The morning greeted the early arrivals with low cloud. But as the forecast was for the cloud to lift and leave us with clear skies and a moderate NW breeze we set about getting things ready to fly.
Once the cloudbase was high enough, first into the front seat was Freddie Purkiss. Five flights during the day including a practice launch failure sees him well on his way to achieving his aims.
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| Freddie doing his pre-flight checks. |
Today's duty IFP Steve Fletcher had two visitors to fly. One was booked in and the other arrived unexpectedly. First visitor was Peter Timmoney arrived from Plymouth with his wife. Peter enjoyed three short flights with Steve.
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| Peter being briefed by Steve. |
The second visitor was Colin Easton. An ex Dockyard Drawing Office worker also from Plymouth enjoyed two slightly longer flights with Steve.
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| Colin Easton and Steve. |
Whilst Steve was flying the visitors I test flew K8 GDK after rigging post ARC.
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| Getting ready for the test flight. |
When Steve had finished with the K13 it was time to resume training. New junior Edward Nicholson who wants to become a RAF Engineer settled into the front seat. Following his introductory flights last week it was time for hands on and was soon getting to grips with coordinated turns and trimming the glider during flight.
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| Edward excited to start his training. |
An old member returned today using a voucher to re-introduce himself to flying. Matthew Stone enjoyed three flights with me. By the third he was doing everything showing how little he had forgotten.
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| Matthew happy back in the front seat. |
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| Brent Tor. |
Thank you to Phil Hardwick and Ed Borlase for all the winching today who under their guidance saw George Purkiss do the majority of the launches ready to eventually be cleared to drive the winch.
The longest flight today was only 10 minutes, but all enjoyed what flying was done.
Peter Howarth
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