Heaps of people at the club this weekend, as we had an instructors panel meeting and work going on with the new hangars.
Nick Singer did the honours instructing on Saturday, and transitioned Kurt Wiesman into the Grob 103 from the Puchatek, then Kurt did a couple of solos in it, watched anxiously by girl friend Dong Ping. Al Giles flew the Jantar IZT and Stephen Black made one of his rare appearances and got current again.
John Hoye and Jay Anderson shared the towing.
Ray Tilley Tim Carr Steve Hedley, Harry Medlicott and Phil Anderton all worked on the new hangars.
No soaring flights - very stable.
On Sunday there was some cloud about for part of the day. Jay Anderson did the towing, and Nick did some more instructing with an AEF flight, and a check for Kurt. John Stewart made and appearance and flew the LS6. Bet he's left the rudder pedals where I can't reach them again!
The bad news on Sunday was that Geoff Sim attempted to launch in the ASH 25 and it seemed to backfire and caught fire. Luckily some quick thinking by Tim Carr saved it from being completely destroyed. He towed a large hose over from where the hangar work was going on and connected it to one of the watering points at the top of the field and was able to put the fire out. However it will be a long time before that beautiful glider takes to the skies again. Luckily it happened on the ground, not in the air, and no one was hurt but it is still a mystery as to what caused the problem.
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