The morning was as cold as a polar bears fingernail, that didn’t deter the hardy members who turned up though! We set up in the SW corner, traditionally a winter hot spot where only 9 layers of clothing are required to stay conscious. The duty icicle (James Flory) set about the flying list, which was surprisingly long, flights were all short but this was perfect for card and currency checks.
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| Sally - Queen of Launch Control (Simon Leeson) |
Simon Leeson and I proceeded to pull various cunning traps for each other, this enabled us to be truly back in the saddle after a gap in both our flying for various reasons, not least the dismal winter weather.
Simon did find some lift at the tip of the north ridge to claim the longest flight of the day, a dizzying 20 mins, not that impressive you might think, but it was double the flight times of the rest of the flights today.
We welcomed a visitor from Brentor, Alasdair Barclay today, his intention was to have spinning signed off in preparation for his upcoming solo. Unfortunately the cloudbase had other ideas, he did enjoy flying the Perkoz however! (A Perkoz is now on his birthday list).jpg)
Started off in the middle of the field before moving to southwest corner (Mark Courtney)
With 4 Instructors James Flory, Simon Leeson, Mark Courtney, Stuart Procter taking turns to get warm in the back seat (out of the wind), the two-seater flying list moved on quite well. Dan Hender and Dave Perriam practised their IFP patter and Tom Sides looked after the Trial lesson visitors, who only got a short winch launch each as the Pawnee wouldn't start. The Junior was also kept busy all day.
A total of 47 winch launches with everyone keeping warm in onesies and thermals. - Mark Courtney & J&P (ed mashup)
