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Notable
by their absence were our usual companions, Arthur
Mailey, Bob Hainsworth and John Nestor.
Undeterred by the our pocket-sized group, we carried
on under Barry McCarthy’s supervision, ably backed
up through the day by Bob Turner. Ken Mitchell,
Charles Hoch, and I were joined by Simon and Carlo
Brodie as the mere members intent on using the
gliders, GYK and IKW, our instructors and our tuggies
endeavours to best advantage. Therefore, thanks to the
efforts of Barry and Bob as L2s and John Knox in the
tug to get us started before Steve Bowtell arrived, we
had a great, but busy, day on 12.
Pelicans,
kites, some ibis and assorted other species of bird
encouraged us to try hard to imitate their superb
skill throughout the day, a sight we have not
encountered for some months. Obviously, they
know when it is time to try for a soaring flight and
we took that scene to be a good omen.
The
flight sheet recorded 10 flights: two each for Simon
and Carlo; one for Ken and Bert Persson (taking out
the honours for the day at 41 mins); and the remaining
five for stalwarts, Ken, Charles and me in assorted
combinations.
By
1500 hrs when Bob and I returned GYK to 06 everything
was being wrapped up until tomorrow. IKW had its
‘jamas on and the van was tucked away. All
that remained was to finish the paperwork, enjoy a
cool drink (all five of us) and head off home.
FYI:
The paperwork indicates that both GYK and IKW are
reaching the recorded hourly total when they will
require inspections in the reasonably near future.
Our
ten flights, five for each glider, tallied 1.33 for
GYK and 2.10 for IKW. Hopefully, Saturday’s
crew will be more numerous and chronicle even more
flights that our small crew managed.
Happy
flying to all in the Saturday crew, and stay safe
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