Dartmoor Gliding News-Saturday 17th January 2015

Rolling up to the airfield a little later than usual due to earlier work commitments, it was interesting to see that there was a lot going on. Unfortunately this didn’t include any flying. The airfield was far too wet for that.

The winch cab is "parked" in a trailer.

Rick Wiles was leading a small gang working on the GusLaunch winch. By the end of the day they had removed the cab ready for some complex engineering work on the differential / final drive that has been displaying some signs of wear.

The winch looks rather sad without it's cab.

In the clubhouse, CFI Don Puttock was running a course for prospective Introductory Flight Pilots. Today was the ground schooling. Next month they will be doing the flying part of the course. This course spanned lunch during which Don produced some spectacular bacon sandwiches.

Don running an Introductory Pilot Course 

Hoping for better weather soon.

Steve