Leaving Plymouth in the rain and driving across Roborough Down with the tors in cloud, things were not hopeful for any flying today. When I arrived at the club, things were a little brighter. After a quick coffee, a pitch inspection was carried out. It was decided with some careful use we would be able to do a limited amount of flying.
We would fly from the west end and the K13 and K8 were taken from the hangar, DI'd and taken to the launch point. After a quick test flight of the K13, David Moorley was the first trainee to fly with me.
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| David getting back into the swing of things. |
After David's second flight, the cloudbase had lowered and some rain arrived. Also the wind had backed south-easterly, so we took the opportunity to swap ends.
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| K13 and K8 waiting to fly from the west. |
In the clubhouse Don Puttock was visiting and was working with instructors in waiting, Gavin and Scratch to help prepare them for their mid course review next weekend at North Hill. They came to the launch point to do some flying exercises.
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| Don and Gavin preparing to fly. |
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| Scratch joins Don to fly. |
When Don had finished with the K13, Val had a couple of flights with me. The k8 was flown by Phil hardwick, Viktor Skochko, Freddie Purkiss and Malcolm W-J to maintain recency. Even Gavin and Scratch took the chance to fly the K8 before the cloudbase again lowered and more rain arrived to end the day. Scratch managed to claim flight of the day with 10 minutes. The last flight in the K13 was Sean Westrope with me getting some back seat practice.
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| K13 launches whilst the K8 waits. |
A day which nobody thought they would fly. Recency maintained, trainees progressed and two pilots progressed towards their instructor ratings. Thanks to those at the airfield today achieving what we did.
Peter Howarth
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