Saturday 9th June 2012

The RASP forecast was certainly more optimistic today. Too optimistic as it turned out. As the day wore on the cloud base got lower, the wind, westerly initially, strengthened and moved around to the south.

The 2 K13’s and the K8 were out and kept busy throughout the day. Don was instructor in charge today and members were taking advantage of the opportunity to fly with him. I managed a couple of flights with him doing instructor training exercises.

A little excitement came when we heard a loud band from the winch ( even though it was more than a kilometre away). Apparently a loop of cable had caught the guard and caused some superficial damage.

The Guslaunch showing it's battle scars. It was back in action in about 15 minutes.

Meanwhile Jeff Craggs was studying hard for his bronze exam in the clubhouse – not quite ready but not too far from ready either.

Steve