The day started with a fresh bite in the air and a fair few misty canopies! Considering the weather we were surprised at the lack of people.
Martin Woolner turned up, and with one Instructor things slowly got underway, with Fran taking multiple launch failures. David Buss suddenly decided he could speed up operations by retrieving the crew separately to the glider putting them in the other two-seater while the previous one was towed back. This sped things up and we had quickly got the first two students flown.
I then took a check flight and got cleared for solo, putting my count up to 8 solos now! Unfortunately this ruined David’s retrieving system but Steve Westlake turned up and so did the weather! Pete Bennett took the Junior for a long flight and HCX was up for a good 30 minutes.
We said farewell to CCY as Ian Mitchell towed it to Mendip GC with the Rotax Falke at lunchtime with Matt Williamson having his first ferry flight.
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| Nice cloudscape with CCY on tow (not quite the flypast I was expecting! - Jill Harmer) |
A stop for lunch and afterwards only a few flights were needed to complete the list. Karen King had a solo flight and thoroughly enjoyed it, all in all a good day was had by all despite the cold!! with 33 flights in all. - Charlie Stuckey
