soaring was limited with a fresh breeze. A short window of
reasonable soaring was enjoyed by the fortunate few.
A big welcome to Dave Bassett from Mendips who took advantage of the
visit to fly with his daughter. Thanks again to the stalwarts who kept
the field operating for us.
Don
Meanwhile Sean, Bob and I made an early start to be at North Hill by 9am to meet with Regional Examiner Simon Minsen to start the next step on the road to becoming instructors.
Initially, the low cloudbase and drizzle meant we started with some winch launches, but as the cloud lifted the Pawnee tug was made ready and we then took it in turns to aerotow to 3000 ft for some stalling and spinning, more spinning and yet more spinning excercises. I think we spent most of these flights with the aircraft in "interesting" attitudes. After completing all the stalls and spins we reverted to the winch for testing of the patter and BI excercises. Phew - this was a busy day.
Many thanks to Simon and all at North Hill who made us welcome and provided a K13 for the day and all the launches we could manage.
Steve
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