A few exchanges of emails yesterday suggested that there may be an early opportunity of wave today.
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| Interesting sky viewed at Buckland Monachorum |
At the airfield the only signs of wave were just too far away to get to.
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| Elusive wave just too far away. |
Today we were joined by DSGC member Mark Worsfold. A solo pilot who hasn’t flown solo since the start of the pandemic. Other than flying at a new club and in unfamiliar K13’s, Mark is deaf which presented other problems for both himself and me. A well places mirror which enabled him to lip read me in the rear seat and explaining that a couple of taps on the stick meant I needed to take control we were soon off into the air for his first flights at Brentor. After getting used to the K13 Mark was flying the launch and most of the circuit, He hopes to return in the future and continue his progress back to solo, both at DSGC and Brentor.
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| Mark alongside K13 CCY. |
Also visiting us today were husband and wife Graham & Sylvia Street, who popped in to see what happens before booking Sylvia’s voucher flights. Due to a non-show of today’s one day course we were able to offer Sylvia a chance to fly today.
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| Sylvia all set to fly with Richard. |
After her flights, Graham was offered a chance to fly as well. After parting with the correct fee and signing the paperwork was soon off with Richard.
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| Thumbs up from Graham before his flight. |
Trainees John Smith and Mohammed Khouribich both had three flights with me. John had a couple of launch failure practices and Mohammed experienced his first stalls and continued improving his control coordination.
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| K13 launches again. |
Solo pilots Andy Davey (Libelle), Martin Broadway (Libelle), John Allen (K8), Roger Green (K8) and Malcolm Wilton-Jones (K8) all had flights of varying success. The longest was Malcolm with a heady 19 minutes.
A day that promised a lot more, but all who flew enjoyed the day. Thank you to all for your help, especially Gavin who did a double stint on the winch without flying.
Peter Howarth
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