With the forecast suggesting strong winds and rain it was no surprise
that there were few members at the Club at the start of the day.
The surprise was that the weather at 9am was quite flyable, little or no wind and a generally bright sky.
With
JB's "call to arms" for glider polishing having seen several members
turn up for same the decision was made to start cleaning the wings and
fuselage of HCX.
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| Polishing HCX (Mike Sl) |
As the morning unfolded the arrival of a couple
more members, together with a tug pilot, resulted in a decision to take
the other K21 out of the hangar and set up the launch point in the South
East corner of the field - meanwhile other members continued with the
polishing of the other K21.
The first aerotow to 2000' was
completed under a greying sky and a freshening wind but by the time the
second aerotow of the day was under way it became clear that a rain
front was moving in quickly - that the second flight (also to 2000') was
only half the duration of the first flight tells you that a decision to
land sooner rather than later, in view of the approaching rain, had
clearly been taken.
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| Well at least we tried (Mike Sl) |
So the glider and tug were put away and it was back to helping with the K21 polishing. Meanwhile Martin had been working away on the glider simulator room which is making good progress.
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| Rigging HCX |
With
the polishing of HCX completed the glider was rigged and final annual
inspection checks completed after which the glider was put into the
hangar bringing the Club fleet back up to 5 two seaters - thank you to Ian M for their work on the annual inspection for HCX.- Mike Sl
Late afternoon, a large number of members gathered for the AGM. There was no change to the Committee positions, but some lively discussion on some proposed changes to the Constitution. After the AGM, CFI Martin presented the Club trophies.
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| Some of the Trophy winners (Robert) |
| Trophy | Awarded for | Current Holder 2015 |
| Brian Master's Trophy | Winner of the Task Week | Pete Startup |
| Dave Fewings Memorial Shield | Best two-seater flight | Ron Johns, James Hood |
| The Kennedy Trophy | Best performance in a BGA rated competition | Team Eagle |
| The Kelsey Plate | Longest cross-country flight | Matt Wright / Pete Startup |
| Tim Parsons Trophy | Earliest declared and completed flight over 300kms | Matt Wright |
| The Wily Old Bird | personal presentation by the CFI for guile or cunning | Liam Vile |
| The Rose Bowl | Winner of the Club Ladder | Matt Wright |
| The Ken Andrews Trophy | Best flight in a wooden glider | John Pursey, Nick Jones |
| Tim's Challenge Trophy | First O/R to Lasham in a wooden glider | not awarded |
| Francis Bustard Tankard | Best gain of height | Matt Williamson |
| Presidents Trophy aka The Norman Whyte Shield |
Best progress | Pete Bennett |
| Instructor of the Year | Member online vote | Pete Harmer |
| Les' Tankard | Best contribution to the Club by a Junior member | Peter Bennett |
| The Dick Wolff Trophy | Best contribution to the Club by helping others | Pete Startup / William Pope |
| Des Champ Vachables Trophy | The member who achieved the greatest retrieve epicness | Liam Vile |
| Le Magnifique Pissoir | The most flights scoring less than 100pts on the ladder | David Clements |
