Tuesday was a cold and very stable day, foggy at first.
I started the day with Michael Newnham. In one flight we did take-off, rudder waggle, hook-up, boxing the slipstream, high tow, spins, stalls circuit and landing. Michael felt he had worked quite hard! After a cable break and a wave off, I thought he was ready to fly solo, so I phoned up Vic Hatfield to see he if would offer a second opinion.
Vic came out on his BMW and hopped into the back of the Puchatek, and gave poor Michael another work-out, and ran him out of height in the circuit. After yet another cable break (we really must get some more reliable tow ropes) Vic was happy to send Michael solo - but he wouldn't go!
They had another flight together, in which strangely enough nothing odd happened at all. As they were preparing for yet another, Vic said "you're going on your own this time, so get on with it" or words to that effect.
There was just enough daylight left for two solo flights, both of which went without a hitch. The day ended with a few beers.
Congratulations Michael
Thanks to Bruce Clark for 14 tows during the day, and Vic for coming out and making things happen.
