Wednesday 3 June

Monday was drizzly in Cowra. I took off in the Jabiru to come back to work, but as I reached Cudal, the rain got thicker, the ground higher and the visibility worse - I thought better of it and turned back to Cowra. Hoped in the car and drove to Lake Keepit - got here about 3 pm to find my gate pass wouldn't let me in. Glad it wasn't the middle of the night!

Jenny Luff was at the club - unable to fly as I was supposed to be towing. It had been showery during the day so she had not missed much. When I arrived, it had cleared up, and Ian Barraclough had flown in Chris Leon's supercub. So we got the Grob out, Ian towed and we were able to do a couple of quick flights before sunset.

It rained quite a bit during the night and was cold and grey in the morning. Garry Speight came out to tow - despite the cold and damp conditions. 

Out with the Grob again, and we did a few flights - trying to build Jenny's confidence on aerotow, and cover the tug signals, hookup proceedure emergencies and so on. Then the rain came and we put it all away for a couple of hours and had a leisurely lunch.

The rain cleared up and we flew again.  The importance of looking ahead on landings was discussed at length!

On Wednesday the day was warmer and we got occasional glimpses of the sun. John Hoye came out to tow. More landing practice - I was being a bit picky - Jenny's landings were safe, but by the end of the day they were polished!  She did four solo flights in the Grob - unfortunately no thermals - the last one of the day was absolutely perfect - I'm proud of her. Shes driving back to Victoria tomorrow - don't envy her that.

John Hoye is very busy preparing for our "Christmas" in winter weekend - looks as if it will be well attended.