Wednesday 2nd January 2013

So the new year started with some high pressure weather. Hurray. Well not quite, with the westerly airflow, it has brought low cloud, hill fog and drizzle. Still no flying then.

The usual suspects were at the airfield in spite of the weather. The task at the top of today’s list was to paint the new guard for the Guslaunch winch drum which dutifully received a coat of bright yellow paint thanks to David Rippon and Steve Raine. Once they were in the swing of things with their paint brushes there was no stopping them. After only slight persuasion from Vice Chairman Colin Boyd, the tow out trailer received some bright yellow paint as well.

Vice Chairman Colin applies gentle persuasion to painters David and Steve

Meanwhile David Bourchier and Ged Nevisky replaced the bearings in the front roller assembly on the ML winch which have suffered from the ravages of the weather. The rollers now rotate smoothly once more.

Steve