After an exciting couple of days with aerotows on Friday and Jamie going solo on Saturday it was a bit of a surprise of a low turn out today. The forecast of a light westerly breeze and 1500ft cloudbase would allow flying until late afternoon. The field was set up to fly from the east end and the aircraft towed down ready to start.
First to fly with me was Julia Old. Three flights including her first launch failure practice sees her well on the way to maybe going solo again.
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| Julia off on another flight. |
Next in the front seat was Viktor Skochko. After his first flight, the second was a launch failure practice which was well flown.
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| Viktor with dark clouds behind. |
As our only visitor arrived, we had to stop flying for an unforecast shower to pass by. Once cleared the wind had increased slightly, but flying could continue. Max Doble was briefed and taken for his flights by BI Phil Hardwick.
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| Max and Phil getting ready. |
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| Max happy with his certificate. |
Viktor completed his three flights and made way for junior trainee Toby Irons. Three flight including another practice launch failure sees him back up to speed after a couple of weeks away.
With only a few members here today, I stopped for a bit of lunch whilst solo pilots Sean Westrope and Ed Borlase enjoyed a couple of flights each in the Astir and K8 respectively.
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| An Autumnal Blackdown. |
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| Brentor and view towards Cornwall. |
With lunch eaten, solo pilots satisfied it was time to give each of the trainees a couple more flights.
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| K13 returns on a normal approach. |
Toby was all set up ready for the last flight of the day for a modified circuit and hangar landing. He was surprised to get a land ahead launch failure which was well handled and left his dad Howard gasping at the launch point.
Thank you to those who attended today, Particularly Sean who did a large part of the winching today.
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