S,and after that SE again, so we had a bit more time to fly.
The wind was strong 20 to 25 kts, but straight on rway 32 .
The temp was excellent . 34,5 grC 1000m, 36 grC cu's and a max temp of 39 grC.
Lubor left at 10.30 and reported straight away 3 m/s climbs and 20 minutes later Daan 4 to 5 m/s and a cloud base
of 3000 meter. Daan landed after 970 km!!!

A thermal takes all the dust up	Jan looking at the sky Why am I on the ground?	North

It was also Wim's last Saturday evening, so the family evening was "Indonesian"
And it was perfect again.

Start of the buffet	Danish and Slovak Table	UK, B, D, Suisse, NL	Victor , a port for Fred	A nice meal after 970 km	And after 1020 km

January 19th 2007

A difficult weather situation with the tropical storms from the North.
But as we hoped we had a window in the afternoon.
By 2 pm the sky showed some blue spots and "JR" and "NIT" launched and flew straight away in the good weather.
But the local fun was spoiled by a huge storm, which gave us 8 mm rain in 30 minutes (more as in the last 3 months)
The gliders however were gone and enjoyed excellent conditions. 3000m cloud base and lift over 4 m/s.
Jan Ritsma flew 270 km and Zuzana and Dominik 300 km o/r. After the storm no more launches.

Jan and Wim busy peparing the Indonesian food	A rest day for Ole, Jorgen, Ib and Ole	and for Daan

A bit sad, but we did also put the first glider in the container again. "DG" is on the spot and only 22 gliders to go.
But we have still 4 weeks to go with hopefully good weather and long flights.
 

January 18th 2007

Yesterday evening Kees van Schaick left. Kees had a great time and hopes to be back next
year with his own ASW28. On the briefing we said good bye to Hans Herbert (DG).
He was flying with Rene Breesch for 3 weeks and they made a lot of good and long
cross country flights.
Last but not least , It was good to see Werner back after a week of problems with his back.

The weather however did not look to good for today. Only Jan Ritsma flew in a "window"
in the afternoon . He tried to do some 100 km triangles and flew a total of 3oo km +.
The high pressure in the Tasman Sea is very slow moving and keeps the new high west of the Byte
In between these system a deepening trough with a lot of rain and at some places even  flooding .

After dinner Marco Haakmeester left after his (too) short visit. He is flying back to Holland tomorrow
afternoon

January 17th 2007

We had high clouds all day.
Most pilots used the day for sight seeing. Richard flew in from Temora and
we ended the day with a nice salmon meal with a glas of white wine.

January 16th 2007

High pressure in the Tasman Sea and moist air coming in from the North.
When we started launching the wind increased up to 20 kts. This delayed the start
of the thermals.
In the afternoon the moist air came in and some storms developed. A line East West
Blocked the way for RA to fly back to Corowa. He landed at Temora and will take an
aero tow tomorrow.

The radar at 6 pm

January 15th 2007

Happy Birthday Hansi Lange.
A briefing room full was perfect for a loud happy birthday song and after briefing we had coffee with
a lot of different cakes.
We welcomed for the second time in Corowa, Danielle Schrier (Daantje).

We started the day in smoke again. Straight after briefing the visibility got better and Francesco flew
a temp. Direct after take off he reported a visibility over 60 km, so on the ground the started to unpack
the hangar.
We started launching at 11 am (LK ,RA and NIT) difficult, but flyable. The other waited another 45 minutes
before they took off. The first 2 hours were not easy, but with a max temperature of 40 grC we got
absolute top conditions.

Ole Pedersen flew his 300 km goal flight and completed his golden badge with 1 diamond. Congratulations.
Jan Ritsma finally got his record on the 500 km FAI triangle. 135 km/h !!!!

After flying, we had champagne and a buffet on Hansi his birthday.

A big smile  after his new record.	Hansi 60 years	Happy Hansi	A bottle of wine from Grietje & Frank	Full restaurant tonight.

January 14th 2007

When we flew the temp flight he visibility was ok up to 5000 ft but up to 8500 ft thick smoke.
During the day the smoke layer became thinner and we had good thermals.
Marco Haakmeester, made his site check and flew after that a few hours on the Mosquito.
The group Danish pilots, Jorgen, Ole, Ib and Ole made heir first cross country flights from Corowa
and Zuzana was in the front seat of the DG1000T today. lady pilot in command.

Manfred Kasten is celebrating his birthday today (63 years young) and we have a champagne
and a special buffet prepared by Jan and Chris.
 

Happy Birthday Manfred and Angelica	The buffet	Chris with the Champagne	Francesco Frank Grietje and MAnfred	Prosit !!!	Happy party

January 13th 2007

Big bushfires in Myrtleford and Mt Buller made flying impossible today.
Two attempts to make a temp flight ended after a climb to 1000 ft and 2500 ft.
By 5 pm the smoke was gone, but too late to fly.

And Andy your not here, but a happy birthday to you !!!

January 12th 2007

This morning we said good bye to Bosse ,Tina and Shin'ici Arai.
We welcomed 4 pilots from Denmark, Ib, Ole, Jorgen and Ole. They will fly the Discus, Duo Discus
and ASW27. In the afternoon all 4 made their site checks and they are ready to go for the next two weeks.
In the afternoon also Marco haakmeester from The Netherlands arrived. He will fly in Corowa for a week.

The weather forecast was 39 grC again. We needed 33 grC to get climbs to 1000 meter, but due to a lot
of high clouds it took too long to go for long flights.
Most pilots did not fly after 3 exhausting blue days.
Lubor flew the Duo Discus with Penev Juraj and Dominik with Zuzana.
Jan Ritsma took a (very) high tow and flew to the North in to the better conditions.

January 11th 2007

The day before the change,
Today we got 42.5 grC at Corowa and even 45 grC in Ivanhoe (north of Corowa).
For those who stayed on the ground time for the swimming pool and for the pilots nice and cool
when they were flying at 4500m !!!.
Herman de Jong, an old gliding friend of Francesco, was here today and made his first glider flight
again after 25 years. He flew for 1,5 hours with Francesco.
A huge microburst in the afternoon over the airfield was a bit scaring, but fortunately the conditions after
that were perfect again.

Team "JR"	Herman and Francesco	42.5 grC	The downburst

January 10th 2007

An excellent day again.
The temperature reached the 37 grC mark. With good blue thermals and lift, the pilots
enjoyed good soaring.
We had a very early launch. Jan Ritsma was the first and launched at 10.30.
He returned with a flight over 900 km. Lubor, the second launch almost did 975 km.
Most of the pilots made long flights.
And  for tomorrow we expect temperatures over 40 grC.

