Weekend Report: The Gauntlet is thrown
Saturday
For those property owners who were affected, the grass around the hangers was removed by Hennie du Preez and his staff on Friday morning. They have not yet completed the task but the worst has been removed. The rest will be done in a few days as he is busy with harvesting at the moment. A firebreak will also be graded on the eastern side of the hangers by the municipality.
Saturday was extremely busy, as Murphy caused us to change runways twice, kept cloud base at 2000' for the greater part of the morning, and troubled the workings of MIV’s starter motor. Then there was a fuel leak, so we took NIG out of mothballs and that certainly helped with getting all the gliders launched in time for the Cape Gauntlet competition.
The heat was extreme and the pace was hectic. It was actually wonderful to see a full launch point and both tugs out of the hanger and working. There were quite a few visiting pilots from the UK who were able to fly with Mike Pascoe and Andre.
Adriaan led the pack and won the comp – you can’t hold this man back now! Unfortunately Tom landed out at de Wet, where Rob K and Kevin Mitchell went to retrieve him.
Saturday night saw Rico fighting another huge fire on his farm but he still managed to come and tug on Sunday. NIG behaved beautifully all day.
The Rotax Falke was kept busy with Rudi and June doing conversions.
Sunday
The entire team turned up – we had one student (Andre Stander) and five AE Flights. One of these people joined the club so we welcome Paul Cartmel to the fold. Another AE visitor introduced and flown by Boet Coetzee is Frank Dorey who is also interested in the course.
GHB was the only glider taken out of the hanger on Sunday but we managed to keep her busy and did about 10 flights. Dave and Hubert flew their Rotax Falke.
Please remember that the course is from the 3rd to the 7th April. If anyone is interested in doing the course or who knows of someone who may be interested - please pass their names on to Peter Wooley.
Now that the main grass has been removed, all hanger owners are requested to please to care the areas immediately surrounding their hangers – you are urged not to let the situation get out of hand again – these clearances cost money and we have to pass these costs back to you. PLEASE! Maintenance of your hanger and the immediate surrounds is your responsibility.
Alison
For those property owners who were affected, the grass around the hangers was removed by Hennie du Preez and his staff on Friday morning. They have not yet completed the task but the worst has been removed. The rest will be done in a few days as he is busy with harvesting at the moment. A firebreak will also be graded on the eastern side of the hangers by the municipality.
Saturday was extremely busy, as Murphy caused us to change runways twice, kept cloud base at 2000' for the greater part of the morning, and troubled the workings of MIV’s starter motor. Then there was a fuel leak, so we took NIG out of mothballs and that certainly helped with getting all the gliders launched in time for the Cape Gauntlet competition.
The heat was extreme and the pace was hectic. It was actually wonderful to see a full launch point and both tugs out of the hanger and working. There were quite a few visiting pilots from the UK who were able to fly with Mike Pascoe and Andre.
Adriaan led the pack and won the comp – you can’t hold this man back now! Unfortunately Tom landed out at de Wet, where Rob K and Kevin Mitchell went to retrieve him.
Saturday night saw Rico fighting another huge fire on his farm but he still managed to come and tug on Sunday. NIG behaved beautifully all day.
The Rotax Falke was kept busy with Rudi and June doing conversions.
Sunday
The entire team turned up – we had one student (Andre Stander) and five AE Flights. One of these people joined the club so we welcome Paul Cartmel to the fold. Another AE visitor introduced and flown by Boet Coetzee is Frank Dorey who is also interested in the course.
GHB was the only glider taken out of the hanger on Sunday but we managed to keep her busy and did about 10 flights. Dave and Hubert flew their Rotax Falke.
Please remember that the course is from the 3rd to the 7th April. If anyone is interested in doing the course or who knows of someone who may be interested - please pass their names on to Peter Wooley.
Now that the main grass has been removed, all hanger owners are requested to please to care the areas immediately surrounding their hangers – you are urged not to let the situation get out of hand again – these clearances cost money and we have to pass these costs back to you. PLEASE! Maintenance of your hanger and the immediate surrounds is your responsibility.
Alison
posted by CGC Reporter at 6.2.06
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