With the forecast suggesting some grey skies it was perhaps not entirely unexpected that only a few members were at the Club first thing - with Peter Smith already crawling under the winch to continue the repairs started by Alan Turner yesterday. But with enough members to fly both K21s, a Junior and the Perkoz were soon being brought out of the hangar and daily inspections completed whilst Launch Control was set up on the North East side of the airfield.
James Flory started the general Club training with Ella Penny whilst Mike Sloggett started some One to One training with Emma Flory, and which seemed to be focused on exploring various parts of the Western end of the airfield with Emma not getting to the top of the launch(es) throughout the morning.
With few winch drivers available Dave Perriam and David Cowley shared all of the day’s winch driving between them (Well Done and Thank You both) whilst also sharing the Junior with Josh Batchelor, Chris Mew and Pete Warren.
Robert Lee and Peter Smith looked after the Trial Lessons visitors - all the Trial Lessons flying in the Perkoz through winch launches due to the cloudbase not allowing aerotows.
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Trial lesson visitors in Perkoz (Mike Sloggett)
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After a short lunch break to allow everyone to ‘refresh and recharge’ the flying continued in the afternoon with Ian Mitchell as Duty Instructor and by late afternoon the flying list was completed.
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A drop of rain has made the seeded grass grow (Mike Sloggett)
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Thank You to all for the teamwork today which enabled others to get into the air - and a particular Thank You to Leina Penny who helped on the ground throughout the day and who was rewarded for same by having her first glider flight, much to the delight of her daughter Ella. - Mike Sloggett
