A very dull morning but we did manage to get some flying in during the afternoon. North east winds and cloudbases rose to around 1200ft QFE.
A good day for AFR flights and practice field landings. Scott managed to squeeze in one flight before vanishing off on his hectic schedule---muttering something like "she'll murder me".
just goes to show perseverance with the weather does sometimes pay off.
Don
Friday, 4 May 2012
Tuesday 1 May 2012
Rain, well yes, quite a lot actually.
A great day for getting the bronze theory stuff underway, and getting wet on the dash from the lecture room to the clubhouse. Welcome to Alex Nicholls, who has an uncanny knack of picking the wet days to go flying.
lectures included, Navigation part 1 and 2, Altimetry and Compass, Approach Control and Winching.
A better day expected tomorrow.
Don
A great day for getting the bronze theory stuff underway, and getting wet on the dash from the lecture room to the clubhouse. Welcome to Alex Nicholls, who has an uncanny knack of picking the wet days to go flying.
lectures included, Navigation part 1 and 2, Altimetry and Compass, Approach Control and Winching.
A better day expected tomorrow.
Don
Monday 30 April
Southerly winds, good thermals in the middle part of the day. The weather cycling quickly in the unstable airmass.
A great day for Bobs one day course group, and a great day for Tez on his bronze c course.
many thanks to gail and tim for the invaluable assistance with instruction.
Don
A great day for Bobs one day course group, and a great day for Tez on his bronze c course.
many thanks to gail and tim for the invaluable assistance with instruction.
Don
Friday, 27 April 2012
Friday 27 April
At least the winds have reduced in strength. However the rain continues and the ducks are having a great time.
Colin and his team are making great advances in the completion of the K13 repairs,despite the rotten weather The fin is now back on and the fabric and metalwork repaired. Next will be the rudder, wheel and lettering. So not too long now
Thursday 26 April
Winds 20knots westerly. Showers forecast.
The day started with a briefing on weather, followed by a trek to the short hard. Alex Nicholls and Bob King continued their training---well done both, pretty turbulent conditions and a strong wind gradient well handled.
Clive retrieved the last landing just moments before the heavens opened, so in true brummy style he got in the dry cockpit with Bob King and gave him an impromtu lesson on altimetry---now that is imaginative.
Needless to say it was still raining when we repacked the hangar, but a useful training day.
Back in the workshop the K13 progresses well, it is just amazing how much work is involved.
Later in the evening, the children (Robin and Clive) were having helicopter dog fights in the club room, that was my call for bed---the giggling got a little too loud for me.
Don
Winds 20knots westerly. Showers forecast.
The day started with a briefing on weather, followed by a trek to the short hard. Alex Nicholls and Bob King continued their training---well done both, pretty turbulent conditions and a strong wind gradient well handled.
Clive retrieved the last landing just moments before the heavens opened, so in true brummy style he got in the dry cockpit with Bob King and gave him an impromtu lesson on altimetry---now that is imaginative.
Needless to say it was still raining when we repacked the hangar, but a useful training day.
Back in the workshop the K13 progresses well, it is just amazing how much work is involved.
Later in the evening, the children (Robin and Clive) were having helicopter dog fights in the club room, that was my call for bed---the giggling got a little too loud for me.
Don
Wednesday 25th April
And it continues to rain. Kath was observed checking out the field---yup definitely wet.
Kath was next seen painting the gents loo---and as she said---at least its dry there, except for the paint.
In the workshop Colin had concocted a little tunnel to direct the warmth of the heater onto the rebuilt end of the K13, to encourage the paint to dry.
Phil was, according to him, dashing around on his fuel thing. Dashing around obviously involves lots of tea and biscuits.
Lets hope for a better day Thursday.
Don
Kath was next seen painting the gents loo---and as she said---at least its dry there, except for the paint.
In the workshop Colin had concocted a little tunnel to direct the warmth of the heater onto the rebuilt end of the K13, to encourage the paint to dry.
Phil was, according to him, dashing around on his fuel thing. Dashing around obviously involves lots of tea and biscuits.
Lets hope for a better day Thursday.
