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Duty
crew today was David Higgs as Duty Instructor, Dan Kershaw flying the
tug, and Lindsay Mitchell as our Air Experience
Instructor ... and, as Duty Pilot, I got to do my first
Daily Inspection of GQA and we headed off to 12 for
some flying stuff.
A
beautiful morning with beguiling clouds looked
really promising as the day began, and though the
day stayed stunning, there really wasn't any lift to
find in the sky, which to be fair suited us just
fine as both gliders were fully utilised all day.
David's
dance card was full with training for Rory Rearden,
and check for Lindsay and myself to complete.
Lindsay had two AEF flights to do and ended up also
taking Dan's brother Alex up for a flight at the end
of the day.
Lindsay
was first up with David to get his out of the way
before his first passenger turned up. AEF Kevin
McFarlane turned up just as Lindsay landed after a
12 minute flight. Though his wife was slightly
worried (helped by a little gentle winding up by
sisters) Kevin returned after a 30 minute flight
grinning from ear to ear, thoroughly pleased that he
had finally had a go at gliding.
David
started Rory's day with a 15 minute lesson, and
before both gliders had returned my phone buzzed
with our second visitors, Grant Cory for a father's
day treat.
After
they took off we saw a familiar looking blue clad
Karl Bodi type gentlemen appear. Karl spent the rest
of the afternoon with us, and helped us with
customers and packing up, thanks Karl!
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