Saturday, and the usual faces helping James Flory get the show going when I arrived. Tom Sides was looking excited about doing some Introductory flights later in the day and discussing with CFI Stu about sharing the Perkoz to fit in round James Smart's checking out for the Introductory Flight ticket.
Setting up the field for a light easterly a trick, was missed in using the north side for the launch point as this funnelled landing gliders down in front of the launch, halting play. Briefly the new grass was used for landings and the launch rate perked up, but discussion with the Head Groundsman Nick stopped this and we switched sides. The new grass is ok for the odd landing but very flinty and patchy and needs more time/work.
Slightly convective looking skies meant a few extended flights in the morning but nothing epic. Cable break demos for me with Josh Batchelor and an exciting aerotow or two refresher with Trevor Russell. Returning with the aerotow cable connected to the glider not the tug was a personal first!
As usual Team Hender put in long stints at the winch and launch point and the Juniors - Josh F, Charlie and Dan took turns in the K6 DRE. The afternoon skies looked much more soarable, as I handed on to Glenn Turpin as DI and turn my hand to trailer mods.
Congratulations to James Smart (IFP)
Congratulations to James Smart for ticking all the boxes with the CFI and gaining the IFP rating.
There seemed to be happy faces in the clubhouse for a beer in the evening with Karen King kindly buying a massive round having resoloed after Covid lockdown! - John Pursey
