Another busy day with Dave Perkins & Don Puttock in charge. The weather was dull to start off with, so it was a late start to the day, but improved quite quickly in the late morning.
Alex & Gus, who had done some course flying midweek in summer, were booked in for some more dual tuition, together with some trial lesson visitors. There was also some instructor validation happening, with Paul Armstrong on site to help Phil M so the two seaters were kept in continuous use.
It was good to see Andy Moore again - after a break from gliding (and Shenington) Andy resoloed again last week and is now getting current again of every combination of winch, aerotow, etc that he can before applying for his EASA license.
We had a break for a little cow herding mid afternoon, as the young bulls once more made a bid for freedom near the winch! The life of an instructor is never dull....
Eventually the sun broke through. Not for long, but it did allow Tim T to get the only soaring flight of the day in his Kestrel 17. Lucy also flew her K6 DNW - perhaps for the last time before she heads off to Uni next Saturday - and Andy M flew the Astir.
There were a great many practice launch failures and not just from the instructors, so perhaps it shouldn't have been a great surprise that towards the end of the day, Alex went solo.
Thanks to Nigel C, Gordon C, Clive and Brian L-W for manning the bus and winch all day, and to everyone else who helped out. Thanks also to Liz for cooking an evening meal for everyone.