When I arrived at the airfield there was already activity getting the ground equipment ready. A forecast for a light southerly breeze would hopefully allow a full day flying to take place.
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| Early morning at DGS |
First to fly with me was Freddie Varley. Four flights including Freddie experiencing his first launch failure sees him progressing through his training, getting to grips with trimming, the top of the launch and stall symptoms.
Our visitor today was Sam Harrison who was with us for a one day course. Her introductory flight was flown by Steve Fletcher and further flights with Richard Roberts,
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| Sam and Richard ready to fly. |
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| Sam and family receiving her certificate. |
We also welcomed back from the high seas, Jamie Steel who was put to work and flew with Val Kiely who is making steady improvements with her general flying.
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| Val and Jamie all smiles. |
Two previous trial flight visitors returned to make use of their three month membership. Toby Irons flew with Gavin Short getting to grips with the controls during his three flights. Robyn Golding-Piper flew with Phil Hardwick for two flights including a hangar flight.
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| Toby with Gavin. |
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| Robyn with Phil. |
The K8 was used by our solo pilots. Steve Fletcher, Malcolm W-J, Phil Hardwick and Jamie Steel. The longest flight was 23 minutes claimed by Steve.
Our treasurer brought a friend up to the club for a trial flight. Zhida Wang was flown around by IFP Steve Fletcher.
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| Zhida and Steve all smiles. |
With the day getting near the end Val and Freddie enjoyed another couple of flights each. Freddie had a 22 minute flight to 1800 feet. His longest and highest flight in a glider so far. His last flight was a hangar flight where I flew the approach and landing to deliver the wing tip of the K13 into the waiting hand of Richard Roberts.
We escaped the passing showers today, but were treated to some rainbows seen from the airfield.
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| Rainbow over Brentor. |
Plenty of Instructors, BI's and IFP to ease the load for each other today made for a good day flying and all leaving happy today. Thank you all.
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