January 9th 2007

Two birthdays today, Bosse Christenson and our tow pilot/instructor ,Peter Presneill. Both Happy Birthday !!!
We welcomed today two new guests, Tohru Ikeda who is flying he ASW22 "QL" fr he next 3 weeks and
Kees van Shchaick who wuill fly the DG 808.
A late start today. We had to wait until 11.30 to get 1000 meter, but then we had straight away good thermals.
With 33 grC max temperature we got a max height of 2900 m and climbs of 4.5 m/s.
For the next two days we expect the temperature to rise above the 40 grC, with hopefully good soaring
conditions.
 

A beautiful sunset	Is his what we get in the next  few days?	photo: Richard Aldous

January 8th 2007

A new cycle with a few good days ahead.
Today the first day with blue thermals and climbs up to 2000 m.

We started the morning with site checks with Bob Adams. After his check he did some
flights in the ASW27. Bosse and Tina made their first flight in the DUO and Fred did a bit
of flying in the LS4. The other pilots went cross country and had a challenging day

January 7th 2007

Peter and Joke left for cold a Europe after a good flying holiday.
We welcomed Bob and Charly Adams from Alaska and Fred Jansen from The Netherlands.
Bob is here for the first time and Fred for the 4th time.
In the morning we had overcast and in the afternoon it cleared and we got a sky filed with
nice cu's, but the (cross) wind with gusts of 30 kts made it impossible to aerotow.

January 6th 2007

On the briefing, the 1000km pilots got their bottle of wine and also Jan Ritsma, who declared
and flew his new Dutch record on the 900 km FAI triangle with 125 km/h.
We welcomed Zuzana and Dominique who are flying "NIT" for the next 3 weeks.
We said good bye to Ilmari, Ilkka and Markku, but they will be back in December.
Today it was overcast due to the slow moving change over our area. Only Ivan and Lubor made a flight.

The family evening was excellent again. Jan and Chris prepared a Belgium evening . Next week ?
surprise again.

A bottle of wine for Jan Ritsma "JR"	Lubor gets his bottle	all 1000 km pilots of the last 2 days

January 5th 2007

Two Birthdays today, first of all Francesco's mother 83!! Happy birthday
and Richard Aldous 5?. A large choir performed " happy birthday dear Richard"
We also welcomed Jos and Sonja Schrier (NL) and Bosse and Tina Christensson (SE)
Berry Fennis is also safe back in Corowa. Victor picked him up from Albury.

The weather was excellent today. 4/8 cu's and a cloudbase of 3000m
Otto Dumke and Richard Aldous did their 2nd 1000 km  and Ruedi Herzog hist 1st  1000 km this season !
And all the other pilots made some nice distances too. Shin'ichhi Arai completed his diamond distance and flew
500 km after hist 300 goal  diamond yesterday. Well done.

Jos enjoying his flight with "FOX"	The second leg of "FOX"	What a sky !!	A good sleep while daddy is flying

January 4th 2007

1000 km again for Lubor

We had another excellent day. Nice cu's and good climbs.
We reached the temperature for 1000m meter thermals already by 10 am.
Lubor and Ivan left first just before 10.30, when the first cu's started to pop up.
Just in time for Lubor to fly 1100 km.

January 3rd 2007

We started with a nice blue sky in the morning>
The temperature trace was ok and  no storms forecasted. So a nice soaring day.
Lubor was the first to launch at 10.30 and he reported straight away 2 m/s climbs.
By 1 pm the cu's started to develop and we had good conditions. As usual , Lubor
was the last to land, just 15 minutes before last light. He flew  990 km, A new Slovak Record..

January 2nd 2007

Only 2 gliders were flying in a very small window. Ilmari and Ilkka with "NIT" and John in 3W.
The forecasted thunderstorms again (day 4) did not develop.
So an overcast day with 0.2 mm drizzle.
 

January 1st 2007

""""""""Happy New Year """"""""""

We welcomed John and Vivian Marshal from the UK and Shin'ichi Arai from Japan.
In the afternoon when the sky cleared we did the site checks.
When it cleared it was too late for everybody to fly.

December 31st 2006

Kei and Masayuki left for Japan. Good pilots and nice company.
Manfred Kasten returned from his short trip to Europe.
The weather forecast was again pessimistic> They forecasted possible thunderstorms and rain.
This was not visible on the results of our temp flight, but? And there was a wide clear band visible
over our area, so as we hoped we had excellent weather. Some of the cu's became cb's but the rain
did not reach the ground.

good lift	Leeton in he blue	Final glide

After flying we had our family dinner. Tonight on new years eve, we had an excellent
Indonesian evening, prepared by Chris, Wim and Jan.

Enjoying the food	Table 2	a second round
Ivan and Craig	The chefs	Wim the master Chef

December 30th 2006

Stein left yesterday evening after a 3 week holiday. He made nice flights and went home with
his 750 km badge.
For Kei and Masayuki it was a very good day. They both flew 500 km and completed their diamond
distance.
The weather today was interesting. Beautiful cu's, a bit of rain, hail,  and some cb's.
The temperature was a bit higher as forecasted and we got a cloudbase of 3000 m agl and good lift.
For the next few days we expect more or less the same weather.

December 29th 2006

An early temp flight, so Francesco could bring his daughter Cynthia to Albury Airport.
She left after a 2 week holiday in Corowa.
Briefing was done by Eugene and we expected an excellent soaring day.
We got some high clouds developing over our area which reduced the thermal activity.
In the north we had very good conditions again.
In the morning Lubor and Ivan arrived, They start flying tomorrow.
And in the afternoon Rene and Hans Herbert arrived. We rigged the DG505MB and they
are also ready to fly tomorrow.

December 28th 2006

We said good bye to Vladimir, Simona and Nina. They are on their way back to Nitra.
It was great to have them here. Good pilot and nice family.
Jan Vanrobays had his last day in "LK" and enjoyed his flying very much. Good company !
Mauri is leaving tomorrow after 2 (non planned) flying days at Corowa.
Pepe arrived in the afternoon and he will fly AR.

The flying today, was not easy in the area from Corowa up to 200 km North. From there the weather was
perfect. But most pilots (without engine)  did not take the risk to go that far and risking an outlanding
Nevertheless we had 2 flights over 500 km.

December 27th 2006

A blue day with moderate winds and difficult thermals.

Peter explains Elena the ZS1	Ra "clean"	Hansi	gliders waiting	my daddy is flying

December 26th 2006

Another cold start of the day. 9 grC Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
Francesco and Cynthia made the temp flight.
The wind was still strong, but the forecast was cu's with good lift up to 2000m.
The dewpoint dropped in the first hours from 8 to 2 grC, so the cu's disappeared and
we had a blue day.
Kei and Musayuki made their first flights on JE and 3W.

December 25th 2006

The cool change did not bring to much rain in Corowa, but enough to help the fire fighters.
For today 7/8 cu's with possible rain in the afternoon. Wind 20 kts and later gusts to 36 kts.
Ilmari took an early tow, just before the wind increased and the gusty wind was too much to
do more aero tows. Peter Gerretse launched at the same time and enjoyed a few hours the
nice sky.
It is always a difficult decision to cancel towing with nice cu's in the sky, but safety first and
tomorrow there will be another day.

