Garry came out again to fly the 185.
The prognostications from the blipmaps indicated good thermals rising to 9000ft later in the afternoon, but no cloud.
It was already working well by the time Nigel and I launched at about 11.30. Ray Tilley turned up and returned the Junior - fixed. Thank you so much Ray. He also went flying - disappearing for 4 hours and 56 minutes. However he wouldn't tell me where he went - I'll get it out of him tomorrow!
Ken Flower turned up and I pursuaded him that it would be a nice trip to fly to Armidale in his Grob 109, and did he have room for a tug pilot on board? Ken dropped Juho off at Armidal to bring the tug back after its 100 hourly. He said they got one good climb to about 6000ft but used the motor the rest of the way. Ken said he stopped for 2 thermals on the way back.
We had a bit of a drama when Juho took off in the Callair to fly back - no airspeed! He landed again but found all the Superair people had gone, Ken had gone so he was stranded in Armidale. Fortunately he stumbled across Brad Edwards who happened to be at the airport, and he was able to contact one of the Superair mechanics, who swiftly solved the problem. Many thanks to Brad for sorting this one out.
Juho flew back without further incident, and our tug has a new 100 hourly. Its all good!
The rumour is that a few of the locals are coming out to fly tomorrow (Wednesday) and Dave Turner, Ray Tilley and Gerhard will be going places too. Garry is planning weather permitting to fly with Patricia on a cross country.
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