Sat 16th November

The day started with the gliders out and DI'd early to make the most of the good weather. With lots of Juniors and club members keen not to miss a good day at this time of year, there was no shortage of hands to get the 4 gliders to the west end of the field. 

Junior members discussing the cloud formation (James Hood)

Good progress was made through the flying list over the morning and with enough helpers we continued through lunch. Charlie Stuckey, Dan Hender, Josh Funnell, Andrew Logan, Alan Turner and Roly Clarke were some of the many to take launches in the Junior. 

Approach to North Hill (Charlie Broderick)

 The K21s were flown regularly with lots of training including a number of simulated launch failures keeping the Instructors on their feet walking up and down the field. Charlie Broderick took an aerotow in the Perkoz for spinning and Matthew Howard enjoyed his first aerotow in the K21.

Aerotowing (Andrew Broderick)

Ruth was able to continue with her solo-flying in the K21 later in the day gaining some great experience.

Wash and brush up after flying (Mark Layton)

 All in all, there were lots of members and 48 flights over the day and everyone worked well to get the hangars packed and everything away in time for the GASCO Safety meeting in the evening. A great day enjoyed by all. - Charlie Broderick

Thanks also to the workshop team for getting Junior LRD out after the Annual and ready for flying for the long list of members who wanted to maintain currency. 

Thanks to GASCO for the Safety evening (Stuart Procter)

The evening GASCO Safety meeting was thought provoking -as always-and well attended although some members had to miss it due to the clash with the BGA Management Conference.