After a leisurely breakfast at the Castle Inn at Lydford, Alan and I made our way to the Airfield to see what the day would bring. A south westerly wind, but mostly dry. At least it was flyable.
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| Early visitors at the launch point |
It was not long before the first visitors arrived. Some had bought tickets yesterday and some had come out today to buy tickets at the Open Day prices.
The Bocian and two K13's kept Instructors Gareth, Tracey and Martin busy with trial flights most of the day.
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| Visiting instructors Tracey and Gareth getting acquainted with the Bocian |
Kids were kept quiet in the launch point caravan with colouring books while the adults enjoyed their flying, meanwhile, I managed the paperwork, Mike Keller was on the radio, Alan Carter operated the winch, followed by Nigel Williamson. Roger Appleboom, Colin Boyd, Richard Williamson and Barry Green looked after the launching and Heather Horswill drove the Retrieve, keeping both cables and visitors coming. Alan Holland later arrived to help ferry passengers. Excellent team work for which we were all rewarded with a few short flights at the end of the day.
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| Visiting Gyrocopter |
Highlight of the day was the arrival of Simon Evans from Bolt Head Airfield in his factory built Gyrocopter. A nice looking and interesting aircraft needing only 5m landing run and 50m take off and not at all noisy. He had planned to fly in yesterday at the Open Day, but again the low cloud forced him to cancel.
All in all, another fun day at Brentor!
Sandra Buttery
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