Driving north to Caboolture Saturday morning wasn’t looking promising at all, with isolated yet heavy showers most of the way. 

 

On arrival we were surprised to find the airfield was dry and the early morning powered traffic was already buzzing around. 

 

Theo Mus arrived soon after to continue his training and the decision was made to DI GYK and head out to RW 12. 

 

The duty crew consisted of myself as DP, Dave Higgs as Duty Instructor, Mick Moloney also Instructing, and Steve Chapman piloting our troublesome Pawnee.

 

Theo and Dave kicked off the day’s ops with a training flight, followed by myself and Mick with some post solo training and a check flight. 

 

David Guzzwell arrived and made the decision to DI CQC for a check flight followed by a solo. 

 

By this time our poor old tug’s battery was struggling to turn the 540ci engine over and for a change the Pawnee got towed back to the hangar. 

 

A big thanks to Steve Bowtell for driving out that afternoon to troubleshoot the problem and ultimately get another days flying out of the Pawnee.

 

GYK: 78 mins/5 flights

CQC: 38 mins/2 flights