On Jul 23, 7:37*pm, Bruce Hoult wrote:


I've only flown gliders from about twenty airfields/farm strips in New
Zealand and the USA but I can not think of ANY OF THEM that had such a
never-never-land, and I would not be comfortable flying from one.


Who said anything about being comfortable? 5000ft plus density
altitude, 5 kt tail wind, a full load of water, and then find sinking
air on the climb out. Certainly not comfortable but not uncommon at
contests in Western US.

Andy