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The sun shining, the hangar unpacked and club gliders being DI'd - a stirring sight at the start of the day. |
Congratulations to everyone for a prompt start and a smooth and seamless performance today... Smooth at ground level, that is. But once airborne, it was 'rock 'n roll' the whole way, turning ab-initio training into something akin to a fairground ride, and causing even our more experienced 'players' to exercise both caution and humility.
Here's hoping things become a little smoother for tomorrow's Kelly College CCF inspection, and that the wave really gets itself sorted out for the weekend.
Today a couple of weekend regulars join the party, in the form of Darren Wills and Marta Nadkowska. They seemed to enjoy themselves, and both worked very hard to help 'keep the show on the road'. We welcomed our first 'fixed-price-to-solo' student of the year, Keith Wilson, who last experienced gliding when he attended a course at Perranporth some 40 years ago.
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Pre-solo student Marta Nadkowska discusses her training record card with duty instructor Bob Pirie. |
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| New Member Keith Wilson gets to grips with his training card. |
Meanwhile one of our other Wilsons, Robin, and his syndicate partner, Colin Boyd, took the opportunity to rig their beautiful K6CR, the former pride and joy of one of our technical gurus, Dave Hooper. After a test flight by Ged, Colin took to the skies. However, as conditions went from 'rough to rougher', heeding Colin's advice, Robin decided to 'fight another day'.
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| Colin Boyd ready to go in the beautifully restored K6 |
Well done to Trevor for probably the best effort at making the most of the challenging conditions. And finally, it was great to have Dave Bourchier back with us. He not only got stuck into sorting out our diminishing supply of weak links, strops and other essential hardware, but refreshed himself with a creditable - if short - soaring flight with me in DMX.
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| "Once a jolly bagman..." Dave Bourchier gets stuck into tidying up the clubhouse and surrounding area |
Bob Pirie
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