What a difference a day makes. Today saw the start of what can only be described as an Indian Summer; blue sky, gentle westerly breeze and warm enough to be a tee shirt day.
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| A beautiful looking day |
Instructors Ged Nevisky and Sean Parramore were on duty today. We had a full visitors dairy, many solo pilots, a full fleet of club aircraft and sprinkling of private aircraft. So a busy day in prospect. Early flights confirmed the gentle nature of the weather today and visibility was coast to coast. Beautiful.
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| Looking south, the west end of the runway is in the mid ground. |
Unfortunately, just as one of the best soaring days so far this autumn was developing, the unannounced arrival of a survey aircraft operating at low level in the area caused us to halt operations for a while in the interests of safety. This cost us nearly two hours' worth of launches (including some trial lessons), and caused disappointment among several solo pilots who were 'chomping at the bit' to get airborne.
The situation was eventually resolved and flying continued. Notable flights today included Mike Gadd in the Open Cirrus 1 hour and 17 minutes, Martin Broadway in the ASW20 57 minutes and club Secretary Sandra Buttery who managed her longest solo flight so far, 21 minutes in the K8.
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| Solo pilot Steve Raine waiting patiently in line with his Astir |
The photos of all our visitors are available by following the link
Today's Visitors
Other work going on today included the continuing work on the GusLaunch winch by Rick and Colin and John and David working on the “new” K7m.
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| Colin at work on the GusLaunch. The side mounted radiator is a novel idea. |
Steve
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