Good weather was on the cards again today, after a very successful course week, so the names started appearing on the list at 7:45am!!! With the morning Duty Instructor putting out a late call for cover, CFI Stuart Procter stepped into the breach to assist afternoon instructor James Flory, who as always turned up early to help.
Ready at the West end (Sally Hender)
The Launch point was set up at the west end with everything but the Perkoz taken out of the hangar, and flying commenced at 10:20am. With the limited instructors, the decision was made to do training flights only, with all check flights held off. This meant the two Juniors were in high demand.
The DG505, was used by James Smart and Tom Sides for the two Trial lessons, both visitors were suitably impressed.
Gliding is FUN (Sally Hender)
However, by 1:30pm we were getting more of a tail wind, and the decision was made to swap ends. Flying resumed at 2pm, but with the second launch being a cable break, flying was again delayed while the splice was made.
Busy launch point at the Eastern end (Sally Hender)
Once repaired, flying restarted with lots of private owners making an appearance. Pete Harmer kindly stepped in to help complete the two-seater flying list checking out Andreas Kraemer who then resolo'd in K21 at the end of the day. Connor Williams enjoyed an afternoon of winch training with James Smart.
All was packed away by 5:30pm, with 57 flights in total. Unfortunately we were very depleted in numbers come the end of the day, so again very few to help pack the toys away, so a plea to all those who take launches during the day, please consider the team work needed to ensure everyone flies.
