Dartmoor Gliding News-Wednesday 24th April 2015

The strong winds are still roaring over the airfield. 16.5 knots with gusts of 32 knots+ from 030 i.e. mostly across the runway meant that the gliders were left safely in the hangar today.
Convalescing Wednesday Instructor Bob Pirie arrived to spend a few hours with us today and is looking forward to being able to fly soon. He helped out with loading the scrap from the old caravans which was the dispatched to the scrap yard.

Bob Sansom and Bob Pirie getting rid of the scrap from the old caravans

On the way to the airfield, member Jorg Beasley picked up a couple of spare parts which enabled David Bourchier to complete the repairs to the Gold Landrover and it is good to report that it is now fully serviceable once more with a new water pump, drive belt and tensioner ( apparently ).

The refreshed Safety Notice Board after the ministrations of Mike 

 Inside the clubhouse, our Safety Officer Mike Gadd sorted out the Safety Notice Board which is now clear of old notices and displays the latest Safety briefings. Excellent work Mike.

We let accident prone John Rogers rewind the winch cables
( We must be mad but we bravely stood well clear )

After a little work to sort out the cables on the GusLaunch winch we returned to the clubhouse for tea and doughnuts supplied by John Rogers who spent his day walking into things. Good job we had the Safety Officer on site.

John sporting light frontal damage after finding something to walk into.

Steve