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Another
cold damp start to the day.
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I
got through McBreakfast early and managed to
get the 28 unwrapped before our L2 for the day
Bob Turner arrived.
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Band
for the day were Bob on lead vocals, Neil
Muspratt on guitar, Rod Wilson on bass and
Mark Thompson on drums. Alan Graham, and myself
provided the backing vocals.
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We
finished DI'ing the 28, arranged some drifter
time for later in the day, and I popped off to
Aldi to get some motorbike goodness.
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Covers
were secured with tyres and left out in the
sun to dry.
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I
got back in time to walk behind the caravan as
it was towed out to 12.
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It
didn't look like the bestest of best
days.
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There
was scattered cloud from about 2000 but there
were a few blue holes about ... nothing that
promised an abundance of lift.
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Neil's
pax had pulled out so it was down to those
there to ponder the situation and figure out
what we wanted to do.
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I
mentioned that I wanted to continue to learn
some unusual attitude flight, and so Bob
secured Bert as an instructor for me at 11.
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Bob
gave Rod a check flight and they had a 16
minutes.
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Bob
and Mark discuss Check Flight capers ...
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I’m
going to call this an artistic shot ...
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I
had an excellent instructional session, very
enjoyable. Another 16 minutes.
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Bert
came across bang on 11:00am
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The
28 got a good clean out, flies surprisingly well
upside down; after you get used to how horrible it
feels!
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The
last flight was another check, this time for Karl.
He managed to beat us all and get through his in 14
minutes.
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I
deserted the crew to go fly the drifter - and
everyone came by to inspect the flying broomstick
and pass comment.
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Thanks
guys, very helpful, not at all distracting. :)
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A
good day productive day.
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Great
for me, thanks!
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DUTY
PILOT
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