A bright clear blue sky with light winds, could this really be Brentor in the middle of winter. With the weather playing it’s part, the only thing was would the airfield play ball. A quick inspection revealed that although soft in parts, with careful management we would be able to fly. Aircraft would be retrieved along the track and vehicle movements on the airfield kept to a minimum was the order of the day.
A K13 and K8 were taken to the launch point ready to fly.
First in the K13 with me was Paddy Cosgrave. Paddy was returning after his recent illness. Six flights during the day saw him quickly back to the stage he was at before his absence. A broad smile showed how happy he was to be back flying.
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| Paddy happy to be back. |
Next into the front seat was Robin Wilson. A straight ahead launch failure and circuit continues his progress back to solo. Hopefully with some regular flying Robin will soon be back amongst the solo ranks.
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| Robin manoeuvring to start his circuit. |
Whilst I had some lunch, Jamie Steel took over the K13 and flew with Hugh Gascoyne. Hugh wanted to do a couple of exercises to start preparing for a possible Instructor course.
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| Jamie with Hugh. |
Mike Bennett, John Allen, Phil Hardwick, Richard Roberts, Gavin Short, Steve Fletcher, Martin Broadway, Andy Davey, Steve Lewis and Malcolm W-J all took turns in the K8 for circuits of various lengths. The longest of which was 9 minutes.
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| Hopefully there was a pilot in there Richard. |
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| The K8 launches again. |
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| And returns. |
Late in the afternoon, Colin Boyd appeared from the darkest depths of the hangar where he had been continuing work on one of the new K13’s which should soon be ready for a test flight and enter the fleet. In the setting sun Colin jumped into the front seat of the K13 for a couple of flights.
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| Colin getting sorted. |
With all the toys safely packed away, those who wanted to enjoyed a beer in the clubhouse to talk about the day. A day where we achieved 26 flights and all leaving the airfield with happy smiley faces.
Peter Howarth
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