A large contingent of visitors from the Hastings and District Aero Club came to the club. We had an instuctors panel meeting and committee meeting scheduled for the weekend, so I stayed at the club. There were plenty of instructors around to fly the aeroclub members on the winch, and all three two seaters were going flat out. I drove the winch for the morning, and Vic Hatfield took over in the afternoon.
Unfortunately we had an incident on the first winch launch of the day, where the tug tow rope was lying across the winch rope, unnoticed by anyone. At the glider took off the tug rope was lifted up by the winch rope and managed to somehow wrap itself around the glider, causing it to back release. The tug's tow hook was damaged, the leading edge of the wing was dented and there were a few dents in the glider too. Luckily no-one was hurt but the tug was out of action for the rest of the day.
The thermal conditions were not great - it was a bit stable, but several of the visitors were able to have soaring flights.
Boris, Christian, Peter Shiels and Tim Carr went water ski-ing in the afternoon, and I had a swim in the lake.
The Aeroclub members all seemed to have a good time, and finished the day off with a huge barbecue.
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