A rather quiet day at the airfield. Garry was the instructor for the day. We had another scare with the tug as Tim Carr spotted a broken bolt in the engine bay. It had come from the generator. With much difficulty it was replaced, and the tug was able to fly.
The problem with the tug brought Andrew Brumby to the airfield with a replacement bolt, so while he was here he did some solo flying in the Grob 103. Despite having hours of tug flying under his belt, he has not done all that much glider flying, but I think he's getting keen on it.
Bob Sprague also flew the Grob, Peter Shiels flew XQV (cirrus - that aircraft gets a real work out with 3 of the 4 syndicate members being very active pilots) and I flew the Mosquito.
It was reasonable windy from the east, and the thermals not all that easy, but I managed to do the silver C milk run of Manilla, Gunnedah and back. Cloudbase was all over the place but the maximum height I got was 6700ft.
Garry spent most of the day working on the Junior. He did its 50 hourly inspection, and was concerned about the rudder, and dismantled and lubricated it. Thanks for that Garry.
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