The kit was got out, the field was set up, and the kettle was on - all quite early, unfortunately all we could do is drink tea and wait!
The Rotax
Falke set off to establish cloudbase which turned out to be only 700ft above the
site, so it was back to drinking tea. Super Stu and the rest of the Super
Falke gang headed off to Dunkeswell, to
rig their pride and joy after it had a new rear canopy fitted. They had to wait until a big shower went
through before they could fly her home to North Hill so they also drank tea - all
be it at another airfield.
Paul S
flew in the Rotax to practise patter and stalling in preparation for his May
instructors course, Simon L and Mark C also flew in the Falke to practise the
aerotow rope break exercise.
In the
club house it was very busy, some people were listening to Pete and Jill chatting
about their NZ exploits, I think we could have an evening organised on this
subject - any chance Pete? (ed: may take a while to sort out the photos)
The
workshops were kept busy, Rowan and Adrian were grappling with trailers, getting
them ready for the fantastic summer we are going to get!
The Fournier RF5 with Simon J did a low pass over the
airfield whilst we had lunch followed by the Super Dimona from Dunkeswell, although
concentrating hard on piloting the low pass Ian M was still able to see that Mark
C had left the DV panel open by 1 inch on his "baby" (Rotax) whilst
it was raining! That's Mark in the Doghouse once again.
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| Mark tries to make amends by cleaning and polishing Ian's Falke |
Rowan
tried to made an impression in the
kitchen today, after recently winning 'Master Chef' he was keen to show off his
new uniform in the kitchen, but with bacon sandwiches tainted with grease and
rust he was never going to impress this fussy clientele!
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| Rowan fails to impress even with his new uniform |
Members
are really chomping at the bit now, they can sense that summer is just around
the corner, in fact most of us are praying hard for a cracker - anything to cheer up old grumpy chops (Pete
St) !!
MC
