Since Christmas I have been in contact with John Shaw ex CFI of the sadly now defunct Cornish Gliding Club with a view to transfer their remaining assets to DGS.
Today was the planned day to go to Perranporth to collect our new equipment, so it was with a heady mixture of excitement, and a not a little sadness at the final passing of the Cornish club, that I met tow car drivers Bob Jones and Martin Smith at Brentor. Martin made quite an entrance as he slid a full 10 meters past the airfield gate on the overnight snow which had turned the airfield into a Christmas scene. As we headed west to Cornwall the snow turned to rain which got heavier and heavier as the day progressed.
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| Getting ready in the snow. |
We were met at the hangar on the Perranporth airfield by John Shaw and his wife, representing the local club, Sandra Buttery, Alan Carter, Karon and Chris Matten from DGS (our labourers for the day) and a little later by Ged Nevisky who turned up with a very big articulated low loader with one biggest Hiab cranes I have ever seen.
The day was filled with dismantling and sorting out equipment, de-rigging gliders and loading trailers, pumping up tyres and loading the lorry. There was a very welcome break when Karon and Sandra returned with delicious Cornish pasties and lashings of hot coffee.
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| The convoy on it's way home |
Eventually, the work was done and we headed off towards Brentor in what had almost become a monsoon. Martin took one of the trailers and gliders to the off airfield storage rented for the purpose while the other glider, winch, Landrover and the rest of the equipment were delivered to our home airfield.
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| Off loading in the rain. |
Thanks everyone for their efforts and many thanks to John on behalf the the Cornish Gliding Club for helping to make this happen.
Steve
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