By John Switala

Well, we could either get a 3 inch armour piecing high velocity gun to defend ourselves ... or ... turn on the tap and enjoy some water! Thankfully it will be the later! Although the former would be fun!!

Here’s the thing. If you read the regulations regarding the use of water during stage 3 or 4 restrictions (that we have been on for the past two seasons during summer) it says what you can use water for; and at the end of all the uses of water is this statement: “All other uses are prohibited”. It is with great disappointment that we realise that “filling gliders with water” is not amongst the regulated uses. Don’t know why, must be a misprint!

Just imagine looking at those cloud bases of 12,000 feet not being able to “load up” with water and blast across the skies setting records!

A solution, though, is in the wind. Let’s put in a water tank! We have a large catchment area with our hangar roof area. If we could put it in a tank, we’d be right for the summer.

What to do? What do to? It’s water. It must involve a plumber. Phil Henderson should be in charge. And that’s exactly how the thinking went!!

A Tank Sub Committee has been formed to work out the ticklish problems of tanking. We don’t know where it will lead us, but that’s why sub-committees where invented.

Along with Phil comes the able and practical oversight of Laurie MacKinlay and another plumber in Don Ridgeway (someone should tell him he’d on the sub-committee) just in case the first plumber forgets that it’s clockwise to tighten (unless your looking down on it – then its not!).

If any of you are reading this and thinking “those lucky bastards”, and I know you are, then don’t despair, give Phil a call on phenderson@gliding-benalla.org and I’m sure he’ll be able to give you a position on the team!