Saturday 15th October 2011

Saturdays forecast of sun and light winds turned out be correct. Many thanks to those that turned out early it was a great help achieving first launch just before 9.40.

Welcome to new members Joseph, and to "Jack" an African grey parrot belonging to Sandra....!

New member Jack already has his wings.

During a busy flying session we managed 4 trial lessons, Simon Thornton converted to the K8 and Matt Wiles to the Zugvogel, well done to both.

Junior member Matthew waits for his first flight in the Zugvogel.
( the missing paintwork on the side of the cockpit and behind Matt's head are part of the project to fit  a new canopy )

Several members could be found training on the winch, which is really good to see, and some excellent launches were being had, with Bob Pirie keeping the field open late in the afternoon we achieved 43 launches in total, good effort all round.

Martin Smith

A correction is required for last Sunday; our returning old member was named as Dave Turner; in fact his name is Dave Parker ( no not Lady Penelope's chauffeur ) and to remove any further confusion this is what he looks like.

Welcome back Dave Parker

Steve