New father, Tim Carr was rostered as duty Instructor, but asked to be relieved of flying duties that day. I volunteered to take his place.
I didn't broadcast this substitution as I suspect that people have been avoiding turning up when they know I am the Duty Instructor.
I was surprised to find Jenny on site when I arrived. She advised that she was there to arrange to ferry the eTug to Scone for AD works. She had arranged for Geoff Neely to fly CUR to Scone and that she would precede him in the Jabiru for the trip back.
Christian Linnet, Sam Clift, Trevor West and Garry Speight turned up. We decided to get the winch out with the main objective being to give Sam Clift a conversion to the winch. 
There was a steady breeze blowing from the South and the lowest height gained was Sam's first (instructional) flight when we got to 1450'. After driving the winch for the first 6 flights, Christian decided that the developing cu's were too tempting and decided to get the Cirrus out of the hangar.
With me now driving the winch, XQV achieved 1800' and Christian managed to find a thermal and disappeared for about an hour. Garry Speight who had taken over instructing duties with Sam Clift decided that Sam was proficient in the dark art of winch launches and sent him off solo. Well done Sam!! Sam had 3 solo flights in all and reported 1700' height on all launches.
Trevor West was content to be the retrieve car driver all day. Thanks Trevor. We finished the day with 10 winch launches, all without breaks - real ones that is!
To celebrate, Sam had brought some steaks with him, Christian supplied the bread rolls and we finished the day with a barbecue tea. (Although the steak was the best I have ever tasted, Sam admitted that it wasn't Breeza Plain grain fed beef, but all the way from Gloucester!)
Jenny and Geoff had a successful trip to Scone and back. Hopefully the eTug will soon be back as support for the Callair.
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