Busy day on Sunday with 19 launches according to flight sheet. Airforce cadets were flying. Very windy day.
No flying appears to have happened on Monday - our Qld visitor for the week became ill and went home. But Dave Turner and Gerhard were at the club. Dave was doing the Form 2 inspection on the hornet GMZ.
On Tuesday I flew back from Cowra, arriving at about 11.30. Dave and Gerhard wanted to fly, and had got the tug out and hooked the rope on. All I had to do was the DI, hop in it and tow them up. That was good - thank you.
Conditions were good with cumulus at about 8000ft, however the day blued out later on. Gerhard flew for about five hours!
Wednesday Dave went home. Geoff Neely came out and flew the DG 400. Conditions were blue, and not all that strong, but Geoff flew out west of Gunnedah. Gerhard not keen to fly in the blue, but adjusted the trim on the Junior, for which many thanks. Vic came out with his motorcycle gang and showed them around, but they couldn't be induced to fly.
John Trezise and Allan Buttenshaw turned up later in the afternoon. John and I washed and polished the Junior - it looks really good now - all taped up and ready for another test flight.
Plenty of tug flying tomorrow I think. Looks as if we will have quite a lively long weekend.
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Friday Saturday and Sunday 27 September
Friday was clear and blue, but a bit breezy from the west. Evidently the blipmaps must have been quite optimistic as John Hoye came out to fly with Steve Hedley in OZ, the Nimbus 3dm. Gerhard Stuck and Tim Carr were at the club and quite a few visitors from the Warringah Radio Control Society.
OZ took off first and disappeared for the afternoon. I heard later they had been around the back of Mt Kaputar. Ray Tilley and I adjusted the trim and put the seat pan back in the Junior then I got the tug ready. Tim flew with Peter Mark and Stephen from WRCS in the Grob.
At the end of the day, after OZ came back, John Hoye towed me up in the Junior to do the test flight - but the trim still needs a bit of adjustment.
Saturday was windy and dusty, and I stayed firmly on the ground. However there was no stopping Geoff Neely and Dave Turner and Tim! Geoff towed and Dave and Tim flew with the model club members. Very windy, but the dust did clear later in the day. Dave told me they got to 6000ft on the first flight.
Sunday was clear again, but rather cold. Forecast for flying to Cowra was miserable, but the radar and satellite didn't look too bad. Very windy again though. A group of air force cadets came out to the club to go gliding - Andrew Brumby towing, Peter Shiels, Steve Hedley and Tim Carr instruction. Despite the strong winds they flew 19 sorties with the cadets - with the three two seaters in action.
I took off in my Jabiru (runway 32) just before the first glider launched (runway 27). As soon as the wheels left the ground the aircraft turned sideways in the crosswind! It was a bit stronger and more crossed than I had realised! A very slow trip back to Cowra with 25kt headwind, but I got there eventually. Good lift under the clouds - rather turbulent. Wind between the two runways of course at Cowra, but I managed to get down OK but I think it was about the strongest wind I've flown in to date!
Gerhard and Geoff will look after things at the club on Monday (thanks guys)- I'll be back Tuesday.
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Thursday 24 October
Dust dust dust yesterday, and raging winds. No flying obviously. Never seen a dust storm like it - you couldn't see the horizion, and the sky was an eerie yellowish red. Spent the day making a headrest for the Junior - I am quite pleased with the result! Ray Tilley alternated between working on the Junior form 2, finishing off the Grob, and fixing some cracks on the noses of Garry's twin astir.
Today the weather was much nicer - still a bit breezy but good cumulus from quite early on. Only launched one glider - Ray Tilley in his ASW 27. Yes he does fly as well as working. Today he was rewarded by a nice flight to Werris Creek , Mullaley and back.
After he landed we cleaned all the dust off the Junior from yesterday's storm and rigged it. Still have to put the seat pan back in, wing frequency and redo control deflections. Ray has done a lot of minor fibreglass repairs on it, and fixed a few other niggles - I'm looking forward to the test flight! With any luck it should be back on-line by the weekend.
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Tuesday 22 September
Rain Rain Rain here yesterday. We do need the rain, but it does get a bit depressing. A day for maintenance. Ray Tilley is here beavering away on the gliders - finishing the paint job on the Grob, and the form 2 on the Junior. He has given me a mission to make a headrest for the Junior so I had to go into Tamworth to get the materials I needed. Got the club car radio fixed (missing PIN) while I was there. Committee meeting in the evening. More rain and now dust!
