Weekend Report: Murphy trains . .
Saturday
As one person observed on Sunday, Worcester Airfield is Murphy's home address! And here is why:
I intended, and did get going early on Saturday but had a few "glitches" – 1) my duty partner for the day did not pitch up, 2) the VW RV would not start, and 3) later in the day, NIG began having problems.
Excluding the above we had a very successful day with 25 launches in all - the last six on the winch, which we set up after the tug began its problems at 3.00pm. We kept the operation going until 6.47pm.
The conditions were perfect for training and thanks to the Team: Wally T, Mark S, John S, Rob K and Martin G for all their hard work.
I think that the cherry on the top of a very busy day was when Adri Hepburn went solo in the Lambada. Her landing was an absolute "greaser" and the rest of us will have to polish our landings from now on, or be 'shown up'!
Sunday
With the tug down and MIV only back next week, we took the winch out again and managed to give three air experience flights. One of these people joined the club. Wally again helped out with instructions and Sven carried on instructing until late with some incredible launches in excess of 2400ft. The Ka13 stayed up for more that an hour. Wally flew his ASW15 (the one that is for sale!) for over an hour and William J Whittaker flew the Club Astir for over two hours. BUT the most remarkable of all was Ari who flew the L-Spatz for over THREE hours, down the valley and back - ALL OFF THE WINCH!
Thanks again to the guys who saved the day: Sven O, Wally T, Coen M, Maurice C, and most of all Rob Kakebeeke and John Spargo for operating the winch.
The other news of the weekend is that the men from Unterwossen (where we bought the Rotax Falke) arrived to do the conversion of the CFI. She will be technically ready by next week for conversions and training. Nicky says that she handles beautifully. If I may add: there have been some moans and groans about the Falke flying rates. Please guys – we have budgeted on 150 hours per year which is totally optimistic, in order to give you the lowest rates possible. We have paid a lot of money for this aircraft and therefore it is costing a lot in insurance. We also have to budget for a replacement of the Rotax engine.
MIV is having her Mandatory Periodic inspection right now, a new exhaust has been fitted as well as the larger tow rope reel for the longer rope. MIV will be back in action on Saturday.
Regards
Alison
As one person observed on Sunday, Worcester Airfield is Murphy's home address! And here is why:
I intended, and did get going early on Saturday but had a few "glitches" – 1) my duty partner for the day did not pitch up, 2) the VW RV would not start, and 3) later in the day, NIG began having problems.
Excluding the above we had a very successful day with 25 launches in all - the last six on the winch, which we set up after the tug began its problems at 3.00pm. We kept the operation going until 6.47pm.
The conditions were perfect for training and thanks to the Team: Wally T, Mark S, John S, Rob K and Martin G for all their hard work.
I think that the cherry on the top of a very busy day was when Adri Hepburn went solo in the Lambada. Her landing was an absolute "greaser" and the rest of us will have to polish our landings from now on, or be 'shown up'!
Sunday
With the tug down and MIV only back next week, we took the winch out again and managed to give three air experience flights. One of these people joined the club. Wally again helped out with instructions and Sven carried on instructing until late with some incredible launches in excess of 2400ft. The Ka13 stayed up for more that an hour. Wally flew his ASW15 (the one that is for sale!) for over an hour and William J Whittaker flew the Club Astir for over two hours. BUT the most remarkable of all was Ari who flew the L-Spatz for over THREE hours, down the valley and back - ALL OFF THE WINCH!
Thanks again to the guys who saved the day: Sven O, Wally T, Coen M, Maurice C, and most of all Rob Kakebeeke and John Spargo for operating the winch.
The other news of the weekend is that the men from Unterwossen (where we bought the Rotax Falke) arrived to do the conversion of the CFI. She will be technically ready by next week for conversions and training. Nicky says that she handles beautifully. If I may add: there have been some moans and groans about the Falke flying rates. Please guys – we have budgeted on 150 hours per year which is totally optimistic, in order to give you the lowest rates possible. We have paid a lot of money for this aircraft and therefore it is costing a lot in insurance. We also have to budget for a replacement of the Rotax engine.
MIV is having her Mandatory Periodic inspection right now, a new exhaust has been fitted as well as the larger tow rope reel for the longer rope. MIV will be back in action on Saturday.
Regards
Alison
posted by CGC Reporter at 17.10.05
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