A very quiet day at the club. No one seemed to want to get moving early. The forecast was for very strong winds again, but it moderated during the day.
John Stewart came out and flew the LS7, and had a pleasant 3 1/2 hours local soaring. It was a blue day and the thermals went to about 6000 ft.
I had to do a check with a Dutch visitor, Greg De Vries but when we came to get the Grob out, the front tyre was flat. Inflating it did no good as it went straight back down again. We had to take the wheel out and change the tube. The valve had pulled out of the tube - as happens when the tyre is underinflated. We got the wheel back in with a new tube, and it went down again. This time a dose of slime did the trick, but we need to keep an eye on this tyre. Remember that when you DI the grob, the nose wheel will not have any weight on it if the tail dolly is on. Its easy to miss a flat or soft nosewheel tyre.
After Greg's check flight I thought it was about time I flew the Junior - the only glider in our fleet that I hadn't flown. Launched at 1739 and had about an hour. I thought it felt like a single seat Puchatek.
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