The bad weather has obviously arrived to coincide with a large gathering of slope soaring modellers on Mt Borah.
I obviously stirred up a couple of people with my blog yesterday, as John Clark has now written up his experience of the weekend, and John Stewart has posted his flight to the OLC. Looks as if he got to 10000 ft at Barraba. Not bad.
Our friend Geoff Pratt, who flew here during May last year, (I showed him how to post his flights to the OLC), is now comprehensively leading the winter contest, and has just posted a 605km flight at 136 kph flying the Morning Glory at Burketown. Well done Geoff.
Weekend of 19 and 20 September - by John Clark
On 21/09/2009, at 16:50, Jenny Ganderton wrote:
> Apparently there were some good flights over the weekend, but no-one
> has either posted them to the OLC or written any of them up on the
> chat group. I heard that John Stewart got to 10,000ft and flew about
> 170km. Come on guys - don't hide your light under a bushel!
There were some good flights on Saturday, but the definition of "good"
must depend on if you were flying or not. Any flying is better than no
flying but Saturday was something different altogether.
Maybe I am not experienced enough with spring weather but Saturday had
heaps of lift, very closely aligned with double the amount of sink.
The task was set by Robin W who typically elected not to fly.
Christian and Greg (?) headed out to Manilla and Castle tops early. I
launched a little later and got a decent thermal near the strip...
which I had to leave because I was being out-climbed by Wendy M in the
LS7 who headed to Manilla after me, a little later.
I headed for Manilla and had a go at a couple of thermals on the way
with not much of a result. Wendy reported that she was returning to
Lake Keepit for a top up. I got lower at Manilla, headed back towards
Gaineys, then back to Manilla and was just about to start the iron
thermal when I got a boomer. off the dial... which alternated with off-
the-dial sink which was so close to the lift that it was like a
washing machine and near to un-workable that close to the ground, by
me in any case. So I did a TOL (technical out landing) and got back up
to 3000'.
From then on, it was character building for all.
I heard Dave Shorter launch and tell Garry S that he had water on.
Obviously Dave could handle conditions which I could not. I felt
fairly inadequate at that point. Then Christian radioed in to say that
he was about to do his first outlanding for the year near Mt Kaputar.
Then Dave S comes on the radio and made a few unqualified enquiries
about the state of the lift and how high people were getting. At that
stage I had got another boomer near Rangarai and was (briefly) going
up like a rocket. Greg (?) joined me and by the time he had bailed
out, I had lost 1500' or so. Partly because I was talking to Dave S to
explain the state of things at the end of the Kelvins and partly
because the sink was huge and mixed up nicely with the lift.
While I escaped to a black coal mine which surely was a thermal
generator, Dave S radioed in to say he was outlanding. Then Christian
comes on and says he's 20 kms out and homeward bound.
What a day! I need to learn more about something.
Right now I am looking at Torrey Pines near La Jolla in California
which gives me an excuse for leaving the club in a hurry and not
helping pick up Dave and being at the committee meeting. Lots of
"dopes on ropes" out soaring on a lovely light sea breeze and no real
gliders. It's a shame that fashion moves so fast!
Apparently they do winch sailplanes up from a strip just behind the
cliffs in April which must be a hoot. Not so much the flying, but
setting up a landing over the high rise buildings just behind the
strip... and making sure you don't fly over any of the condos on the
beach and upset the privacy loving occupants. Never had that trouble
flying over beaches and houses in Oz!
BR
JC
> Apparently there were some good flights over the weekend, but no-one
> has either posted them to the OLC or written any of them up on the
> chat group. I heard that John Stewart got to 10,000ft and flew about
> 170km. Come on guys - don't hide your light under a bushel!
There were some good flights on Saturday, but the definition of "good"
must depend on if you were flying or not. Any flying is better than no
flying but Saturday was something different altogether.
Maybe I am not experienced enough with spring weather but Saturday had
heaps of lift, very closely aligned with double the amount of sink.
The task was set by Robin W who typically elected not to fly.
Christian and Greg (?) headed out to Manilla and Castle tops early. I
launched a little later and got a decent thermal near the strip...
which I had to leave because I was being out-climbed by Wendy M in the
LS7 who headed to Manilla after me, a little later.
