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.