Very rainy yesterday, but I made it back to Keepit OK in the morning. Found the tug needed an oil change so we did it. Miro Mikus spent a long time on the tractor, aided by Hans Hiltbrenner. If they hadn't we wouldn't have been able to fly today - the grass has grown heaps in just a few days.
Today dawned blue and sunny, but everything was a bit damp. I tried to stir everyone up to get the gliders out early and do a long task, but they all pooh poohed me - thought it would be too wet.
First launch in the Puchatek at 11:30 and it was already possible to soar, but of course we were doing circuits. By the time the masses made it to the flight line, there were cus all over the sky. Jim, my student had to go and have lunch, because the training glider got pushed out of the line! We did 25 launches altogether today.
Hans Hiltbrenner did about 470 km, and long (at least in time) flights were made by Christian Linnet, Garry Speight, John Clark, Nick Singer. Gerhard had a flight for himself in his Jantar, and Allan Buttenshaw and Tony Esler went cross countrly in the Grob.
Yours truly was left bashing the circuit with Jim Thompson and late Karen Sage. After an extraordinarily large number for broken ropes and (prearranged) faulty tugs, both Karen and Jim went solo in the evening. It was Jim's first and Karen's first for quite a long time! Well done Jim and Karen.
Tomorrow I am not working, so I have extracted the Mozzie from the back of the hangar so I can get an early launch!
Jenny
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