Originally Posted by
Chuck Glider
Glorious day for it but heading south I was astonished by the turbulence over the Grampians and the headwind component. 40+ kts being the worst of it.
Eventually gave up having burnt a quarter of my fuel to cover one third of the journey.
Heading home, 70 kts on the ASI and 114 on the GPS!
There was some fairly impressive wave activity in the North East on Saturday; some very long distances were flown by sailplanes to good heights, so I'm not surprised you found some turbulence. The SE wind caused some launch challenges too !