I headed for Manilla and had a go at a couple of thermals on the way
with not much of a result. Wendy reported that she was returning to
Lake Keepit for a top up. I got lower at Manilla, headed back towards
Gaineys, then back to Manilla and was just about to start the iron
thermal when I got a boomer. off the dial... which alternated with off-
the-dial sink which was so close to the lift that it was like a
washing machine and near to un-workable that close to the ground, by
me in any case. So I did a TOL (technical out landing) and got back up
to 3000'.
From then on, it was character building for all.
I heard Dave Shorter launch and tell Garry S that he had water on.
Obviously Dave could handle conditions which I could not. I felt
fairly inadequate at that point. Then Christian radioed in to say that
he was about to do his first outlanding for the year near Mt Kaputar.
Then Dave S comes on the radio and made a few unqualified enquiries
about the state of the lift and how high people were getting. At that
stage I had got another boomer near Rangarai and was (briefly) going
up like a rocket. Greg (?) joined me and by the time he had bailed
out, I had lost 1500' or so. Partly because I was talking to Dave S to
explain the state of things at the end of the Kelvins and partly
because the sink was huge and mixed up nicely with the lift.
While I escaped to a black coal mine which surely was a thermal
generator, Dave S radioed in to say he was outlanding. Then Christian
comes on and says he's 20 kms out and homeward bound.
What a day! I need to learn more about something.
Right now I am looking at Torrey Pines near La Jolla in California
which gives me an excuse for leaving the club in a hurry and not
helping pick up Dave and being at the committee meeting. Lots of
"dopes on ropes" out soaring on a lovely light sea breeze and no real
gliders. It's a shame that fashion moves so fast!
Apparently they do winch sailplanes up from a strip just behind the
cliffs in April which must be a hoot. Not so much the flying, but
setting up a landing over the high rise buildings just behind the
strip... and making sure you don't fly over any of the condos on the
beach and upset the privacy loving occupants. Never had that trouble
flying over beaches and houses in Oz!
BR
JC
Monday, September 21, 2009
Monday 21 September
Thought I'd better try and start writing the blog on a daily basis, before anyone complains again!
Flew back to Lake Keepit on Monday morning - delayed by finding a Cessna 172 in front of my aircraft in its Cowra hangar with the doors locked and the parking brake on. Not very considerate. Had to fly through a few showers on the way up, but not too bad a trip.
Arrived to find that Ray Tilley is here for the week, along with Harry and Wendy Medlicott, dave Shorter and Nick Singer. I am not sure if they will be doing much flying. Ray is finishing painting the wing of the Grob, so it will look spiffy by next weekend.
Apparently there were some good flights over the weekend, but no-one has either posted them to the OLC or written any of them up on the chat group. I heard that John Stewart got to 10,000ft and flew about 170km. Come on guys - don't hide your light under a bushel!
Today was overcast and a bit showery - but not hugely windy or anything. Would have been OK for training. Nice and warm. Expecting Dave Austin from Caboolture next week to try and get his Silver C and John Trezise coming up to do the same.
Jenny
Friday, September 18, 2009
The week to Friday 18th Sept
Quiet on Monday and Tuesday - fortunately because after the frantic week last week I had 1/2 a million emails to deal with - or so it seemed. Took me most of Monday to catch up with them.
Internet connection dropped - you wouldn't think that was very important, but you wouldn't believe how much people go on about it if they cant connect. Spent most of the day on Tuesday restoring the right IP addresses to the ethernet docking station. Very frustrating - lots of more useful things I'd rather be doing.
Quite a flurry of activity on Wednesday - AFR for Miro Mikus, and two passenger flights. We also had a visit from Scott Lashmore and family who came from the Wahringa Model Aircraft Club. Phillipa went up for a flight with me in the Grob, but unfortunately I couldn't take Scott due to the weight limitations of the glider. Geoff Neely flew his DG400, and went up to Kaputar or thereabouts. I couldn't persuade him to put his log on the OLC. He said he got to 10,000ft! Garry towed.
On Thursday, Jacques Graells from Southern Cross came out to fly. Jacques came on a course with us last Christmas and went solo and now has his B certificate at southern cross. As it was very windy, and I wanted to see how he had progressed I flew with him. Miro flew the LS6. Geoff Neely towed. Conditions were not pleasant, and the thermals were very broken up in the strong wind, so we gave up and put everything away.
