Saturday 26th January 2013

The morning arrived with a nice looking blue sky. Bit of surprise really, the torrential rain in the early hours had been enough to wake me up. The forecast was for this break in the weather to only last until mid / late afternoon with more showers due and the brisk southerly wind increasing.

While Rick proceeded to get the winch stuck while changing ends ( it took 2 tractors and 2 Landrovers to get it out ), the K13 had a much needed canopy clean and a little fettling.

The main flying event today was Will Wilson completing his General Flying Test with CFI Don Puttock. This means that Will has now completed his Bronze Badge. Well done Will, Cross Country Endorsement next then.

Will looks happy to have completed his Bronze Badge

In the hangar, work on replacing the front skid and main undercarriage unit on K7M-G-DBVB was continued by Colin Boyd and Alan Holland. This now needs an Inspector to approve the work before the skirts are replaced. Rick was working on the Guslaunch winch again. Mike Gadd popped in to pick up a hole saw for the replacement instrument panel that he is putting together for K8 G-DDWG.  

And what did I do. Well I bravely stayed in the warm clubhouse and introduced a visitor to gliding using the simulator after which I set it up to do some spin training with several pilots. Tough work, I know, but someone has to do it.

The day ended with the usual beer and banter in front of the woodburner.

Steve