Jeroen Kroon and Ester from The Netherlands visited us today and stayed for the Christmas
dinner.
Jan and Chris spend yesterday and today to prepare a Christmas dinner for 44 people.

The mobile spit	Jan and Wim preparing the meat	Just before the start of the Christmas dinner

December 24th 2006

We had to wait until 1pm to get thermals up to 1000 meter .
First we made the site check with Ilka and after the Hirotoshi was the  first to launch
followed by Jan Vanrobays, Stein , Alena and Peter Gerretse.
They enjoyed a nice afternoon flying.
Later in the afternoon our two new Japanese guests arrived, Masayuki and son Kei.
Francesco, Grietje and Frank had to leave for Melbourne to pick up Wim from Tullamarine.
So Eugene took over the responsibility of briefing and making the site checks with our Japanese friends.
After that Eugene had the rush home to be in time for the family dinner.  Thanks a lot Eugene !!.

December 23rd 2006

The cool change brought only 0.4 mm rain.
The sky cleared after 1 pm, so we could do a little bit of flying.

After briefing Alena Netusilova arrived with friend Vaclav Nosek. Eugene did the briefing and
made the site check with Alena. She will fly 3W and after that the DUO T.

By air and by car , our friends from Finland arrived. Iilmari with the Nimbus 3T and IIka and Markku
by car.
 

December 22nd 2006

Today we welcomed Peter and Joke. Peter will fly his ASH26E "6E"
We had a big applause on the briefing for Hirotoshi (500 km) Stein (750 kmFAI)
and Jan Ritsma'" (a new Dutch record) >
The weather forecast was a expected a trough and cool change during the day and night.
Possible thunderstorms and rain. So,
just to be safe we did put all the gliders in the hanger. Still not completely full,  but we
got 22 gliders and 2 tow-planes in.

December 21st 2006

Berry left this morning for 2 weeks to celebrate Christmas in the Netherlands.
We had a sunny day with cu's, climbs up to almost 10.000 ft and good lift.
Hirotoshi flew his first 500 km and has his 500km diamond. Congratulations !!!!!!!!!
Stein Forland declared a 750 km triangle and did complete his task using the last thermal
of the day.
All the other pilots also made excellent performances.
For tomorrow we expect the cool change and probably a bit of rain.

December 20th 2006

We started this day with overcast, but we expected the sky to clear by 12.
As soon as it cleared ,Francesco made a temp flight. A perfect airmass !!!
We needed 29 grC to breack trough the inversion and 31 grC for the cu's.
And so it happened.
We got a beautiful soaring afternoon with long flights.

December 19h 2006

No flying to day.
But it is Francesco his father's birthday, 83 years young !!!

December 18th 2006

The forecasted max temperatures were between 30 grC and 34 grC . It was 34 grC
so a good gliding day.
Hiritoshi flew a set task of 300 km and added another 65 km after completing the task. Well done !
Jan Vanrobays flew a fast 300 km triangle and returned with a happy smile.
Francesco flew today with his daughter Cynthia and did a2 65 km triangle.
For the next few days Sunny and temperatures above 34 grC.

Our 808 hire glider	Hirotoshi before take-off	Cynthia and Francesco

December 17th 2006

The fires are almost under controle. So the visibility went up to approx 100km.
We had another good day with cu's from 11 am, but drying out after 2 pm.
Hiritoshi made his 3 landings with the 808 and went cross country and id 300 km.
Jan did on his first day a 400 km o/r.

The end of the flying day	A strange visitor

December 16th 2006

No smoke today.
A good soaring day with nice cu's and excellent thermals.
The visibility was only 50 km when we started launching but became better during the day.
Just 70 km North we flew into a better airmass, with everything better. So another day with long flights
and almost another 1000 km. Richard did 955 which is an excellent performance. Top !
It was the last flight (780 km)  of Daan, who is going back to Holland for Christmas, New Year and the birthday
of his son Thijs(30). Daan will be back early January.
After briefing Hirotoshi Shimizu arrived. After towing Eugene did the site briefing and made the site check.
Hirotoshi will fly the 808 for the next 8 days.
Also Jan Vanrobays arrived in the afternoon. Jan flew last year 3W and this year "LK".

After flying we have our weekly family dinner. This time an Australian evening.

December 15th 2006

we made a temp flight, but soon after that the visibility became worse and we had thick smoke all day.

December 14th 2006

Corowa Shire launched yesterday the new Logo of the Corowa Shire and started a new
campaign to promote the tourism in Corowa.
During the ceremony Francesco (LGT) and Grietje ASW27 "3W") made a fly over, while Peter Zander
attending the ceremony gave some comment over the speaker for all the people.

A new Corowa Postcard

Jari said good bye yesterday evening after having a great time in Corowa.
Next season we will see him back and hopefully flying the 1000 km FAI triangle.
Today, the high clouds of the change were a bit early. So not enough time to heat up
and develop the thermals. Result, a maintenance day for some of the pilots, a golfday for a few
and cleaning for others etc etc. Francesco and Grietje went to Melbourne to pick up Cynthia.
Our Danish friends HansChr, Jorgen and Stener Leander used the day cleaning their rented gliders
and finish the paperwork for golden badges and new Danish records.
They are leaving tomorrow. It was great to have them around.
The staff used the day for little jobs to do.

December 13th 2006

On the briefing , we welcomed Herbert Dressler " HD".
Less smoke, but the area is still effected.
We had some as and ac clouds, but good climbs.
In the north, where the smoke was gone we enjoyed nice cu's and good conditions.
Though we had all day a bit of smoke and high clouds, the conditions were good and
no problem to come back from the North.
This was also the last day for Jari, he is going home tomorrow.

December 12th 2006

New bushfires spoiled the day.
By 1 pm the sky cleared and we made a quick temp flight. It looked perfect and a few pilots decided
to fly. Within no time we had them in the air, but then the disappointment came. The smoke changed
direction again and within 2 hours, we were covered in smoke again.
Jari was very brave and flew to the north. He outlanded at Lockhart and was road retrieved by Eugene
and Anders>

The smoke on its way back	05 almost covered	NL safe on tie-down	Photo's Daan

December 11th 2006

We welcomed Stein Forland from Norway. Stein is flying in Corowa for the next 3 weeks.
The sitecheck was done this morning and he is ready to go from tomorrow.

On the briefing all the 1000 km pilots got their bottle of wine and that completed the excellent
soaring day of yesterday. 16.400 km cross country !!

The trough line was over our area. 8/8 clouds, windy and NO rain.
Not a problem for all pilots (except Stein) as they needed a day off after a few excellent days.

