Morning Glory Soaring Flight Information
Date, Location, Strength and comments
Morning Glory Soaring Flight Information
Date, Location, Strength and comments
| 1989 | ||
| 13/10/89 Burketown AD | 4000ft, 70km + long, evaporated about half-way to Gregory. (Moon 13 days old) | |
| 1990 | ||
| 10/10/90 | Good Wave to Pt Parker (Moon 22 days old) | |
| 12/10/90 | Good wave, tops @5000 but soared to 9,600 | |
| 14/10/90 | Weak wave, not really soarable | |
| 15/10/90 | Good wave, soared 300km | |
| 16/10/90 . | Very weak wave, not soarable | |
| 1991 | ||
| 1/10/91 | Moderate wave, soared 100km 1.5 hours | |
| 2/10/91 | Good Morning Glory, soared 200km, 3.5 hours (moon 23 days old) | |
| 3/10/91 | Good wave, soared 200km, max height 9,400ft, 3.5 hours. | |
| 5/10/91 | Weak late system well out to sea 11:00 am. | |
| 6/10/91 | Good Morning Glory, averaged @110 knots for 80km, soared back to Burketown. | |
| 7/10/91 | Good Glory, soared 2 hours with Doug Christie. | |
| 17/10/91 | Weak wave | |
| 1992 | ||
| 29/9/92 | Well formed but weak wave, soared 3 hours. | |
| 3/10/92 | Weak but soarable wave, from NNE, soared @150km. | |
| 4/10/92 | Quite strong Morning Glory, 5 or 6 clouds, soared @ 150km. (Moon 8 days old) | |
| 7/10/92 | Strong wave, soared 330km in 1 hour 54mins to @ 55km E of Boraloolla. (Moon 11 days old) | |
| 8/10/92 | Very weak wave, not soarable. Wave arrived BKT 6:15am. | |
| 1993 | ||
| @20/9/93 | Moderate wave, soared to Sweers Island | |
| @25/9/93 | Rudi Gausmaier soared clear-air MG 300km in LS4a Top | |
| 7/10/93 | Weak soarable MG over BKT | |
| 8/10/93 | Weak soarable MG over BKT @ 40 mins | |
| 9/10/93 | Good wave system, soared 2.5 hours | |
| 10/10/93 | Reasonable system well out to sea, lift rarely over 3 knots. | |
| 14/10/93 | Large weak system, 4 waves, 3 hours | |
| 15/10/93 | Large weak system, 5 waves, soared 3.75 hours. | |
| 1994 | ||
| 18/10/94 | Soared 2 hours | |
| 19/10/94 | Soared 2.5 hours | |
| 20/10/94 Wave arrived over BKT AD first light | Soared to Groote Eylandt - @ 6 hours
(Full Moon, 15 days old). (details) |
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| 1995 | ||
| 29/9/95 | Strong MG went inland to Adel's Grove, soared by HG pilots Al Giles & Cmac. Tops 5000+' (details) | |
| 30/9/95 | Strong MG went inland to Gregory Downs Grove, soared by HG pilots Billo, Al & PK. Tops 3500'. | |
| 1/10/95 | V weak system, not soarable. | |
| 11/10/95 | V weak MG. | |
| 12/10/95 | Good wave, soared 3 hours (Moon 18 days old) | |
| 13/10/95 | Good wave, soared 3 hours | |
| 15/10/95 | Large but broken wave system, soared to Sweers, 3 hours | |
| 1996 | ||
| no data as yet | ||
| 1997 | ||
| August 1997 | Two strong waves were photographed at Massacre Inlet on successive days. Frank of BKT AirSea Rescue possibly has more info. | |
| Mid Sept 97 | Geoff Pratt of Cairns soared the Monerai on one or more strong systems. | |
| 27/9/97 | Very strong MG over BKT at 5:15am, 4 or 5 well formed waves moving very fast. 1st wave well before 1st light. (Moon 25 days old) | |
| 11/10/97 | Moderate MG, 3 hours soaring | |
| 12/10/97 | Weak MG, 2 hours soaring. | |
| 16/10/97 Rare Easterly MG | Quite good MG, possibly the following two days also. Geoff Pratt in the Monerai. (Full moon 16/10, 15 days old) Cloud aligned N/S, 6,500 tops. | |
| 1998 | ||
| 18/9/98 | Soared 1 hour on a small weak cloud and landed at Sweers. 1 hour soaring. | |
| 19/9/98 | Soared 1.5 hours on a small but strong cloud out to Mornington. | |
| 28/9/98 | Soared about 2.5 hours | |
| 29/9 | Soared about 1.5 hours | |
| 4/10/98 Richard Holle's predictions 100% correct | Soared about 2 hours | |
| 5/10/98 | Soared about 1.5 hours | |
| 6/10/98 | Soared about 1 hour. | |
| 1999 | ||
| 4/9/99 | N/E MG, tops 3.5 to 5k', quite strong cloud extended past Sweers. Anthony Robinson of Savair, Baron. | |
| 21/9/99 Richard Holle's predictions 90% correct | Soared 1.7 hours - good wave | |
| 22/9/99 | V strong wave - soared 2.3 hours. Tops 6,000', lift exceeding 15knots. Did not appear soarable past Mornington. | |
| 24/9/99 | Series of 4 dry Glories at 1st light. | |
| 7/10/99 | Wave at 5:10am over BKT, ref Amanda W. | |
| 12/10/99 | Strong wave about 100 - 150 km long, tops 7000', rain from upper system. | |
| August 2000 | Several reports, no detailed information | |
| 20/9/00 | Strong wave (GP*) | |
| 21/9/00 | Strong wave (GP) | |
| 22-24/9/00 | no wave (GP) | |
| 25/9 to 1/10/00 | Good clouds every day - 7 days in a row! (GP) | |
| 2/10 - 3/10 | no wave (GP) | |
| 4/10/00 Wednesday | Medium cloud over BKT just before dawn,
Geoff caught up with this & soared 1 hour. Followed by 7 octas cloud over BKT by 8:30am. (GP) |
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| 5/10 - 7/10/00 | no wave | |
| 8/10/00 | Good cloud (GP) | |
| 9/10/00 | Good cloud (GP) | |
| 10/10/00 | Dry Glory - flown by Geoff Sim in the ASH (GP) | |
| 11/10 - 12/10 | no wave (GP) | |
| * GP reported by Geoff Pratt |
Lunar Declinational Tides
Email me, please, with further info. I particularly need logbook entries for any relevant dates. Short (or not so short) descriptions of flights, annecdotes etc warmly received.
A partial list of pilots who have soared the Morning Glory:
Rudi Gasmaier (LS3 Top), Colin Brock (G109 ZAK), Al Giles, CMac, Billo and PK (Hang Gliders), Rob Thompson, Russell White, Karen Jurgenson, Nigel, Ian McPhee (G109 FFN) Geoff Sim (G109 FFN, ASH25), Geoff Pratt (Monerai, ASH25), Brian and Brian and Rick and Rick of Byron Bay (MotorFalke, Ximango, G109B), Hans Gut (IS28M2), Rosco (Mitchel Wing), Paul Poole (Bonanza), Ross Edwards and Jim Barraclough of Keepit (G109 XQX), Barry Bowerman & Nicki Price (Ximango).
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