Saturday turned out to be a great day’s flying for all. On arrival I was greeted by the crew consisting of David Higgs (duty instructor), Mick Moloney (L1 instructor) and DP2 Tash South. Unfortunately Tash had to leave soon after for personal reasons, thanks for arriving bright and early in the first place Tash! Steve Chapman was our Pawnee Captain and Karl Bodi was our AEI/Pawnee relieving pilot.

 

Our first flight of the day was Karl Bodi with AEF passenger Kimberley Nean, who couldn’t wipe the smile off her face and insisted she’ll be back in 2 weeks for more! 

 

Chris Guy took to the skies in the Club Libelle, David Higgs continued Dave Crocker's training in the Blanik and Alex Horvath had a check flight/soaring flight with Mick Moloney in the IS-30. 

 

After lunch, Chris took the Libelle for his second flight, which so happened to be the flight of the day at 1 hour and 40 mins. I organised myself a check flight in the Blanik with Dave Higgs who decided the airbrakes had become stuck, resulting in a modified circuit which is always good fun. 

 

Steve Chapman took a break from the Pawnee and had a check flight in the IS-30 with Dave Higgs resulting in a retrieval from the dirt road/taxiway. 

 

The final flights for the day were a quick solo for myself and a tie down run/training flight for Dave Crocker.

 

All in all a great day’s flying, not to mention sharing the skies with the Mustang and Antonov (both 1000 + HP aircraft). 

 

Thank you to everyone who made the day possible.

 

GQA 2 hours and 1 min @ 3 flights

GYK 1 hour and 29 min @ 4 flights

GJY 2 hours and 30 min @ 2 flights