There was new snow on the higher peaks of Dartmoor today. The weather was not really suitable for a club flying day with a very gusty 15knot NW wind and vicious showers with rain and hail blowing through fairly regularly. Near the showers the cloudbase was low. The runway was also extremely wet.
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| Snow on the higher Tors |
Today saw the return of instructor Ged Nevisky to the airfield after his recent illness. While not yet fit to fly Ged turned up today to authorise the airfield and supervise our low hours pilots. Welcome back and thank you for the help.
In the clubhouse the simulator was put to good use with some spinning exercises and general flying practice, and we had a brief look at the various methods of forecasting soaring conditions.
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| One worker, 5 watchers. Allan attaching the hoist |
Outside, Rick Wiles and Allan Holland, assisted by Fred Marks and others, braved the cold to continue the work on the GusLaunch winch. By the end of the day the cab had been refitted and a start had been made on connecting the controls and cables.
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| End of the day. The cab is once more attached |
Steve
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