Anzac Day

Anzac day was a day of highs and lows. We got started early, and after three flights with me, Bill Keats re-soloed - he had only done one solo on a previous visit some months before.

Hi second solo flight was so successful, that we sent him off for another two!! Well done Bill.

Fellow trainee Ben Newlands assisted bill with glider retrieval and wing running, as you do, but then disaster struck, and the main wheel tyre in the G103 went flat. We attempted to pump it up and fill it with slime, but to no avail. The other grob was away at Bathurst, so we got the twin astir out and continued with it. Unfortunately after a couple of flights, the tailwheel tyre fell off the rim on the twin astir, so we had another tyre to fix.

This put paid to the training for the day, and unfortunately Ben Newlands missed out on several flights. He had to leave next day but has promised to return in a couple of months.






Hans and Simon Bleuler visited again, and Simon flew in the Junior, and is now well on the way to getting his C certificate.

Hans was able to transition into the Junior the next day.

Many thanks to Graham Heagney, our tug pilot with infinite patience and ability to fix things, we were able to patch the tube from the Grob IUR and get it going again the next day.

Both Simon and Hans had several soaring flights in the Grob and the Junior and both are progressing well.