Allan and Mike have offered to provide Duty Instructor cover for Tuesdays and Thursdays until the end of September.
The rota dates can be found here: Instructor Rota
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Mon 15th – Fri 19th Flying
We are open every day this week.
Alan W will be duty instructor Monday to Thursday and Mike C will be covering Friday.
There are courses on but there will be extra instructors available if members require check flights or instruction.
Sunday 18th November 2012
Good, dirty fun today!
The airfield was still rather wet today but we managed to fly around the worst bits. Unfortunately the launch-point got a bit muddy as did the yellow retrieve Landrover which soon looked brown as it is now sporting the wide wheels again.
Plenty of flying done with yet more pilots taking to our new Ka6. The trick for smaller pilots, apparently, is to put all the cushions in and take out only the ones you don’t need.
We trained Joe on the backup winch and Adrian F began training towards a Basic Instructor rating.
Special congratulations to Phil who re-soloed with us today!
Adrian F, strangely pleased with how mucky he’s made the Land Rover.
(Yes, we know, the tow-out flag is in the back)
Sunday 15th January 2012
It was certainly cold when we started out today but the members turned up, set up and we got stuck in.
The wind was generally from the South-East as it had been yesterday and although the sky was cloudless visibility was limited by a fairly low inversion.
We took two K13s and our K21 to the North-West launchpoint along with the single-seat K18. Launch heights were around 1,550. We have begun a new round of instructor training so the launch rate was steady. In the early afternoon, there was some definite thermal activity and some small climbs were made. The longest flight was 13 minutes. The T21 syndicate brought their aircraft up to the launchpoint and Derek H completed the required training to able to fly it solo – Well done!
During the day a group from Lasham collected a vintage 1943 Weihe glider which has been stored at Snitterfield for a while. The Weihe will become part of new gliding museum at Lasham. They had just a little trouble getting it into the trailer they arrived with.
Warwick University Gliding Club sent three members, a mix of experienced and completely new pilots who thoroughly enjoyed themselves. We also had two visitors from Scotland who flew with us while they are in Stratford on Avon on business.
All told there were 48 launches and only the arrival of sunset stopped play. Several members were again able to partake in ever-popular winter 4th launch free scheme.