Ian Barraclough arrived with his Cessna 185 MIE prepared to tow. Olav arrived back at the club late last night. He decided to fly the Grob Twin ll as he is very tall, and does not really fit into any of the other gliders very well. While waiting for Ian to arrive he went into Tamworth and took the Jantar ASI in to Sigma at the airport. Could not persuade Roy to fly - he keeps working around the club. Moved my glider to a different (currently) unoccupied hangar.
I had to send a tost release to Scone to be installed on the tug's towbar and Sigma phoned to check on the speeds for the Jantar ASI and said it would be ready in the afternoon. Looking at the map I noticed that Scone is only 60 nm from Lake Keepit, and the weather was fine - I decided I'd fly down and take it rather than drive to Tamworth and back. Called in at Sigma on the way. Boris came for the trip, and did most of the flying and navigating, and even pressed the PTT button, but left the radio calls to me! Found I had a much better reception from the aviation service people by flying in! It was good to meet Neville Partridge of Neverpart in Scone, who has done a lot of work on our aircraft in the past.
In the evening we went to Manilla to the Royal for a meal to celebrate Geoff Neely's birthday and were invited to experience Garry's passive solar house - a very convivial evening.
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