All the workers and the visitors assembled for a briefing on jobs to be done, and then got stuck into it.
The mound is in the process of being removed, the machinery shed has been cleared out, and the tug hangar emptied so that it could be given a good clean out. What a load of junk we had!!!!
We have tried as much as possible to move non aviation related stuff out of the tug hangar, so if you want 2 stroke oil, tractor oil, vehicle engine oil etc, you will find it in the machinery shed. The tool room has been cleaned and tidied, and all punctured tubes in the tyre cupboard thrown out! Its amazing how much bigger the tug hangar looks. There is still more work to be done on this.
Allan Monroe, Peter Kemp, Chris Bowman, Vic Hatfield did a lot of the clearing out of the machinery shed - which was a big task. Also there was significant wood getting for the fireplace. Sorry if I missed anyone - there was so much going on I couldn't see it all.
Other jobs of note done was the complete replacement of the guttering on the club house by Christian Linnet - sincere thanks for this. Ray Tillley has been repairing the underside of the Jantar, and Jay, Sam and others have been repairing the hangar door where the Junior lives - the hinges were all but cracked off and it was in a dangerous state.
David Bull was up on the flight centre roof cleaning out gutters, and the air-conditioner has been cleaned up too. Justin Smith was seen doctoring that!
Geoff Sim repaired the electric fence at runway 14 end yesterday, and removed a lot of rubbish from around the place. John McLeod did lots of jobs, including repairing tow ropes, helping with guttering, sawing wood, going to the tip and washing up!
Ann Bull supplied morning tea and lunch for the workers, and a great dinner at the end of the day.
Although the intention was to do lots of work around the place, there was some flying done as well. There was a window of opportunity in the middle of the day when the soaring conditions were quite good, and apparently 6500ft was on offer. We had a number of passenger flights to do, and our two visitors Tony and Andy wanted to fly - after doing a good stint at working bee jobs in the morning. Since there was no rostered tuggie, Jay Anderson or I had to tow or fly passengers - I elected to tow being to dirty and grubby to associate with passengers! Jay did two passenger flights in IUR and Tim Carr took Bob and Sue Kiprovitch up in the Duo Discus. Bob is surveying out site for us.
In addition to the AEF flights, Andy McCallum managed a second one hour soaring flight in the Junior, plus another solo flight to achieve his C certificate. Well done Andy. He is a member of Darling Downs Soaring Club, but we are trying to twist his arm to fly with us too. He lives only 2 hours by Jabiru away.
A huge day, finished off with a great meal and great company, as usual.
Jenny
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