With memories of our Aston Down Expedition behind us it was back to Brentor for the Sunday Soarers to take to the air. A steady westerly breeze that would increase during the day with the possibility of some passing showers, we set about getting things ready. A K13 and the Puchacz were taken to the east end launch point.
First up was John Osment for a quick check flight ready to have a solo flight after his recent spell away from flying.
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| John ready cleared to fly solo. |
Next up was David Osment to continue with his training and gain experience in the breezy conditions.
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| David preparing for his flights with me. |
Duty BI Phil Hardwick took a quick flight in the Puchacz with Ed Borlase to make sure he was happy to fly our visitor today. Paul Townsend arrived with his family and after completing the usual paperwork was briefed by Phil ready for his flight.
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| Paul watched by family gets ready to fly. |
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| And settled in the Puchacz. |
The training day continued with Misha Skochko, Viktor Skochko, Freddie Purkiss and Aiden Hughes. All gained valuable experience in the breezy conditions that were steadily increasing as forecast. Aiden experienced his first launch failure which was turned into a demonstration of how to cope with a go-aroud lauch failure. A valuable lesson for the future.
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| Viktor keeping his usual good lookout |
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| View of the airfield. |
With everybody having flown and the conditions deteriorating it was decided to pack the toys away. On returning to the hangar we found Gavin with some friends and family who will be retuning soon to have some flights with us in better conditions.
Thank you to all at the club today. Only 16 flights, but all flew who wanted to.
Peter Howarth
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