Following the very successful Adhoc day held on Tuesday, Glenn’s call out for Wednesday was met with a small but eager crew who were clothed in a variety of insulated jackets, coveralls, woolly hats and gloves. With KEK in the workshop for its annual inspection, we pulled the other K21, the Perkoz and a Junior down a soggy field to the west end. And even though there wasn’t much headwind, those opting for a winch launch still were seeing 1400ft on the altimeter and Robert was able to achieve 3000 ft aerotows.
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| Cloudy skies (Mike Sloggett) |
The day progressed with four instructors onsite to handle our group, making it easy to achieve check flights. Glenn put Nicholas Johnson through a number of simulated cable failure exercises and Ron flew solo in a Junior (can you believe it) before providing instruction to new member David Gregory.
Timing was key (Mike Sloggett)
A quick break for lunch with Julie and Beth, then back to the field where temperatures had risen to a balmy 7 degrees. As canopies began to mist and the clouds started lowering, a decision was made to hangar fly the ships back home. Timing was everything as Glenn and Sandy found when they took a Eurofox check flight, only to have to make an early release at 600ft to avoid the rapidly lowering cloudbase. But still time to wash the aircraft and close up the hangar before dark.
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| Increasing orographic cloud (Mike Sloggett) |
No rain, warmer than expected and “smooth as silk” air. A much better than expected day. Sorry if you missed it.- Tom Sides
