Hi all,

 

As the photo taken at 9:30am shows, we had a blue sky and that was basically how the rest of the day progressed. Some small bumps but the intermittent 2 kts lift we did find was not wide spread enough to result in long flights with the longest recorded one being 35 minutes (from 4,500ft)… one a positive note, great smooth conditions and perfect for training and passengers.

 

On the flight line operating from RW12 was Blanik GYK  plus the IS28..

 

We had a relatively leisurely start to the day and I think I was the first on the field at 8am.  Alan Graham and then Peter John turned up very shortly thereafter.

 

The crew for the day was myself (AEI), Peter John and Mick Moloney sharing instructing duties, Mark Thompson was pulling is into the air for most of the day whilst Alan Graham was kept busy as the Duty Pilot with all the passenger flights.

 

First flight was in the air by 11am with Mick taking to the air with Johnathon Manifold who is getting close to solo … Mick and  Jonathan had 3 flights together but didn’t quite nail the solo readiness ... keep at it Jonathan.

 

Karl Bodi and David Higgs dropped by but didn’t do any flying … I think Karl just came to field pick my brains about a problem with his laptop … always happy to help Karl J

 

I had 3 AEF'ss today  all of which were to 4,500 as well as taking my UK based Niece for a short (25 minutes) flight.

 

 

Bernard Gonsalves, Mick Moloney, David Higgs, Peter John, Mike McCluskey and Karl Bodi.

 

All up, 8 flights today. 

 

We packed up shortly after 3pm when everyone had had enough and retired to Kevin’s hanger for a much needed cool drink and chat amongst friends.