The forecast of a light SSW breeze and 3 stars RASP soaring prediction saw privateers rigging after the club aircraft had been taken out of the hangar. A club K13, Puchacz and Astir were taken to the east end launch point. Private Open Cirrus, K6 and a pair of Libelles joined them.
Duty BI Phil Hardwick was joined by ODC student Mark Taylor. Mark had been given the course as a birthday present. With over an hour in the air during the day, Mark thoroughly enjoyed his day with us.
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| Mark enjoying his day with us. |
Junior trainees Toby Irons and Freddie Purkiss are both progressing well and enjoyed three flights each.
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| Toby strapping in ready fir his flights. |
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| Freddie helps launch the Puchacz. |
With conditions starting to improve the solo pilots started launching. Steve Lesson in the Astir, Steve Fletcher in the Open Cirrus, Ed Borlase in the K6, Andy Davey in the Libelle and Sean Westrope in the Libelle.
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| Steve enjoying the Astir. |
Some pilots were managing to soar away and were being observed from the ground.
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| Old school observation. |
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| New school. How many pilots does it take to operate a phone? |
A recent visitor returned today for some additional flights. Julia Old enjoyed three flights honing her skills on turns and general handling. David Moorley also continued hid training improving his approaches and landings.
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| Astir and K13 soaring above Brentor Church. |
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| Open Cirrus over Blackdown. |
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| Open Cirrus with K6. |
Towards the end of the day Martin Broadway re-converted to the Astir. He had previously flown one about 20 years ago.
Thank you to all at the club for a good day flying.
Peter Howarth
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