Another day which depending on which forecast you looked at, the rain could arrive at 10 O'Clock or as late as 4 O'Clock this afternoon. Withe the winch left out overnight, the only thing to do was move it to the other end of the airfield and prepare the aircraft ready to fly.
The ODC rang in early and as he only had to travel from Plymouth we arranged for him to make his way to the club as quickly as he could. Richard Roberts was duty BI and would brief Harry Dowling and start his flying course.
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| Harry and Richard ready. |
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| Harry and Richard arriving back. |
One of yesterday's new members returned today to sample Sunday flying. Peter Hamilton a lapsed glider pilot of 25 years was looking forward to getting more hands on today. On his third flight he managed his first landing at DGS. This brought a big smile to his face.
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| Peter and Peter ready to fly. |
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| Peter Hamilton on approach |
Our two junior members took time off at half term part way through their GCSE exams to progress their flying. Ollie Hunt and Riley Powell-Thomas each had three flights with me. On each of their third flights they both managed their first landings. Both could not believe they had actually landed a glider. Ollie's expression was "I was not expecting to do that this morning when I left home". Riley had similar thoughts.
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| Riley doing the ABCD check. |
Ed borlase and Martin Broadway were the only solo pilots and both had a couple of circuits in the K8.
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| K13 launches into a darkening sky |
With everybody who wanted to fly, flown and the rain closing in fast it was decided to put the toys away at about 2 o'clock. Thank you to all at the club today, particularly Phil Hardwick who winched, but was unable to fly due to the approaching rain.
Peter Howarth
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