(Thanks Lubor for the Logger Calibration)

December 10th 2006

!!!!!!!!!!!! 6 x 1000 km flight !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Finally a day with a sky filled with cu's.
The forecast, 40 grC and North North/West 41 up to 42 grC.
First launch 10.45 and by 11.45 all pilots were gone And as forecasted cu's by 39 grC.
Jan Ritsma was the first back and flew a new Dutch record on the 800 km FAI triangle with 133 km/h.
But Radoslav Zozulak and Vladimir Foltin (Nitra) were the first to return with a flight of 1005 km with the DG1000T.
They reported a best climb over 8 m/s.
After them, Richard Aldous, Otto Dumke, Hans Chr. Hoeck, Berry Fennis and Daan Pare followed with their 1000 km
flights. Congratulations!!!!!
The longest flight was for Hans Christiaan with LK. He completed his 1000 km Badge and 1135 km.

Corowa 4 pm	Corowa 4 pm	8.9 m/s integrated	NIT on its way to 1005 km

December 9th 2006

Some of us woke up at 1 am due to heavy smoke.
But fortunately by 8 am the sky was clear again.
We had an excellent soaring day. 37 grC the first 100 km and after that temperatures
of 42 grC. Result, Blue thermals up to 3000 m in the first part and the rest cu's up to 4300m
Climbs were not to bad. Some up to 6 m/s average.
Daan is getting closer and closer to 1000 km. Today 990 km.

After this excellent soaring day , we had our weekly family evening.
For tonight Jan and Chris prepared a cold (very nice after a hot day) Mediterranean Buffet.
 

The buffet		Nice food after a long hot dayl	Nina looking after Frank

December 8th 2006

The fires are still on in Victoria and we were affected by the smoke until 12.45 pm.
By that time we made the first launch with Jari on tow and Francesco climbed up to 5000 m to get a
temperature trace.
We started launching the other gliders at 1 pm and 45 minutes later everybody was gone.

Good flights until late. Cloud base in the north up to 4200 m agl and good climbs.
Jorgen, Hans Chr and Stener went up to Forbes and back. Unfortunantely , Jorgen had to land at
Lockhart after 480 km.
Hans Chr gained a hight of 3030 meter in "LK" . After checking the Calibration Barogram , we will know
if it is enough for the golden hight. (So Lubor kan you mail or fax this baragram?)
Stener Leander gained over 3100 meter with "IZ".

December 7th 2006

This morning we had some smoke over our area. We delayed the briefing until 11 am
and then to 12 am, but the smoke got thicker and thicker and we decided to cancel the day.
By 3 pm when we got some wind and the area cleared. We could still  see the bush fires in the
south. It is really a disaster for the area around Mt Buller.
We expect for tomorrow northerly wind with temperatures in the high 30 and for Saturday even
above 40 grC.

December 6th 2006

We had a cool (?) change today. Only a narrow cloud band passed our area until 2 pm.
After that we had sunny conditions and blue thermals up to 6000 ft.
Only the tree Danish pilots, Jorgen, Hans Chr. and Stener Leander flew in the afternoon
for about 4 hours. No big distances but nice flights.
The other pilots took the day off.
With a little bit of fear we looked in southerly direction where during the day huge bushfires
were building up very high clouds. But so far no smoke in our area and with the forecasted
N NE wind for tomorrow we should be ok.

December 5th 2006

Sint Nicolaas, not only for the children in Holland, but also for Grietje, Francesco and Frank.
After briefing we were really surprised by nice presents from our customers.
Nice out door sets for the terras , new plants and for Frank a toy and a Christmas Child bib.

Surprise	Nice outdoor sets	Frank with his new bib	New plants

We had 22 gliders in the air today. We started launching at 10:35 and by 11:25
all gliders were airborne.
The pilots enjoyed another excellent soaring day with nice cu's and lift sometimes
up to 6 m/s. Three pilots managed to fly over 900 km.
NIT with Rado and Vlado flew 940 km in the DG 1000 ,Otto 901 km and Daan missed
out on 1 thermal  and did 965 km

December 4th 2006

Still smoke and a visibility of only 50 km.
And after a lot of blue days finally cumulus.
We had the first launch at 10.30. Jari with his LS6 "JJ" was the first to go and flew 800 km.
All together we had an excellent soaring day with a new Dutch record for Jan Ritsma and
fast declared tasks for the Danish pilots and Frank. All he others also made good long flights.

December 3rd 2006

The weather situation was ok, only bushfires in the south made it not possible to fly
until 1 pm.
12 pilots took off and made very nice flights up to 450 km (Daan) in the afternoon.
Alfons was a bit unfortunate and landed out at Tocumwal. Grietje retrieved him with LGT.
Alson our Danish friends Stener and Hans CHr made their first flights with IZ and LK. Both
did 320 km.
The day ended again with a little bit smoke from the south ranges.

NIT on tow	Deputy "Chef" Victor  looking at the sunset	The sunset with smoke

December 2nd 2006

The season is now getting to full operation.
We said good bye to our Japanese friends and welcomed 3 pilots from Danmark,
Hans Hoeck, Stener Nielsen and Jorgen Thomsen.
The will fly FOX, LK, ZI and the DG808 in the next two weeks.

We had a sunny day with a strong wind.
Nevertheless we made 3 site checks with the Danish pilots and NIT flew with Vlado and Rado.

And, Grietje made her first aero tows of the season.

Grietje back in business	Rado & Vlado 1st flight	1st Danish sit check	Hans and Stener	Playing with the computers

December 1st 2006

We welcomed today our friends from Nitra. Vladimir Foltin, with Simona and daughter Nina
and Rodoslav Zozulak with Karin and two sons Vladimir and Radoslav.
We rigged the DG1000T and Vlado already made his site check with Grietje.

The weather forecast was not that good, but the day was reasonable and only our Japanese pilots
flew with the Duo and Astir.
The did a lot of training this week and Victor, Jan and Eugene did a great job to get them in the
every day.

After lunch Frank Versteegh flew in with his Extra.
Frank was on his way from the Red Bull Air Race in Perth via Temora for an airshow back to Sydney.
Our little Frank joined big Frank in the  Cockpit.
In the afternoon Frank left again with a high speed lowwwwwwww pass. Thanks !!

Tonight we had our 2nd Family evening . Jan and Chris managed again to serve an excellent 3 course
dinner for our 36 guests.
The menue ?  Portugese tomato soup, eye fillet stroganoff, crepe suzette.

Frank arrives at Corowa	Just from RBAR in Perth	Daan welcomes Frank	Frank & Frank
Family evening	briefing  board before	briefing board after	Chef Jan a perfect meal !!!!

November 30th 2006

The change was one day early. so we lost this day.

November 29th 2006

Last night we had a cool change and today a strong SW gusty wind.
For thermals up to 1000 m agl we needed 28 grC, which we reached by 3pm andthe max did
no even reach the 30 grC mark.
So all the gliders stayed in the hangar today.
In the mean time the Corowa Shire finished the work on runway 32L/14 R.
The grass strip is now 40 m wide in stead of the old 22 meters. A huge improvement.
Many thanks to the Corowa Shire for their cooperation.

