SAFA Skysailor Magazine

39 SPRING 2025 | September-October-November SKY SAILOR 200, 100ft’! So I bailed out of my screaming lift three times to avoid airspace or risk scoring ‘0’ points, while my brain was doing backflips in confusion to the earlier brief- ing from El Capitan. I got to less than 5km from goal that day too, if only… Another task, I had Glide to Goal nearly 30km out, up high over some amazing mountains – a simple glide out to the flats, touch the last turnpoint, over the hills, along the lake into goal, no worries, I’m killing it, or so I thought! As I approached the final TP, the XCTrack I had loaded from another colleague’s app settings after I’d lost mine a few days earlier, changed. The map zoomed in, I saw a waypoint line on one side, an arrowhead in the middle pointing all over the place, but not where I thought I was flying, plus a heading line pointing another way. It looked like I was flying alongside the waypoint without ever Visit the CASA pilot safety hub for a range of useful tools and resources all in one place casa.gov.au/pilots Ever beencaught out by unexpectedweather? 2507.5227 Make better decisions before and during flight with our dedicated weather and forecasting resources.