A better forecast today, and all present at briefing expressed an intention to fly. John Wakefield came out to replace the generator in the tug, and Boris acted as apprentice. It took rather longer than expected, but the promised thermal conditions didn't materialise either.
Jim Staniforth and Jim Hackett DI'ed the winch and set it up, and after lunch we started winch launching. However no-one got even the sniff of a thermal - it was overcast all day, and there were rain showers about, but seemingly no lift in them! I did three flights on the winch with Roland before it started to rain, and we put the glider away. John White took a launch in the LS7 and Trevor and his friend Bruce took a launch in the Grob.
After the rain stopped, we got the glider out again, and I did another couple of launches with Roland. A bit more work was done on the tug to install an air vent and when this was completed I did an aerotow launch with Gabriel to complete his AFR. Our last launch was at 7.15 pm! Ron Cameron's son Mitchell did a good job scaring the kangaroos off the strip for us.
Now all we need is a good soaring day tomorrow...
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