The last Saturday in September didn’t disappoint, it felt like summer had finally arrived! A good team of instructors were present today led by Stuart Procter all morning and Mark Courtney taking care of the afternoon list, which wasn’t too long but manageable.
Congratulations to Tom, converting to Junior with Simon Minson (Paul Gunner)
We had good progress from some members, Shaun Dayman now fully cleared back seat in the DG505, Mike Rigby converted to the Junior, along with Tom Gunner who also had his first Junior flight following some words of wisdom and cable breaks with Simon Minson.
Congratulations to Mike Rigby also converted to Junior (Mark Courtney)
Private owners Pete Startup, Robert Lee, Jeff Taberham, Chris Woodward and Hans Jenssen all took advantage of the nice day and aired their flying machines. Tuggies James Flory and Simon Leeson leapt into action as well keeping the Eurofox relatively busy whilst the prices are still low (Glider pilots hate spending money!) We had a couple of Trial lesson visitors including 2 walkins flown by Shaun Dayman, Tom Sides and Dave Perriam, all with cheesy grins following their lovely experience.
Soaring flight and North Hill in the sunshine (Lisa Humphries)
I had a lovely aerotow and soaring flight in the Junior with a couple of Buzzards on the wingtip, absolutely stunning birds! Many thanks to Phil Rowlands for manning the winch this afternoon. The visibility was wonderful, the Café was excellent as always thanks to Vicky and the general atmosphere was most enjoyable – no better place to be on a lovely autumn Saturday afternoon! - Lisa Humphries
