Shhh, don't let on. but it was another wave day at Brentor today. The east south east wind, 10 to 15 knots with gusts of 20 always allows the optimists to hope for some wave action. A K13, Puchacz and K8 were DI'd and taken to the west end launch point. These were joined by privateers in a K6 and Open Cirrus.
First flight with Freddie Purkiss found a lot of heavy sink and some turbulence, an indication that there may be some wave somewhere. The second flight we managed to find some weak smooth rising air, but only mahaged to climb to 1600ft. We were joined by Steve Fletcher in the Open Cirrus. With bigger wings he was able to sample a wider area, but only managed to climb a little higher. These two flights were the longest of the day with Steve Fletcher claiming flight of the day with 32 minutes. He landed when some weak thermal activity seemed to break up the wave.
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| Steve returns. |
Training continued with Misha Skochko improving his judgement in the circuit and general flying.
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Misha getting ready with help from dad Viktor.
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After Misha, dad Viktor had a flight with me and managed an extended circuit of 22 minutes.
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| Our view of the airfield. |
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| And Mary Tavy. |
Duty BI Gavin Short was kept busy with three visitors today. First to arrive was Paul Gray. Paul had been bought a voucher for his 60th birthday. He was watched on by his wife Mel who made their short journey from Tavistock.
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| Paul, do you know Gavin prays before each flight. |
Second visitor was Anton Vasili who is Computer engineer living in Dartmouth working in Plymouth. Accompanied by Lauren and their daughter, Becka. He hails from Dnipro, Ukraine which is the home town of our Ukrainian pilot, Viktor.
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| Anton ready for his flights. |
Gavin's final visitor was Emma Nicholas who lives in Tavistock. She came to the site for a single flight. She was accompanied by her wife and two daughters who were fascinated by the whole operation.
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| Emma settled in for her flight. |
The still bumpy conditions prevented Freddie and Viktor adding to their solo flights. Both enjoyed further flights with me as did trainee Misha. Solo pilots John Smith (K8) and Ed Borlase (K6) managed extended circuits.
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| K13 launches again. |
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| K6 and K8 wait to fly. |
George Purkiss was rewarded for all his work around the airfield today, when Steve Fletcher took him for a quick flight in the Puchacz.
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| George watched by Freddie. |
Thank you to the small crew at the airfield today who each kept things moving and operating smoothly.
Peter Howarth
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