Today we had a small group of people who came out. Vic Hatfield, Trevor West, Bob Emery Harry Medlicott Geoff Sim and Sandra Mitchell. Phil Anderton came out to supervise me for towing, and John Wakefield came out to be sociable.
The soaring forecast was not fantastic, but there were a few cus to be seen.
I got the crew to move the old Puchatek wings so that we had room to put the Junior in the hangar. Then they rigged the Junior while I cooked lunch on the barbecue - I think they think rigging gliders is secret men's business. Funny because I thought cooking barbecues was secret men's business too.The Junior looks very good after its comprehensive form 2 and facelift. Please look after it. We have signed off the daily inspection for the rerigging, but did not have chance to do the test flight.
We had a pleasant lunch in the sunshine before going flying.
Harry set an AAT task to Manilla 5km radius, Rangerai (20 km) and Mullaley (40 km). I'm not sure if anyone attempted it except Harry, however everyone stayed up for over an hour, but all landed before the night shift (kangaroos) came out.
Phil has now signed off my tow rating, so now I can tow current pilots midweek. If you need a check flight, you will have to give me notice as I have not yet devised a way of being in the glider and the tug at the same time! The answer is to stay current.
I have got the Grob seats back from the upholsterers and they have done a superb job on them. They really look good. They have also made up a selection of back cushions of different thicknesses so there should be a selection to suit pilots of all sizes.
See you later
Jenny
