After a late start caused by low cloud that steadfastly refused to clear we made up for it with a busy afternoon.
The major event of which was the Pirat taking to the air for the first time (well its so long since it flew it felt like the first time.) James H must have feared an issue with the airbrakes as he stayed aloft for half an hour before eventually returning and allaying his fear. Nigel and Paul followed converting to it without drama and with cheshire cat smiles. (pictures to follow)
Carol and Phil soared the Janus for an hour as did Bob in the Vega and other soaring flights decluttered the airfield for a while.
Thanks to Steve O and Colin for helping with the 2 seat list.
Much swearing was heard from the hangar as weighings of puchacz EUF was attempted and JPC completed. JPC now needs a few loose ends tidying and putting on insurance and it will then be all ready to go.
In the evening we had light hearted but very enlightening talk from Phil who repackes our parachutes. There can't be many devices that are used in emergencies for live saving by one group and used for enjoyment by another. His main message whatever their use - look after them!
The combination of forecasted sunny Saturday and wet Sunday plus the evening talk resulted in the best turn out of members for quite some time. A number appearing out of hibernation. 23 members clocked up 33 launches and 6:54 flying time between them. A few more appeared for the talk.
ReplyDeleteThe soaring "window" was from about 12:15 until 14:00. I didn't hear what height the other achieved but Graham Tanner and I got to 2,200' - at which point I got bored and we stalled, spun and sideslipped away the precious height.
Should also record thanks to Colin and Jim McCormick who fixed the jenny while the rest of us were flying.