Another terrible forecast, but this time it proved to be correct!
We inspected the Puchatek and the Tug. There was a problem with the PTT button in the back seat, which Harry Potts was able to fix. We were about to tow out the glider when the heavens opened and it rained and thundered. This continued pretty much all day.
In the afternoon we derigged the Grob 103 and put the fuselage in the trailer to take down to Temora to get the canopy fixed. We had to interrupt this job for a while waiting for the rain to ease off, but it went surprisingly smoothly.
In the morning, an autoelectrician came out to look at the E-tug, and later on Phil Anderton came out and did some taxi trials. Then he took off and did some flying in it. It seems to be working OK now, but needs a bit more testing. The rain stopped Phil doing as much as he would have liked.
So no flying today in gliders.
The plan is to ferry PPC back to Bathurst tomorrow morning before the storms get going.
Vic will be instructing at the club tomorrow, and Phil may be able to tow in CUR. Otherwise we will be winching.
