Geoff turned up bright and early to fly the tug, the weather forecast was terrible, but we were all here to fly, so we got gliders out regardless.
Mike Zupanc wanted to have his first flight in a single seater, so we got the junior out. I gave him a check flight in the Grob 103, and we took the opportunity to do a couple of things he had missed in his training - descending on aerotow, and flying in high tow. Not both at the same time! After that we threw him off in the Junior, which everybody loves to fly. He had some nice flights in it. The cloud broke up during the day, the wind was only about 45 degrees off the strip, and moderated during the day. We started to get thermals. Gabriel did his first ever flight in the LS7, and did a beautiful 2 point landing. I did stalls and spins with the boys, and Scott managed a 50 minute soaring flight. We were able to see what its like to thermal with other gliders, as we had LS7 Pik 20E, Junior and Puchatek all in the air together.
Dave Sieb came out to visit, not particularly intending to fly, but was inspired to get out the Jantar and take it for a spin. He had nearly an hour.
Vic Hatfield came out to train Gabriel in the black art of air experience flying, and I believe has signed him off as an AEI. Congratulations Gabriel!
17 flights altogether for the day!
Robin Walker has been at the club, and although he didn't fly today, he was invaluable helping with runing wings, DI ing gliders and retrieving us from where we landed. An excellent day for the middle of winter - not quite 300 km weather though!
Winching tomorrow morning weather permitting.
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