Today (Friday) Garry came out to fly the tug, in case I needed to fly with Jacques again, but as I didn't think that was necessary he flew his twin astir. I flew the tug. Jacques flew the Grob, and then had a flight with Garry in order to polish up his thermalling skills - but it went blue near the club, and hard to soar. Gerhard flew in his Jantar and stayed up for over 3 hours - he worked his way over to the clouds to the north of the strip and said it was better there. John Clark flew his DG800 and went up towards Rangarai.
Weather has been hot and the soaring season has well and truly arrived. So have the frogs in the toilets!
Anyone visiting the club and looking for a way to help - Please empty the bins!!!
Internet connection dropped - you wouldn't think that was very important, but you wouldn't believe how much people go on about it if they cant connect. Spent most of the day on Tuesday restoring the right IP addresses to the ethernet docking station. Very frustrating - lots of more useful things I'd rather be doing.
Quite a flurry of activity on Wednesday - AFR for Miro Mikus, and two passenger flights. We also had a visit from Scott Lashmore and family who came from the Wahringa Model Aircraft Club. Phillipa went up for a flight with me in the Grob, but unfortunately I couldn't take Scott due to the weight limitations of the glider. Geoff Neely flew his DG400, and went up to Kaputar or thereabouts. I couldn't persuade him to put his log on the OLC. He said he got to 10,000ft! Garry towed.
On Thursday, Jacques Graells from Southern Cross came out to fly. Jacques came on a course with us last Christmas and went solo and now has his B certificate at southern cross. As it was very windy, and I wanted to see how he had progressed I flew with him. Miro flew the LS6. Geoff Neely towed. Conditions were not pleasant, and the thermals were very broken up in the strong wind, so we gave up and put everything away.
Today (Friday) Garry came out to fly the tug, in case I needed to fly with Jacques again, but as I didn't think that was necessary he flew his twin astir. I flew the tug. Jacques flew the Grob, and then had a flight with Garry in order to polish up his thermalling skills - but it went blue near the club, and hard to soar. Gerhard flew in his Jantar and stayed up for over 3 hours - he worked his way over to the clouds to the north of the strip and said it was better there. John Clark flew his DG800 and went up towards Rangarai.
Weather has been hot and the soaring season has well and truly arrived. So have the frogs in the toilets!
Anyone visiting the club and looking for a way to help - Please empty the bins!!!
Catch up on the news to 13 Sept
Hi all
I have been severely ticked off by Marketa in the Czech Republic for not keeping my blog up to date, so here goes.
On Wednesday the 3rd September disaster struck. I was rushing to launch Ken Flower in the Puchatek for its test flight after form 2, and didnt connect the towbar on the tug to the bike securely enough. When I stopped the plane continued, and rolled into the back of the bike, damaging the elevator and trim. So everyone learn from my mistake - make sure tow bars are securely connected to towing vehicles.
The weather turned nasty on Thursday and Friday, so Richard and Lisa went home without missing much. I took the elevator to Scone to get it welded, and Harry Medlicott brought it back again next day. Then John Wakefield took over and did the fabric work and painting. The painting took a bit longer than expected as the dope wouldn't dry, but the result looks excellent.
John W and John Hoye replaced the elevator on Friday 11th just in time for the tuggies ball.
Meanwhile I had four low time pilots at the club for the week ending 11th Sept. Rob de Jarlais had come out to tow, but being multi-talented, he instructed on the winch instead. We got endorsed on Harry's new winch - but it rained all day on the Monday.
On Tuesday we started using Harry's winch but had starter motor problems, so changed over to the old winch. It was quite windy so we were getting good height on the launches. We even broke a weak link (using Harry's winch) which brought it home to us that we need to use the correct strength with the dyneema rope, as it is actually stronger than the weak link!
As we had low airtime pilots who needed circuits, winch training was quite a good thing. We had no problem getting away on the days with thermals, but it got quite stable toward the end of the week. Still four people was a lot to manage, and I was really tired by the end of the week. Ken Flower helped out on Wednesday, Rob left on Thursday and Geoff Neely drove the winch. He went from 10 am to dark without a break, and was frozen by the end of it. I had the Puchatek and the Grob out, and had to keep hopping from one to the other.
