After Dudley, Eunice and Franklin would there be any aviation today. The forecast gave a little optimism, but arriving at the airfield with rain and low cloud the optimism ebbed. After early morning teas and coffees, it was looking a little brighter outside, so a pitch inspection was undertaken. Walking towards the east end sheep were spotted grazing on the airfield. We managed to gently herd them together and encouraged them back through the hurdle fence back to the top field. The ground was found to be better than expected, so with care we could commit aviation.
Due to the forecast increasing wind during the day and a possible short flying day, a K13 was got ready and towed to the launch point. It was decided to do two flights each to try and give a chance for all to fly. First up was Paddy Cosgrave to get back up to speed after a few weeks away due to the weather.
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| Paddy waiting for his instructor. |
Next to fly with me was John Smith. On our second flight rain could be seen in the distance down in Cornwall. With the southerly wind it was thought that this would hopefully stay away enabling us to continue flying.
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| John and I waiting to fly. |
Next to fly was new member David Reckitt. After a bit of careful weighing and removing of heavy clothing, David was confirmed to be within the weight limits of the K13. At the top of the launch it could be seen that the rain was quickly encroaching towards the airfield. I decided that the prospect of further flying was doubtful and landed long to put the K13 away.
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| David Reckitt ready for his first flight. |
David left happy and a determination to lose some weight to make his journey to solo easier.
Colin and Gavin continued work in the hangar working towards installing radios and FLARM units to the aircraft.
Apologies to those at the airfield today and were unable to fly. We have to accept that days like this do happen, but good flying days are around the corner. Thank you for all the help in achieving the limited flying that was done.
Peter Howarth
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