Ian McPhee and Ken Flower were working on the Pik 20E known as "Nick's Pick" - I think Gerhard was getting involved too. Geoff Sim was around too, and quietly serviced the quad bikes. Vic Hatfield came out, and we urged him to fly, but UMC, the other Pik 20 E wouldn't start, and instead of giving up and aerotowing, and great deal of time was spent looking at it. Ian had another chap with him who flew with him in the Motor Falke, (sorry I have forgotten his name - very rude of me) and he did a number of flights in the Falke.
Bill Gleeson came out with 15 year old Nicola Jones, one of the cadet pilots. She has her A certificate, but is going to fly in a services competition in Amberly, so Bill was giving her some coaching. The competition is apparently for Blaniks and Puchateks, so they flew the Puchatek.
I towed them up 3 times, and Nicola coped very well with the cross wind and blustery conditions, but unfortunately the boisterous thermals made here feel a little unwell, so only short flights. The thermals were rippers - I had trouble getting the tug down!!
A helicopter which had been flying camp quality kids at sport and rec came in to get some fuel.
I did my Annual Flight Review with Ken Flower in the Grob 109 - different! There's a lot to remember - a motor glider seems to be much more complicated than either a glider or an aeroplane! Still its always fun to do something different, and I am looking forward to do doing some more flying in the G109 soon
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