Saturday 22nd October 2011

The forecast gave the day starting clear with a strong southerly wind with increasing winds, gusts and cloud cover in the afternoon. This was exactly what happened.

The local winds had some east in it so first task of the day was to change ends. The second task of the day was to de rig the K13 G-DDMX and put it onto the trailer ready to be taken to have some TLC to the fuselage tubes. Martin Smith and Chris Kaminski then took it away to the repairers to ensure that it will only be offline for the least possible time. Thanks chaps.

DMX on it's trailer ready to go

The day was fairly busy with a One Day Course, and several trainees for Don to juggle into the one remaining 2 seater. The other aircraft flying today was K6 G-CFUB. This beautifully restored glider was well flown by each of it’s 3 owners in turn who made the challenging conditions look easy.

The intrepid K6 syndicate pictured on a much warmer day.

Special thanks today to Will Wilson who seem to spend most of the day driving the winch. Thanks Will.

And finally, I am happy to report that I finished my Basic Instructors acceptance flights today and will be joining the club instructor group as soon as the paperwork is returned. In the manner of Oscar winners, I would like to thank Don and Mark for their help but, most of all, the club members for their patience and good humour while all the practice and test flights were undertaken.

Steve