16-Oct-11

After being "washed out" on Friday and Saturday, it was a sunny and steamy day that greeted us at the Airfield today. The following pics provide some insight into the day's operations ...  

Over recent  weeks the apron of Hangar 22 has been the scene for modification work on a white glider trailer. Comments have been made about the new rear section looking like a fridge or a shower had been bolted on ... this sign "appeared" on the trailer overnight!   

After Eric Dickeson sponged storm water out of the fuselage of the Blanik, Bert Persson and Bernard 'Speedy' Gonsalves used the Hangar 22 apron to do some delicate work with a soldering iron on the cloth control surfaces (inserting weep holes).    

Bert working ....   

Speedy supervising ...

and John 'JC' Clayton waiting.

Meanwhile Peter John appeared to be getting ready for some body work next door in Hangar 20! 

Later at the pie-cart (located on Runway 12 today) John 'Scrubby' Ashford attacked the Ford's door lock mechanism with a fair degree of confidence ... and fixed it!  

'Speedy" arrived back at the field after his first flight in WUC ... 2 hours and 10 minutes ... good fun but hard work today!  

Alan Graham is congratulated by 'JC' after an excellent landing on 12 to complete his first solo flight.   

Chris 'Kiwi' Weir (looking confident about tonight's Rugby World Cup semi-final clash between New Zealand and Australia) and Karl Bodi prepare to hangar fly CQC.