November 28th 2006

This morning on the briefing, we welcomed 3 Japanese friends, Hishasi Niwa, Ahio Suzuki and
Keigo Watei. We also welcomed Rob Looisen and Peter Durink who are here for a few days.
Keigo  did some flying on the Astir IKE and Francesco and Eugene flew with Hishasi and Ahio.

The weather was excelent. Blue thermals up to 9000 ft with average climbs of 4 m/s and max 6 m/s.

November 27 th 2006

We had a good airmass, but high clouds were forecasted for 3.30 pm.
Before the high clouds we 3 hours of perfect conditions. Climbs of 3.5 meter average up to
7500 ft agl.
Jari was the only one who went cross country in the good hours and Victor, Eugene,  Peter Zander and
Francesco flew local with the Duo.
Tonight our 3 Japanese guests arrived. The fly the Duo and Astir this week.

November 26 th 2006

A cool (32 grC) SSW airflow and a trigger temperature on 30.5 grC was not enough for
a good soaring day.
Frank van Putten was the die-hard who took off, but after a while he landed and confirmed
the forecast to be correct.
But after the exhausting flights of yesterday a rest day was ok.

November 25 th 2006

Typical summer weather. A high in the Byte and A high in the Tasman sea.
Most of the day weak wind and blue strong thermals op to 3000 m.agl.
Richard Aldous made the longest flight of almost 800 km.
Alfons made the first outlanding of the season with the LS4 GOB. A perfect paddock
and he was retrieved by Francesco.
In the evening we had the first family evening of the season.
Jan and Chris prepared an excellent 3 course meal.    Compliments !!!

Alfons	Victor	Belgium Dutch corner	Happy after long flights	A well deserved beer

November 24 th 2006

The forecast was a reasonable day. Blue thermals up to 2000 m +/+ and a weak wind.
We started launching just after 11 am.
Most of the pilots flew to the north where expected a bit higher temperatures.

For tomorrow a bit warmer and fine conditions. We will wait and see.
In the afternoon Peter Zander arrived and his "PZ"  is already rigged in the hangar.

November 23rd 2006

This morning we woke up with smoke from the bushfires in Vicoria.
Fortunately by 11 am most of it was gone and we ended the day with clear sky again.

Grietje made her first flight of the season in 3W and after that 3 flights in the Duo with Mattew, Victor and Alfons.
Francesco and Daan flew to Wangaretta with FOO for a small repair job. When they were back the thermals just started
with good lift of 3 m/s.
Frank flew 3W and Alfons a few hours on GOB.
When they reported the good lift, Daan, Jari and Berry aslo went for a flight.

November 22nd 2006

It was really a slow moving trough this time.
It took 3 days to cross the state. But from tomorrow we expect to have  good conditions for quite a few days.
The day started with 8/8 AS and AC and in the lower part we had some smoke from the bushfires in Victoria.
But after 1.30 m the sky cleared and we had a beautiful afternoon.
Frank van Putten and Alfons arrived after Jan picked them up from Melbourne.They are for the 2nd time in Corowa.
Also Jan Ritsma and Birgitte arrived later in the afternoon.
Slowly the containers are getting empty. This week JR, JM and PZ.

November 21st 2006

Hot, very hot !! A trough crossing the area and a cool change tonight.
We got a max temperature of 38 grC today. But all day covered with AS and AC.
Later in the afternoon there was enough temperature to trigger good thermals and even some
cu's develloped.
The day was to short to do some flying.

November 20th 2006

max temp 35 grC, but unfortunately all day high clouds.
For tomorrow we expect the cool change.

November 19th 2006

An excellent air mass today. Blue but strong lift and a high base.
The days are still a bit short, but nevertheless we almost made 800 km today.
We had to deal with a little bit of cirrus clouds but the climbs we still very good.
Only the forecasted cu's were not there as the air mass dried out during the day.
Jari made his site check, prepared his glider and did 460 km in the afternoon.

Ruedi Herzog arrived in the afternoon and we will rig his glider tomorrow morning.
Also Matthew (CH) arrived and he will help out on the airfield etc.

Early site check for Jari	First gliders on the grid.	Victor putting Frank asleep

November 18th 2006

Today we got 29 grC local and a bit more up North.
Blue conditions with good conditions, later a bit less due to some cirrus layers.
But we made good flights over 500 km.
In the morning we rigged MK and Manfred prepared his glider, so ready to go!
Daan was working on his glider and made just a fast afternoon flight over 300 km.

In the afternoon Jari arrived with his LS6 "JJ". Tomorrow morning the check and briefing and
he also is ready to go.
Tomorrow we expect Ruedi (DS).
The containers start to get empty now. Only a few more to rig.

For tomorrow higher temperatures and hopefully good conditions with northerly wind.

November 17th 2006

A cool night of 5 grC and a day max of 24 grC.
Good enough for a reasonable soaring day. However, we had to wait until late in the afternoon
to get to 2000 m.
Jules made his first flight in his (and chef Jan) Ventus.
Daan was picked up from Albury and straight after he arrived we rigged NL and he is ready to go.
Also Manfred (MK) arrived, so it getting pretty busy already.

November 16th 2006

It was the last flying day for Yoghi and Junzo. They enjoyed the nice cu's and good lift.
We will see them back in February.
After briefing we rigged AJ and RA. In the mean time did Jules his site check with Eugene.
The weather was just a bit better as forecasted. 1.grC more and 10 kts wind less.
Enough for the pilots to make good flights. Even 2 flights ove 600 km !!.
After flying Francesco went to Albury to pick up Victor, who will be a staff member for the next 3 months.
The forecast for the next few days is fine and higher temperatures.

November 15th 2006

It was cold today. 15 grC !!!
We had the forecasted cool change with strong winds and showers everywhere. Even hail was forecasted.
We left the gliders in the hanger and finished all the last small jobs.
The tie down area has been mown and all the water ballast equipment and power points are in place.
Tomorrow hopefully good weather.

November 14th 2006

Yesterday Jules and Monique from Belgium arrived. Jules shares a Ventus with our "Chef" Jan.
Jules will fly for about 2 weeks.
In the afternoon Jan and Chris arrived and opened the restaurant straight away. Tonight " Fish"
Just before dinner Richard Aldous arrived. Richard will fly his Ventus RA again.
The weather was a bit better as forecasted, but not as good as last week.
Eugene made some flights with Yoghi and Junzo, who are going to fly tomorrow GOB and IKK.

"Chef" Jan back	"Lady Chef" Chris back	The first meal of the season	table 2	The fist Ice Cream for Berry

November 13th 2006

A serious cool change last night and in the morning.
We got 20 mm rain and form 9 am all day long a wind of 20 kts gusts 30 kts.
The sky was beautiful, but unfortunately we could not fly due to
the gusty and strong wind.
For tomorrow we expect another cold front and after that the high pressure should
bring nice soaring weather again.

