Thursday and Friday again had bad forecasts. Thursday was pretty ordinary, but good for training. Friday was the best day of the week.
There was lots of work for Boris and the new tug MRP, and I did heaps of circuits with Nigel Holmes. John Wakefield did an AFR with me, and then flew the Junior. Gerhard looked after John Deutsch and Karen Sage. Thanks Gerhard for taking on some of the instructing. We had all three of the two seaters going some days this week - i.e Puchatek, Twin Astir and Twin II.
Hans Hiltenbrenner flew the LS6 on Friday for about 4 hours and Geoff and Sandra had a decent flight in the ASH. John Deutsch had talked himself out of flying all day because of the lousy forecast, but eventually took to the air in the Junior at about 4.30 pm and had a short soaring flight.
Unfortunately Nigel didn't quite get to solo stage, but I reckon another day would have done it. I hope he will come back in January to finish off. Patricia decided that gliding wasn't really for her, but she was a huge help to everyone on the field retrieving gliders. We'd have been lost without her. She even made sure I had lunch every day - she's definitely welcome to come back.
I had intended to head home today (Saturday) but the weather stopped me. I don't fancy driving for 6 hours with all the idiots on the roads for the holiday, so I plan to depart first thing tomorrow. Lots and lots of rain today, so lots and lots of mowing will be required next week. Don't forget to grease the tractor and fill up the diff oil if you plan to take any of this on!
Merry Christmas
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