On Friday Steve Hedley drove the winch, and Garry Speight shared the instructing - still really busy. Jay Anderson winch launched is LS6 and managed to soar for some time but it was a struggle. Bob Dircks fixed the starter motor on the new winch, and it is going OK again now. We are getting good launches.
On Friday afternoon I sent Garth Patterson for his second solo flight - the first off the winch. And the rope broke! Fortunately we had practised this , and he handled it beautifully, doing a mdodified circuit and an excellent landing. Garth has now joined the club, so hopefully we will be seeing more of him.
On Saturday another new member joined the club - Lyndell W (oops sorry can't quite remember the name properly. He is 14. He did several flights on Saturday with Rob de Jarlais. Hope to see him back again soon.
The weekend was the annual tuggies gathering, where we were briefed by Ian Barraclough on towing two gliders at ones, and also about procedures to be followed in the case of a tug breakdown, and what maintenance we can do ourselves. This was followed by croquet chez Dircks, which I missed. Then a meal perfectly cooked and presented by Jan Dircks with some of the guests doing a turn. Jan can only cope with a limited number of people, so Tug Pilots get first refusal of tickets for this function.
Spent Sunday doing housework :-(
I have been severely ticked off by Marketa in the Czech Republic for not keeping my blog up to date, so here goes.
On Wednesday the 3rd September disaster struck. I was rushing to launch Ken Flower in the Puchatek for its test flight after form 2, and didnt connect the towbar on the tug to the bike securely enough. When I stopped the plane continued, and rolled into the back of the bike, damaging the elevator and trim. So everyone learn from my mistake - make sure tow bars are securely connected to towing vehicles.
The weather turned nasty on Thursday and Friday, so Richard and Lisa went home without missing much. I took the elevator to Scone to get it welded, and Harry Medlicott brought it back again next day. Then John Wakefield took over and did the fabric work and painting. The painting took a bit longer than expected as the dope wouldn't dry, but the result looks excellent.
John W and John Hoye replaced the elevator on Friday 11th just in time for the tuggies ball.
Meanwhile I had four low time pilots at the club for the week ending 11th Sept. Rob de Jarlais had come out to tow, but being multi-talented, he instructed on the winch instead. We got endorsed on Harry's new winch - but it rained all day on the Monday.
On Tuesday we started using Harry's winch but had starter motor problems, so changed over to the old winch. It was quite windy so we were getting good height on the launches. We even broke a weak link (using Harry's winch) which brought it home to us that we need to use the correct strength with the dyneema rope, as it is actually stronger than the weak link!
As we had low airtime pilots who needed circuits, winch training was quite a good thing. We had no problem getting away on the days with thermals, but it got quite stable toward the end of the week. Still four people was a lot to manage, and I was really tired by the end of the week. Ken Flower helped out on Wednesday, Rob left on Thursday and Geoff Neely drove the winch. He went from 10 am to dark without a break, and was frozen by the end of it. I had the Puchatek and the Grob out, and had to keep hopping from one to the other.
On Friday Steve Hedley drove the winch, and Garry Speight shared the instructing - still really busy. Jay Anderson winch launched is LS6 and managed to soar for some time but it was a struggle. Bob Dircks fixed the starter motor on the new winch, and it is going OK again now. We are getting good launches.
On Friday afternoon I sent Garth Patterson for his second solo flight - the first off the winch. And the rope broke! Fortunately we had practised this , and he handled it beautifully, doing a mdodified circuit and an excellent landing. Garth has now joined the club, so hopefully we will be seeing more of him.
On Saturday another new member joined the club - Lyndell W (oops sorry can't quite remember the name properly. He is 14. He did several flights on Saturday with Rob de Jarlais. Hope to see him back again soon.
The weekend was the annual tuggies gathering, where we were briefed by Ian Barraclough on towing two gliders at ones, and also about procedures to be followed in the case of a tug breakdown, and what maintenance we can do ourselves. This was followed by croquet chez Dircks, which I missed. Then a meal perfectly cooked and presented by Jan Dircks with some of the guests doing a turn. Jan can only cope with a limited number of people, so Tug Pilots get first refusal of tickets for this function.
Spent Sunday doing housework :-(
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
1 September 2009
Maintenance week is over now, and four Form 2 inspections completed on Club Gliders, several private gliders done also. Weather during the week was perfect most of the time - a couple of days were a bit hot for comfort. As well as getting lots of work done, we all had a fun time, thanks to the superb catering put on by Wendy Medlicott and Marga Tilly with assistance from Maria Hackett. Not having to worry about cooking in the evenings really helps, and means everyone eats together which is sociable!
