A light easterly breeze, sunshine for a large part of the day saw privateers eagerly rigging in anticipation of some good flying. For club flying two K13's were prepared and towed to the launch point.
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| K13 launches. |
New member Freddie Varley was first to fly with me. A quick refresher on the primary effects of controls saw him quickly advance onto turning the glider with coordinated controls. Alongside this he was soon getting to grips with some of the ground operations.
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| Freddie settling in for his flights. |
Our first visitors arrived. Robyn Golding-Piper with her nephew Tristan. They live in Brentor and wanted to experience flying with us after often watching us above them.
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| Robyn excited to fly with us. |
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| Tristan being shown around the cockpit. |
After soaring flights of 26 and 27 minutes respectively they left very happy having received their certificates.
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| Robyn, Tristan and Phil. |
Later our final visitor arrived with his family. Steve Fletcher stepped into the back seat to fly Walter Elkins and enjoyed a 36 minute soaring flight.
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| Walter and Steve on their way. |
Training continued with recently soloed Sean Westrope for a check flight. A successful circuit allowed him to add to his solo total. Sean managed a 30 minute soaring flight to start his solo soaring total. The final trainee to fly with me was Matt Stone. His flights included a 15 minute extended circuit and another launch failure practice on his progress to solo status.
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| Brentor Church viewed by Matt. |
Between visitors, Colin Boyd, enjoyed a quick flight solo in the K13. The privateers Ed Borlase (K6), Steve Fletcher (Open Cirrus) and Andy Davey (Libelle) all achieved soaring flights. The flight of the day went to Ed with 2 hour 52 minutes.
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| Ed's view from the K6. |
Richard Roberts was also flying his Discus. He managed an 83km flight (Brentor, Liskeard, Tavistock, Sourton, Brentor).
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| Richard's view towards Plymouth. |
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| Hingston Down Quarry near Gunnislake. |
A good days flying for October considering recent weather. We take what we can. Thank you to all at the club today to achieve this successful day.
Peter Howarth
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