We again woke to very limited visibility, unable even to see the far side of the airfield. We settled into the clubhouse for a discussion about symptoms of the stall, followed by a video dissection of an incident of accidental IMC and the dangers that ensued. The instructors asked for the kit to be set up in anticipation of a clearing sky and almost as soon as everything was out and ready, the skies did become flyable, for the course and Thursday crew albeit with a rather violent downpour just after lunch.
Stewart converts to Junior (Dan Hender)
Having resoloed the previous day, Stewart Henshall moved on to the Junior and enjoyed some good ridge flights. Mike Rigby flew with Mark Courtney and had a good ridge flight with all students putting in some nice landings too. All course members got to fly and continued to progress, with our two youngest participants, Arnie Crosby and Jake Stubb really impressing.
For the Thursday regulars, training, check flights and solo flying continued with IFP training by Wooly for Chris Warnes and Josh Funnell. Some of the regular Wednesday evening group having been weathered off yesterday, turned up to enjoy some sunny calm Thursday evening flying
Field selection / landing done (Ian Mitchell)
Well done to Dan Hender for successfully passing the field selection and landing part of the cross-country endorsement with Ian Mitchell (as always the sky cleared after landing back), just a little more patience is needed to get some weather for the Nav test.
After everything was put away, Mike Sloggett and Sally Hender went off to Highfield FishPlace, Dunkeswell with a very long fish and chip order for the traditional Thursday evening meal and, amazingly, everyone got what they actually ordered! - Mike Rigby
Course Dinner - Fish and Chip supper (Mark Courtney)