November 12th 2006

A bit of rain during the night and the cool change during the day.
In the afternoon we found a window to do some site checks with  Yoghi an Junzo.
The forecast for tomorrow is clearing in the morning  and flyable in the afternoon

November 11th 2006

The forecast was ok, but the facts were different.
Instead of an excellent day with blue thermals up to 11.000 ft, we only got a short period
before the cool change.
Berry was the only one who started and flew 200 km.
In the afternoon two of our Japanese guests arrived. Yoghi and Junzo. They will stay
until Thursday.

November 10th 2006

The last flying day for John and Sandy. They flew together the Duo and set themselves a task of
450 km.
Anders made his first flight with his ASW22 QL.
Reinhard Pankow also arrived, so we could rig 3 gliders today. ILH, AR and ?N.
For tomorrow, the last day fore the change .

November 9th 2006

Hansi (ILH) and Eveline Lange arrived in the morning and Berry and Katinka Fennis in the afternoon.
So tomorrow rigging ILH adn ?N.
In the morning Anders made his site check. He used the rest of the day to prepare his ASW22.
In the afternoon the condition became good.
Francesco flew with Sandy and after that with John in the Duo.
Sofar 7 good soaring days in a row.

November 8th 2006

Cold SE wind and a max temp of 24 grC, were enough for blue thermals up to 8000 ft.
John flew The Rock out and return and Sandy did some local training with Eugene.
In the afternoon Ansers Olson arrived with his ASW22 . It hab been rigged and is waiting
for the first flight tomorrow.
The weather forecast is good soarable weather until Sunday.

November 7th 2006

It looks like December weather. Only the days are bit shorter.
Today again a good soaring day. with a high over the Byte and a SW wind we had nice cu's
east of the line Narrenderra Benalla. The clims were ok with an average of 3.5 m/s.
Sandy did her longest cross country flight  with Eugene. 235 km was their score.
John enjoyed his 300 km o/r to Coolomoon and Eva went in the direction of Narrendrra.
Everybody happy again.
In the afternoon Anders Olsen arrived and we will rig his ASW22 onThursday morning.

November 6th 2006

Yesterday Werner and Andrea arrived . Welcome back for the 6th time!!
This morning Sandy and John Griffin arrived. They are from New Zealand and will spend the week flying
with the Duo and LS4.
John made his site check with Francesco and Eugene did some training with Sandy (100 km o/r).
Geoff Kidd was also here today for his annual check.
He enjoyed his first flight in Corowa together with Eugene in the Duo.

The weather was perfect. Cloudbase 10.000 ft and good climbs up to 4 m/s and locally more.
Graig Blunt flew over 510 km with WN  and Otto  740 km with ZY.

Corowa today	Sandy and Eugene	Sandy after her 1st flight with Grietje	Eugene, Andrea, Peter and Werner

November 5th 2006

Yesterday Otto flew his "ZY' and did 465 km. Not to bad for a first flight of the season.

Nice weather again today.
Good climbs up to 4 m/s and a thermal hight of 5000 ft.

Peter Pressneil arrived in the morning with Max Kirschner. Max to fly his Ventus 2 to Benalla en Peter who
is our tow pilot for the next few days.
After the last preparations, we went out for some nice flights.
Francesco made the annual check with Graig and after that Graig went for a flight with WN and did 150 km.
Eugene did check fly the LS4 and Eva flew with ZY over 300 km.

Graig's check flight	Australia brown instead of green

November 3rd 2006

A long day!
We, Otto, Eva. Eugene, Craig, Max kirschner, Angelo and Francesco started at 10 am.
We took all the fuselages out and all the luggage in the hangar.
After a good inspection of all gliders, we could not find one little scratch !!
Just when we had the last fuselage out, mr Ray Vassallo of AQIS arrived.
And by 2 pm we had all the gliders inspected.
After that we rigged 6 gliders and by 6.30 pm we had the hangar doors closed.
Tomorrow another day of preparation and the first flights on Sunday.
Only Otto and Eva might go for a flight tomorrow.
It was also good to have Grietje back in the office for a while. Also Frank had a look
(most of the time a sleep) at the new world where he has been dropped in.

All fuselages outt	Ready to go	Grietje and Ray	first gliders in the hangar	Grietje and Frank

November 2nd 2006

Jodie in Melbourne did a great job again.
This time customs cleared 3 containers and wanted to unpack an check 1 container.
However Jodie managed to get it all organized in time.
The containers arrived just after midnight. A quick inspection showed everything ok!.
Tomorrow some pictures, now (1:30 am) time to go to bed.
Quarantine inspection tomorrow after lunch.

Container 1 arrives	In the side loader	1st container on the spot

October 31st 2006

A few hectic days.
Driving between Wodonga Hospital  and Corowa, tired , but finally home with the family.

Home !!!

In the mean time we had to deal with a delay of the containers and this morning the panic that only
3 containers had arrived.
We do not know why, but the shipping company renamed the White container into xxxx something.
Anyway all 4 containers are in Melbourne and customs slot time is scheduled for Thursday.
Quarantine is on Friday, so without any further delay just in time for the start of the season.

October 26th 2006

Finally the new boss arrived !!!
Today Grietje gave birth to our son " Frank "
Grietje and Frank are both doing very well.

That's me	My first sleep

October 24th 2006

An excellent day.
We had a max temperature of 30 grC today with cu's from 11 am until 5 pm .
This with a cloudbase of 10.500 ft and 3,5 m/s climbs made it an early  (Oct)  very good day.

Looks good or not ?

October 23rd 2006

We were just advised by the shipping company, that the containers have a delay of 1 week.
Due to technical repairs in Europe we are facing this week delay.
The new schedule is Arrival Monday October 30th and if nothing is going wrong we will have Quarantine
Inspection on Friday, so we still can start flying on Saturday November 4th.
But not as relaxed as we thought.

October 21st 2006

The last week, was another one without any drop of rain.
Nice temperatures between 25 and 32 grC !!!. And reasonable soaring conditions, reported by Lloyd Bunge
who is flying every possible day. Tuesday for example, good thermals up to 7500 ft agl, not bad at all for October.
Both tow planes are ready and waiting for this very busy season.
Yes it will be different from other years. We start flying straight away on November the 4th and are almost fully
booked until the containers  leave mid February 2007.

The containers are scheduled for arrival in Melbourne on Monday and so far no delay reported.
Hopefully we get them in Corowa by Friday and Quarantine Inspection on Monday or Tuesday, which depends on the
availability of AQIS officer mr Ray Vassallo

In the mean time we finish some little things in and around the hangar and clubhouse.
The pool is clean and 27grC !!!

Not easy to get into town today !!	FOO and LGT ready

October 12th 2006

Springtime in Australia !!
No spring this season, we went from winter straight into summer.
Today we got a maximum temperature of 34.1 grC !!! with a strong northerly wind and we think
excellent thermal conditions. Even with an extreme low dew point we got in the afternoon cu's with a
very high cloud base.
The only problem we are facing at this moment are the total fire bans, which we have occasionally in January.
Australia already has a lot of bushfires, even in Tasmania.

