A sunny warm summers day was in the forecast (not sure about reading Rasp!), and with the sun came a varied selection of members. Duty instructor Martin Woolner, had the morning shift, with the launch point set up at the west end, and the realisation we only had one Junior available.
Perkoz (Mark Layton)
Flying started at 10.20am, James Flory taking the tug for a test flight, cautious of the slight oil leak, but declared the tug serviceable so the Trial lessons could go ahead with an aerotow. As the morning progressed Mike Sloggett stepped in to help with the training. Steve Westlake took over the duty at 1pm and completed the list by 5.30pm.
K21 landing (Stewart Henshall)
A number of private gliders took launches many choosing to aerotow, which kept Duty tug pilot James Flory very busy. 380, CYA, FMS, (Andrew Logan which having had the longest flight of the day last Saturday and wasn’t even mentioned in the blog, took up the challenge again today) 477, 230, CEC, DD3, G29, DKU.
Pete 230 Molton - Beaminster - Cullompton 174kms
"Too blue, too slow. Suspected a 300 in the Devon blue might have been a bit ambitious and this undeclared task is the remnants of the original. Was going ok though in the 'good' blue to MLN and back abeam North Hill but it turned to bad blue heading East off the Blackdowns. All became a bit of a slog so headed home for an Otter Ale."
Thank you to Rob Hender who winched from first thing through to 3.30pm then had to go to work, so didn’t even fly.
James Smart completed all three Introductory flights, and had three happy customers. Mark Courtney sat with a visitor, Freddie from Brentor, to do his spin training in the Perkoz and then sat with Mike Sloggett for Full Cat training. Thanks to all who stayed and helped all day, a lovely sunny day with a pleasant cooling breeze. - Sally Hender
