DGS News – Sunday 28th July 2013

With new K-7M looking great in the hangar (and even better in the photo on yesterday's blog) there was - yet again - a discreet tussle between discretion (weather) and valour (flying) in which (finally) discretion won out.  For even though the wind did not reach the 170 at 30 knots (!) predicted on the Met Office chart, it was still at right angles to the runway and far too strong for our trainees to get any training value out of the day.   So new acquisition G-DDAK stayed securely in the hangar (phew!)  Which was not to say that Don didn't cast an eye wistfully upwards on occasion, but rapidly lowering cloud and the odd fierce hail shower confirmed the wisdom of his original decision. 

That didn't stop One Day Course student Martin from turning up at the clubhouse to see what it was all about - where not before long he was shoehorned into the simulator and, given the benefit of some one-on-one tuition by Colin Boyd, was soon landing back on the airfield (well, minus a wing or two - who put that cow there??)

After a 'quick 90 min overview' on the Principles of Flight provided by Don's CD, new member Mike Vosper also felt the need to escape to the simulator.  'Trouble was, on completion, he decided to exit the glider to the left, just as you would from the real thing, only to collide with the clubhouse wall!  

Looks like they turned the simulator into a side by side cockpit

So after those who haven't yet taken their Bronze C exam managed to parry Don's exhortations into mid-afternoon, and as another sharp downpour sent its own message, we decided that it was best to leave G-DDAK snuggled up nose-to-nose with G-DDMX, to wait for the Wednesday crew.

Martin Cropper