Friday 28 August 2015

Sunday 23rd August

Rain was forecast for 1pm so, having two keen students in Leslie & Patrick we got the kit out smartly and got launching. Up on the winch in the eight acre I was joined a number of times by Leslie & John W in DVX as they tried out launch failures and got lots of exercise in at the same time. Alistair flew his K6E a couple of times and the K8 also flew, but DVX took most of the launches. Leslie was sent solo just before midday, then Gavin flew with Patrick and sent him solo at about 12:40pm! 
The sky had been looking steadily greyer and now threatened rain, so there was a final launch with Gavin & Patrick to hangar land in the drizzle. With perfect timing, rain stopped play at 12:57pm!

Hangar packed, we opened the bar to celebrate. A big congratulations to Leslie & Patrick.
What a great end to our week's holiday at Shenington!