Don
Wednesday, 25 April 2012
Tuesday 24 April 2012
Winds forecast at 340/10, and heavy rainshowers predicted for the afternoon. The rain showers did not materialise until much later.
Alan and Graham set some tasks in the hope that the weather would be favourable. They were right, and we had a great afternoon. Alan flew his 107km task with time to spare and Graham reduced his task to 200km from the original 300km and got around in good time.
Meanwhile club local soaring continued, with the K8, K6, discus, K13, DG300 hedging their bets as the wall of weather approached from the southwest.
Mini lectures included flight limitations and altimetry.
The day was complete with a beer and listening to the howidunnits.
Don
Alan and Graham set some tasks in the hope that the weather would be favourable. They were right, and we had a great afternoon. Alan flew his 107km task with time to spare and Graham reduced his task to 200km from the original 300km and got around in good time.
Meanwhile club local soaring continued, with the K8, K6, discus, K13, DG300 hedging their bets as the wall of weather approached from the southwest.
Mini lectures included flight limitations and altimetry.
The day was complete with a beer and listening to the howidunnits.
Don
Monday 23 April
Monday 23 April 2012
Winds 135/10 with heavy showers and overdevelopment forecast later. Cloudbase 2800 QFE.
Hans, our German guest led the way with a blistering climb in the K13. I dont know why, but I had pictures of those Magnificent men in their flying machines flash through my mind as we steadily climbed at 6 knots up to cloudbase.
Clive (our kid) followed suit in his K6, but was sensible enough to land before the rain started.
We just got the gliders away before the really heavy rain arrived, April showers---you are not joking.
Don
Winds 135/10 with heavy showers and overdevelopment forecast later. Cloudbase 2800 QFE.
Hans, our German guest led the way with a blistering climb in the K13. I dont know why, but I had pictures of those Magnificent men in their flying machines flash through my mind as we steadily climbed at 6 knots up to cloudbase.
Clive (our kid) followed suit in his K6, but was sensible enough to land before the rain started.
We just got the gliders away before the really heavy rain arrived, April showers---you are not joking.
Don
Sunday, 22 April 2012
Meanwhile, in a parrallel universe...
Fortune favours the patient...
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Saturday, 21 April 2012
Hi all
Saturday the 21st turned out to provide a better start than expected Graham had earlier, decided it would not be good enough to run a task so few cross country boys turned up. Dave was still busy mowing the grass.
The day started with a clear blue sky so we got started early. The first flight was a trial lesson aerotow and Mick took the visitor on a 20 minute soaring flight.The visitor was highly delighted and thoroughly enjoyed the experience
Second aerotow was Roger Tyrrell to 4000 ft to carry out is AFR.
During the day the big wings were out and a couple of soaring flights to entertain the troop.
Then Tez our treasurer took me to 2000 ft a couple of times as a prelude to him doing is first solo aerotow.From his second tow he successfully achieved a nice soaring flight of 30minutes with me sat quietly in the back with the occasional prompt. The thermals were not particularly strong and short lived but Tez's patience was finally rewarded with a good thermal to 3,500ft.
By this time the afternoon was progressing and so were the dark clouds, with heavy rain evident around the field.
Still we weren't getting wet so off on the winch with Roger to do some cable break practise.Having landed at the far end of 28 it was a prudent decision to pop Bruno's Ka13 in the top hanger and wait out the rain.
This soon passed so off we went to start flying again.With only one further launch heavy rain was on the horizon so it was time to call it a day.
Thanks also to Trish Langlands who drove the winch and Rowen with Dave Gould flying the tug.
A successful day and congratulations to Tez and Roger who achieved their objectives.
Also deserving a mention, Al Cooke and Lee, who with a bit of help, successfully laid the new floor covering in the club house kitchen and Tez and Trish got up to speed with some of our accounts.
Bruno was busy completing the ARC for Jon and Roy's glider
Bruno was busy completing the ARC for Jon and Roy's glider
Liz and Mike went off for food for the usual Sat night cook in. And Alan, our chairman, and Martin entertained the us in the bar to an early evening renditions on their Guitars clearly warming up for the final concert at the end of the soaring week. Some real talent.
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