CGC - Gympie winch training 16May12

Gympie Winch Launching

16-May-12

Barry McCarthy, Garrett Russell and Kevin Rodda travelled to Gympie again today (with Judith Smith and Bob Turner) to continue their winch launch training under the expert tutoring of Bob as well as Ray Grady, our tuggy Mike Grady's brother.

From the previous Wednesday (09-May-12), with Garrett Russell as ground crew for Barry McCarthy and Bob Turner in Gympie's ASK-21 (GFB) ...

waiting for circuit traffic as student and instructor strap in

connecting rope to winch release

all clear above and behind ... pilot ready?

take up slack

rolling!

up and away

From today, Caboolture's Twin Astir (IKW) ... some interesting pics as the sun sinks into the late afternoon sky ...

- above photos are from Kevin Rodda's Android SmartPhone -