A busy day at the airfield today. Firstly I needed to have an AFR to be legal to do anything else, so Garry kindly came out to do that, and Geoff Neely came out and drove the winch. Its always really good value flying with Garry, there's such a lot to be learned. Whenever you get the opportunity, take advantage of it!
We got about 1300 ft on the launch, and picked up a themal somewhere near the rock wall, and were able to climb to 4500 ft where we could do stalls and spins - as far as you can in the Grob. The sky was completely overcast, so the thermals were surprising.
After that I had an air experience flight to do, and once again was able to soar. The visitor was so happy I got a big hug after the landing!
After that I flew with Phil de Joux, a visitor from New Zealand, who has elected to join the club as a full member. Phil will be flying with us for a few weeks at a time - please make him welcome. Also John Trezise, who hasn't flown for a while. John did his first solo on the winch today. Phil needed to revise launch signals and emergencies as he hadn't winched for some time.
11 launches in all for the day. Many thanks to Geoff Neely for driving the winch, and Robin for driving the buggy all day.
More of the same tomorrow weather permitting!
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