On Wednesday 2nd March we commenced Module B of the instructors training course led by Don Puttock The course attendees are Dartmoor pilots Rick Wiles, Peter Howarth and Mike Jardine and from Culdrose Steve Moore.
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From the left. Peter Howarth, Rick Wiles, Don Puttock,
Ged Nevisky, Steve Moore and Mike Jardine |
On Wednesday 2nd March 2016 due to high winds and rain the course started with 7.5 hours of
coaching and briefings from Don about all aspects of the B module tasks to be
undertaken over the next few days.
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| Briefings in the clubhouse |
Day two started with the first flight at 9.15am
with Don and Steve Moore for familiarisation of the site with Peter and Rick
having a briefing session undercover from the rain .Flying was into cloudy
conditions that through the day brought in showers which eventually curtailed
the flying around 4 pm. Back to the clubhouse to review progress made ,
briefings and planning for the next day's flying .
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| Sheltering under the wing of DMX while practicing pre flight briefings |
Day three started with
blue skies and what looked like a promising day with an improved first flight
time of 9.08am Ged Nevisky arrived to assist Don in the instructor training at
which point the snow also arrived .
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| Snow on Friday ( day3 ) |
With the Dartmoor weather there is always
a change and flying soon commenced again with Don and Steve finding a thermal to
take them to 2,880 feet.
So far training is going to plan with two more days
to go. A big thanks to those who have been assisting , Dave Dowton , Steve
Raine, Peter Harvey , Jeff Cragg , Barry Green , Dave Bouchier and Mike
Bennett.
Mike Jardine
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