Check out the launch at the coordinates above on Google Maps or Google Earth. Imagine the upper half (northern half) full of parked gliders and a dozen or so in the air on this sunny blustery day. Now imagine putting down a topless glider in the front half of the launch area.

Not me, I put down an Airborne Fun 190 for my first top landing at Merewether (with my hands still on the base tube as I pulled in to be sure I would get down). But I did see a pilot land his C4 on top after a number of close attempts. I'm sure that Conrad and Adam do it also.

I made many passes at the launch from ten feet over it before I felt I was at the right altitude with the right wind (more easterly). There was no need to force the landing (as it was easy to just keep to the right a bit and stay up), I just waited until I got the approach correct.

It has been raining here a lot this week so everyone was out at launch on Sunday. Tony Barton was taking up tandems and signing up students. Stewie and Scott had a fly off, with a Wills Wins Sport 2 against an Airborne Sting 3 (not yet in production). Scott won that round. More to come perhaps?