So was it a good day. Not half! Whilst it was not a good soaring day it was a great training day.
Ged had taken the trial lessons and check flights which left Don free to concentrate of BI training all day.And you guessed it Ged and Martha Radkowska had the longest flight of the day of 6 minutes
The usual Saturday team had arrived, Alan, Rick, Matthew, Simon, Dave, Martha, John Bolt and got stuck into getting the kit ready thank you guys for all your hard work.
Don volunteered to spend time with me bring me closer to the BI exams soon to take place.Having spent the morning with me firstly on the simulator, then for real in BVB trying to demonstrate the patter in some what challenging conditions, and here i have to give credit where it is due Don was really quite patient with me, it only took 4 attempts to get a half decent circuit.With launches from 800-1000 feet there was not a lot of time left for Bi exercises or so i thought, Don showed me I was wrong and indeed by the end of the day Don's patience and hard work had paid off. here I was now demonstrating half of the required BI patter exercises accurately with reasonable text book circuits. ( Thanks Don i owe you a beer).
Rumour has it that our illustrious chairman has been seen in a two seater recently. Well it's true I captured a couple of photos of Steve and Don together. Steve had rigged his own glider but before he could escape he was grabbed and underwent some more Basic Instructor work ups.
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| Don and Steve ready for a BI training flight. |
A good day was had by all.
Sean Parramore
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