16th May

The weather continues to be stable high pressure - warm and sunny but with challenging soaring conditions. There are a few more in residence today with John McLeod, David and Ann Bull and Ian Barraclough arriving last night and Alan Monroe this morning. We had maintenance issue with the Tug, which Juho was able to fix thanks to the spare we have on hand, and the tug was ready to fly before the glider pilots were.

The task for the day was definitely duration !

The ASH25M ( or the two post-coder as it is now known) definitely won the day with over two hours, and they only started the iron thermal once after launching. Next was probably Andy McCullum with a flight of about 50 minutes late in the day. Any is racking up the solo flights to get his B certificate, and now only needs one more. He has been practising aspects of the syllabus in the process, side-slipping, flying level on aerotow and so on. He has not managed a one hour soaring flight yet. Tony Edge had another flight in the Jantar, and reported being more relaxed and comfortable than yesterday. Alan Monroe had a short flight in the Junior while Andy had some lunch, but was too tired after his drive from Sydney to fly again.

David Bull and John McLeod elected not to fly, and spent the day on the club hangar roof cleaning out gutters - Thanks guys, your work is appreciated.