Good news! I’m pleased to report that Steve Gaze passed his Bronze paper on Saturday and has now completed his Bronze Badge. Well done Steve, now go over to see Uncle Roy at Upavon and get your Cross Country Endorsement done so you can go off XC! Phil
Sat 2nd, Sun 3rd
Saturday was a blustery one, sadly with the wind 180deg opposed to the ridge direction… Ken P provided instruction and a few extended flights. Much more work was done in the hangar, new launch point caravan and assorted mottled trailers. JPC is now fitted with FLARM – please can all pilots (including P2s, excluding TLs) sign the brief briefing sheet in the log before flying.
Sunday was soarable. It wasn’t epic and it seems from the ladder no-one went cross country west of the Greenwich meridian but it was soarable, this with a reasonable blow meant high winch launches and with 2 rated instructors excellent training opportunities – make sure to use them next time.
Sunday 27th march
After a misty start we managed to get flying around noon and clocked up over 20 flights today. We even had a visitor on the field in the shape of Martin Hoskins who turned up to inspect his Cirrus. Martin explained that he was now missing the flying and was looking at transitioning the Cirrus in the near future. After very little persuasion he took a couple of flights with me in JPC and showed that he has not forgotten how to fly a K13. He then was cleared to drive the winch and spent most of the remaining time lobbing gliders skywards!
Sat 26 March
A small turnout, but then it wasn’t much of a day for soaring. Training flying went on well until early afternoon, when the forecast of possible isolated sharp showers proved correct. Guess where Shalbourne is! And with so little wind, that one little (but very heavy) shower lasted an hour.