| The
weather was looking much better Sunday but I
wasn’t so optimistic about the tug.
Although,
on arrival at the airfield I was greeted by a number
members committed to getting the Pawnee flying
that day.
These
people included, Steve Bowtell, Garrett (Duty
Instructor), Peter John(Instructor), Lindsay(AEI)
and Mike Grady(Tug Captain).
Thank
you all for your efforts.
Turns
out the alternator isn’t charging the battery
properly so leaving the battery on charge over night
was enough to get 4 flights in CQC.
These
flights included a check flight for myself with PJ,
an AEF flight for 15yo Alisha’s birthday (also
flight of the day at 37mins), a check flight for
Alex Horvath with Garrett Russell and the last
flight of the day was a short solo by myself.
Other
flights worth noting were Speedy and Bert who self
launched at approximately midday, they were not seen
again as most of us had gone home by 1430, so I
assume they both had good flights.
Bert
mentioned Saturday that he won’t bother unless he
can go cross-country so I suggest that’s what he
did Sunday.
A
big thanks to David Guzwell who spent both days at
the airfield (only flying one day) unselfishly
helping out with the operations, also to everyone
including Steve Bowtell for doing everything
possible to keep the Pawnee flying for most of the
weekend. A good example of “club spirit” and
everyone pitching in to make it all possible.
CQC:
71 mins/4 flights |
