When the east wind doth blow, the private fliers do rig. And so it was, five private aircraft were rigged, a club K13, K8 and SF27. To avoid congestion at the launch point it was agreed to keep the private aircraft south of the launch point until they were required to launch.
After successful flights on Saturday, Mike Bennett was first into the K13 for some launch failure practice. After two well executed launch failures, Mike was cleared to fly solo.
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| Mike very pleased to be back solo. |
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| Hugh ready for his check flight. |
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| Alan Carter getting ready. |
After Alan’s flights it was John Smith’s first flight after lockdown. Following a good launch we were soon climbing away steadily. Although climbing we were drifting downwind quicker than we were climbing, so it was time to push back into wind. After a second climb it was time to use the height practicing some stall and spin recoveries. We landed after 35 minutes. I decided to change trainees to allow John Allan a chance of a good flight. This resulted in a climb to 4000ft which was used to again practice stall and spin recoveries. He also received a demonstration of a spin oof a failed winch launch. Both Johns had two further flights each during the afternoon.
The solo pilots Andy Davey (Zugvogel HSH), Steve Fletcher (Open Cirrus CGY), Malcolm Wilton-Jones (SF27 FLZ), Roger Green (ASW20 FRW), Martin Broadway (K8 GDK), Phil Hardwick (Astir FCJ), Hugh Gascoyne (K6 FUB) and Gavin Short (K8 GDK) all enjoyed soaring flights of varying times. Longest flight was earnt by Steve Fletcher with a time of 3 hours 13 minutes.
During his flight of 2 hours 14 minutes Roger visited parts of Devon including the upper Tamar.
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| Calstock Viaduct. |
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| Gunnislake & New Bridge. |
A good day flying with 30 launches, an average of 30 minutes a flight and everybody leaving with smiles on their faces. Thank you to everybody who were at the airfield today and contributed to a successful day.
Peter Howarth
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