Today Francesco flew LGT back from Wangaratta, so also both tow-planes are ready to go.
Last week we finished the annual inspections of Z2, GOB and VY.
We polished VY, GOB, FOO and LGT so it looks great !! Eugene also made new upholstry
for VY, so that glider looks perfect now.
We finished now all the preparations for the season and are taking a few days off to get some rest.

Only 10 days to go and then the containers will arrive in Melbourne.

FOO shining	VY, GOB, Z2 ready to go	the new tool corner	not even the max today	sunny and cu's

October 9th 2006

A memorable day.
Today Grietje and Francesco officially got the Australian Citizenship!
At 9.30 am we were welcomed by the Mayor of Corowa, Garry Poidivan.
Our neighbor Ian Rich was the official witness and by 10 am we were real Aussies.

Grietje, Garry and Francesco	Certifcate of Francesco	Certificate of Grietje

and after the ceremony, daily work as usual.
Grietje managed to get the computer for Victor (in the bar) running and after that
she started with the maintenance on LLK.
In the mean time Francesco finished the new bench for the batteries , a new
working bench in the SW corner of the hangar and the maintenance on VY.

New bench for the batteries	New working bench	Mainenance on LLK

October 5th 2006

Yesterday we went to Wangaratta to pick up LGT. It was ready, but we decided to put the tranceiver
in the middle of the instrument panel, so we left it there and pick it up tomorrow.
So before the season start both tow planes ready to go.

Still working	Matthew and Grietje	Matthew taking out the radio

Today our new club member Geoff Kidd, brought his ASW28/18E. We will take care of the annual inspection
so Geoff can start flying as soon as possible.
As Jock Davis moved to Queensland, we have the availability of the Nimbus 2 "VY" for this season
A little bit of maintenance on that glider and it is ready to go.

Today we also got another glider for hire for the full season. a DG 808S (pure glider) rates are also published.
 

October 3rd 2006

Finally Internet again.
A conflict in the fax line after some maintenance in town caused no Internet and sometimes
just a very slow email traffic for six days.
So finally an update of what happened over here.
Francesco returned from container packing on Tuesday evening.
The first message from Holland  was a lot of trouble with the carnets in Rotterdam, just because one of
the custom officers in Venlo took out the wrong sheet and forgot one stamp. Eric van Geffen from Sauter Logistics
did  a great job to get the containers in time on the Vessel, so they were sailing on schedule.|
In the mean time Grietje finished all the office work in Corowa, so we could start straight away
fine tuning a few items. She also spend a lot of time getting all the bookings organized and to get
extra local gliders organized for hire.
The weather is still ok. Dry and sunny with temperatures of 25 grC during the day.
Sunday was the first flying day of the season. Eugene made the first launch and flew over 2 hours.
in blue thermals 1,5 m/s up to 6000 ft.
The annual inspection of VY the Nimbus2 and GOB LS4 are almost done. A bit of polish and both gliders are
ready to go.
Next week we will do the Annual of LLK a ASW28/18E owned by our new club member Geoff Kidd.
Eugene is also working on a new bench for the batteries and a new work bench near the pawnees.
In the mean time Grietje and Francesco are waiting for the arrival of the new little boss. 2 weeks to go!!.

September 16th 2006

All 4 containers are packed and ready for the trip to Corowa.
Friday morning at 9 am sharp everybody was in Grubbenvorst for packing "RED".
It turned out to be a new packing record.
By 10 am we had all the wings in, by 11 am we had the first 2 fuselages in position
by 12 o clock we had all the luggage in and by 1 pm the Red containers was done
and everybody could drive home and hopefully free of traffic jam.
After that the last pilots for "White" arrived so we went on packing the last container.
Together we did a great job as we finished the last container by 6 pm.
With the great help of Jan and Chris and of course the pilots it was a smooth packing
job this time, of course with a little bit of help of the good weather.
On Saturday morning Francesco did a final check of every container and closed the doors
by 11 am and after that, you won't believe it, RAIN !!!!. Lucky we.
The containers will be picked up on Monday morning 8 am and will leave Rotterdam on Thursday
with the Vessel " ms Fremantle Express"
Francesco is leaving on Monday morning for Corowa again and will join Grietje on Tuesday
evening and then wait .....................
More news from Corowa.

A short rest	Last wing in	first 2 fuselages	Luggage done	Wing of DG in White	Red done
ready at 1 pm !!       a new record	1 container to go	Vintage !!	Jan & Jan	4 containers ready	and then, "rain"

September 16th 2006

A busy week!
The ASCC was working this week on both sides of the world.
Grietje in Corowa working hard to get everything organized, which always turns out to be
a lot of work. Office stuff, local rules, bookings, airplane inspections etc etc..
and Francesco in Holland for the containers.
Thursday we started with cleaning the containers on the outside and especially the bottom.
At 1 pm the surveyor Leon de Lange of Aspley Ltd arrived for the safety inspection of the containers.
Green was damaged in a way that a welding repair had to be done. Theo Heldens, our host
straight away organized somebody in his workshop to do the job. After that all 4 containers
were released with new Container Safety Certificates.
A bit of time to go to the customs the clear all the carnets, which is every year a new adventure.
Nevertheless at 6 pm I went back to customs to pick up the carnets. Another job done.
I used the time in Grubbenvorst to prepare the Blue container for packing. AR was delivered
in the afternoon.
Friday morning we could start packing as everybody was in time.
This time without Grietje, but with the great help of Jan and Chris .Nice weather and a good team.
In the late morning Hansi and Eveline arrived ( with nice fresh baked cake !!) with ILH.
So we could put those wings already in Green.
By 2.30 pm we closed the doors of Blue. 1 container ready.
When I arrived Saturday morning 8.45 am in Grubbenvorst, everybody was already there, so we could
start packing straight away. We faced the new challenge, " 3 pair of Ventus 2cxt wings in 1 container"
which turned out to be possible. 
We are very happy to have 4 containers, so we can swap wings and fuselages to get in the whole variety
of gliders.
By 11.30 the Nitra group left as we had all the wings and the DG1000 fuselage in.
In the mean time Fred and Victor (our new staff member, bar tender) arrived.
With those two and the rest of the group Werner, Andrea, Richard and Bernd Doernemann we finished the
job and at 2 pm the doors of Green were closed and container 2 was done.
2 more containers to go on Friday and Saturday, but with a little bit of luck we will be able to finish the
job early Saturday afternoon, but more next week.

ATA Carnets	Cleaning the containers	Safety Inspection	Reapair Job	Blue, almost ready
Hansi and Daan	Blue Ready	Well deserved Ice Cream	Francesco checking the under carriage	the normal scene
3 pair ox cxt  in	cleaning the contgainer	Greeen ready, well done Jan and Chris

September 8th 2006

We went yesterday to Canberra to fix all the stuff we needed for our citizenship.
Everything was done except the certificates, which has to be made by a special company.
Result? No ceremony today, but we have to wait until Francesco is back from container packing.
We used the afternoon to visit the Parliament House and attend the "Question and Answer Hour"
of Mr Howard's crew and the house of representatives. Interesting, Now we know who is looking
after us in Australia.