The weather turned a bit unpleasant on Saturday, with thunder and showers, which meant we were not able to get the evaluation flights on all the gliders done. Please check the Maintenace Release for a pilot signature before flying the LS6 or Puchatek or Junior. The Junior is not finished yet - the fuselage is at Ray Tilley's in Armidale where he is doing a couple of fibreglass repairs but I am sure it will be back in the air soon.
Spring is really here now - I found a frog sitting on the engine of my Jabiru this morning, and Wendy Gardner relocated three from the Ladies toilet last weekend! The ants are all back in action, and there are plenty of blowies about. All the Kanga's seem to have baby Roos!
I shifted my weekend forward by a day this week, and Ken Flower very kindly covered for me on Monday. Richard Fethers is at the club getting current again with his partner Lisa. Both are highly skilled at splicing rope - very useful!
I spent 11 hours on the road on Sunday towing my glider to Temora and then driving back to Cowra - what a marathon. After dashling about all day at Cowra on Monday, I drove back to Keepit in the evening - another 51/2 hours - except I had to stop to sleep a couple of times so it took longer. Missed an enormous roo by inches - I slammed on the anchors and he panicked and hopped faster so contact was avoided. Lots of dead ones on the roads.
About 10 km west of Gunnedah at about 3 am I was lucky enough to see a koala crossing the road. I slowed down - so did he. I stopped - so did he. (or she) He sat on the white line in the middle of the road just looking at me - only about 10 feet away. Before I could get to my camera though he ambled off on his way. Thats only the second one I've ever seen in the wild in 20 years!
Today was sunny and warm after a cold start - clouds over the hills but a bit stable around the airfield. Al Giles flew a passenger from the Caravan park, and I flew with Richard a couple of times. The people in the caravan park are talking to one another and we seem to be getting a stream of passenger flights. Conditions were soarable but not exactly exciting. Geoff Neely very kindly came out at short notice to tow. I did the evaluation flight on the LS7 - a pleasant end to the day.
Things are starting to move again here - people booking courses and others getting current. September looks like being quite busy.
The weather turned a bit unpleasant on Saturday, with thunder and showers, which meant we were not able to get the evaluation flights on all the gliders done. Please check the Maintenace Release for a pilot signature before flying the LS6 or Puchatek or Junior. The Junior is not finished yet - the fuselage is at Ray Tilley's in Armidale where he is doing a couple of fibreglass repairs but I am sure it will be back in the air soon.
Spring is really here now - I found a frog sitting on the engine of my Jabiru this morning, and Wendy Gardner relocated three from the Ladies toilet last weekend! The ants are all back in action, and there are plenty of blowies about. All the Kanga's seem to have baby Roos!
I shifted my weekend forward by a day this week, and Ken Flower very kindly covered for me on Monday. Richard Fethers is at the club getting current again with his partner Lisa. Both are highly skilled at splicing rope - very useful!
I spent 11 hours on the road on Sunday towing my glider to Temora and then driving back to Cowra - what a marathon. After dashling about all day at Cowra on Monday, I drove back to Keepit in the evening - another 51/2 hours - except I had to stop to sleep a couple of times so it took longer. Missed an enormous roo by inches - I slammed on the anchors and he panicked and hopped faster so contact was avoided. Lots of dead ones on the roads.
About 10 km west of Gunnedah at about 3 am I was lucky enough to see a koala crossing the road. I slowed down - so did he. I stopped - so did he. (or she) He sat on the white line in the middle of the road just looking at me - only about 10 feet away. Before I could get to my camera though he ambled off on his way. Thats only the second one I've ever seen in the wild in 20 years!
Today was sunny and warm after a cold start - clouds over the hills but a bit stable around the airfield. Al Giles flew a passenger from the Caravan park, and I flew with Richard a couple of times. The people in the caravan park are talking to one another and we seem to be getting a stream of passenger flights. Conditions were soarable but not exactly exciting. Geoff Neely very kindly came out at short notice to tow. I did the evaluation flight on the LS7 - a pleasant end to the day.
Things are starting to move again here - people booking courses and others getting current. September looks like being quite busy.
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