SAFA Skysailor Magazine

9 May | June 2022 SKY SAILOR in heavy sink, the radio became eerily silent as we found ourselves 130m off the deck with a tricky landing option. We dug deep with quiet anxiety and turned in +0.5m/s until our prayers were answered and a stronger thermal released and we climbed back up to 3000m in a solid +3m/s. Yeehar… back in the game! One more thermal later we were at 3500m with just a glide to Omeo. We’d made it. Where to now? I was overcome with emotion when the reality of what we had achieved hit me. I had completed a life goal, one I thought wasn’t probable. We had a quick chat on the radio and agreed it would be a shame not to keep flying. I radioed the retreive car to make sure it was okay. There was an unequivocal ‘yes’, but it would cost us a massage. Our new goal was Swifts Creek.