Last year we found the kitchen and storage too warm during summer.
So today that problem was fixed. Two more outlets in the kitchen and two in the storage.
We also made some changes in the kitchen in order to be able to handle the expected
amount of meals to serve.
We also replaced the fridge and freezer into the storage, so we have more place for preparation
in the kitchen.

Grietje is very busy with all the bookings, which is a huge job this year.

Francesco is leaving on Monday.
The last parts for the container are ready for pick up on Tuesday.
On Thursday we will clean the containers for Quarantine reasons and we also have
the Container Safety Check in order  to get new safety certificates, otherwise the
shipping company will not load the containers on the return trip from Melbourne.
On Thursay in the afternoon we expect the first two gliders followed by a busy week.

Grietje  under the Australian Flag	Francesco and the Old Parliament house	The tools for the Airco	Holes in the ceiling

September 4th 2006

The shire almost finished mowing the 32 Left grass.
The only thing left is to replace the runway makers and then we have a perfect 14/32 grass strip.
We tested the 23 left grass and it is as smooth as a billiard table.

A nice wide grass strip 32/14	23 left grass a perfect new runway           (looking dir 05)

Today we got the confirmation of the approval of our citizenship application.
Most likely we have the ceremony on Friday, which will make Grietje and Francesco
and  ?? real Aussies. More later this week.

September 2nd 2006

Winter in Australia, but it looks like summer during the day.
Today we got a Tmax of 25 grC and a sky filled with nice clouds.
But we are preparing the site for the upcoming season.

Grietje is working hard to get the office nice and tidy.
She also updates the computer with all the data of the new customers and
the internet/ADSL has her full attention.

Eugene is working on the LS4

Francesco finished all the book keeping of the last financial year.
The pool is ready to go but a little bit cold. (21 grC).
FOO is ready and we fly LGT to Wangaratta on Monday and fly FOO back.

Yesterday we checked the 23 left grass and it is TOP!. Nice and smooth.
The Shire also started yesterday mowing 32 left grass which will be 11 meters wider, so we can
launch all the gliders from the 32 left grass.

Pool is clean	Grietje busy	Eugene enjoying his lunch	Why are we not in the air?	Temp 4:30 pm

August 26th 2006

We arrived Tuesday evening in Melbourne and were welcomed by Eugene and Graig.
A quick inspection of the hangar and clubhouse on Wednesday morning and everything looked perfect.
Grietje started straight away installing computers and the office stuff  and Francesco and Eugene
started on preparing the pawnee's for annual maintenance.
FOO is already in Wangaratta an as soon as it is ready we will swap LGT with FOO and
hopefully, by the end of next week both planes are ready for the season.

The weather sofar is perfect.
Today we had a max temp of 16 grC and beautifull cu's.

early cu's	Corowa in Winter time

August 13th 2006

We did update the fleet page again.
For December we added a the ASG29/18m pure glider.
Our own new 29/18 E will be ready late this year and on line next season.
 

August 11th 2006

We did update the fleet page.
We have 2 new gliders on line, a Discus pure std class glider and a DG 1000T.

August 7th 2006

The season is almost there.
A few weeks to go and we are facing the huge job of packing 4 containers, but with the help of
Jan, Chris and all experienced owners, we will manage again
All 4 container are fully booked and we also happy to have a DG1000T available.
We are expecting almost all our last year friends and expect to welcome a lot of new members
to join the Corowa family from Danmark, Japan, Sweden, Belgium, Germany, Slovak Rep and Australia

July 29th 2006

A Corowa day at Airport Midden Zeeland (The Netherlands)
In the afternoon one of the early Corowa customers, Mario Link, delivered the new ASK21 MI self launcher
owned by Jos and Sonja Schrier.
The Alexander Schleicher agents for the Netherlands Grietje and Francesco did attend the delivery.
During the time we were rigging the new ASK21 another Corowa customer, Peter Gerretse, was flying the AS 26E. "6E"
Later in the afternoon, he first flight with "ZZ1" was made by Jos and Danielle.

With the whole Corowa group we had a " mini family dinner" at the Italian Restaurant.

Jos and Mario	Rigging the ASK 21	1st flight for Jos and Danielle	Ready for take off	(L) Sonja, Jos, Francesco (R) Joke, Grietje and Peter

July 25h th 2006

A sad day for gliding in Australia.

This morning we were advised by Rietje Schuit, that Sportavia will close the commercial soaring centre.
After ending the commercial activities at Waikerie the changes at Benalla and Narromine we think
this is not good for soaring Australia. It is a magnificent country for gliding !!!
As nobody else we understand how difficult it is to run a commercial soaring operation, but stil l!!   
Our gliding in Australia started at Tocumwal. Francesco in 1987 en Grietje in 1996.
We enjoyed our stay every time( Francesco 7 times and Grietje 5 times) and made a lot of flights from "Toc".
Francesco even completed his 1000 km badge in 2001.
We wish everybody all the best for the future.

July 17th 2006

Grietje and Francesco went to Antwerpen this week-end to finalize the details
with Jan and Chris about the kitchen work the coming season.
All four of us are looking fore ward to work together in Corowa.
Jan and Chris also showed us their gliding club and the city ofAntwerpen.

The Aussi BBQ	Jan as always	Belgium Ice cream	Again Ice cream	B&B in Antwerpen

July 4th 2006

Officially the season 2006 2007 has started.
We are looking fore ward to this season. New gliders and most of all a lot of new customers
who are going to join the Corowa family of which almost everybody will be back again.
We hope we can offer everyone a nice soaring holiday in a good atmosphere with new friends.

"We" are working hard to make a smooth start again.
"We", the staff of the 2006-2007 season who I will introduce now .

- Grietje and Francesco, Operations and tow pilots
- Jan and Chris, as last year, the excellent food and a clean clubhouse,
- Eugene, maintenance and operations
- Wim, maintenance and "taking care of some family evenings"
- Werner Niechciol and Peter Presneill, tow pilots
- Victor, Bar,Terras and operations

We also expect a new staff member by the end of October.

June 17th 2006

The last 2 weeks 5of our customers did compete in the WGC 2006 in Eskilstuna, Sweden.
We followed them every day via the website and the tracking system Vpos.
One day I flew with Michael with Vpos. AMAZING !!

We like to congratulate the new world champion!!!!!  Open Class Michael Sommer , ASW 22BLE

In the 18m class, Lubor Kuvik, 10th , congratulations Lubor,  well done!!!! after all the training effort
last season in Corowa.
Tibor Fratrik flew also in the 18m class, well done.

In the Standard CLass, Viliam Kubovcik, 4 th !!!!! and Tomas Suchanek 11th