Weekend Report: May Day
I, personally, did not make it out to the airfield until late on Thursday but, when I got there, there was still a reasonable amount of activity with Helmut doing the last flight in GHB. Adriaan was kept busy in his Lambada with Dave Starke and Gerrie Kachelhofer. Sven and Quinton flew the Rotax Falke and Rudi his “broom-broom” GXC!
There were no takers for Friday the 28th but Saturday was a completely different story!!
Saturday was a wonderfully unstable day and, although we got off to a late start, we filled 1.4 time sheets.
Martin Young visited us and had two great flights after his check flight! Marion Cole also kept GHB busy and Peter Farrell had a lovely long flight in GHB with his niece, Lucinda.
Again the motor gliders kept the circuit busy with GZF, GXH, GKM and GZG.
GHR (Herbie), GUH (Rudi) GUC (Gareth ) and GVK (Ari and Gerhard) also had long flights. The later the day, the better the conditions became. Sven took a late launch after rigging his glider and then flew for 2 hours.
Rico went flying in his DG500 – and here is one of the stories of the weekend……
Rico had left his dog, Thabo, at his hanger when he went flying and the dog decided to go for a walk. When Rico returned the dog was nowhere to be seen and many of us drove around to look for him well into the night. Still no Thabo. By 10,30pm the weather had deteriorated and it started to rain. Rico had gone home and returned by 10.30 and said that he would wait by his hanger throughout the night in case the dog should return. He opened his hanger and parked the bakkie half in the doorway. He then went to sleep on a mattress in the hanger. (It was freezing). The next morning he phoned me to tell me that the dog had miraculously returned at 4.30 that morning! We were all very relieved!!
Sunday the weather was awful but the team still turned up to do their duties and Paul did two launches with Louis Esterhuisen doing a hanger landing in GHB and Jacobus Hartman launching in GUC for a five hour attempt. Adriaan launched his Lambada twice and kept Jacobus company on the South side of Vic Peak , taking some awesome photos as well. The Rotax Falke was kept busy with Ian Forbes, Marion Cole and myself tryng out the extreme conditions. By 17.30hrs the wind was 40-50kph on the ground. The laurels go to JOCOBUS HARTMAN who completed his five hours and landed at 17.45hrs with frozen toes!!! Well done Jacobus.!!
I left the airfield on Monday at 11.00am but was pleased to see, before I left, that the teams had pitched up for their duties. Brian Cole in his Pipistel and Marion Cole in GHB kept the instructors busy with BRIAN COLE going solo later in the day!! Congratulations and very well done, Brian.!!!
It was also good to see that Lee Penderis got airborne as well. Kevin Mitchell flew his DG400 for almost an hour and also Sarel Oosthuisen in HW for about and hour, as well.
…….And, of course, our Star tug pilot, NINA, at the helm of MIV.
Just a note for the pilots newly converted onto GUC…….
After landing, please use the tow-out gear to get the glider back to the launch point. Towing it with a rope puts a lot of strain onto the small tail wheel . Also do not turn the glider by dragging it on the wing-tip. This does not do the tail wheel any good, either..
When stowing GUC in the hanger, ALWAYS take off the tail dolly before pushing the glider into the hanger. Never leave the dolly on the glider once it is in the hanger. Once you have cleaned the glider and taken the batteries out of the glider, please put the covers back on. Please leave all club gliders in the condition you would like to find them.
That is all for this week!!
See you all on Saturday at the “GAUNTLET!!!”
Alison
There were no takers for Friday the 28th but Saturday was a completely different story!!
Saturday was a wonderfully unstable day and, although we got off to a late start, we filled 1.4 time sheets.
Martin Young visited us and had two great flights after his check flight! Marion Cole also kept GHB busy and Peter Farrell had a lovely long flight in GHB with his niece, Lucinda.
Again the motor gliders kept the circuit busy with GZF, GXH, GKM and GZG.
GHR (Herbie), GUH (Rudi) GUC (Gareth ) and GVK (Ari and Gerhard) also had long flights. The later the day, the better the conditions became. Sven took a late launch after rigging his glider and then flew for 2 hours.
Rico went flying in his DG500 – and here is one of the stories of the weekend……
Rico had left his dog, Thabo, at his hanger when he went flying and the dog decided to go for a walk. When Rico returned the dog was nowhere to be seen and many of us drove around to look for him well into the night. Still no Thabo. By 10,30pm the weather had deteriorated and it started to rain. Rico had gone home and returned by 10.30 and said that he would wait by his hanger throughout the night in case the dog should return. He opened his hanger and parked the bakkie half in the doorway. He then went to sleep on a mattress in the hanger. (It was freezing). The next morning he phoned me to tell me that the dog had miraculously returned at 4.30 that morning! We were all very relieved!!
Sunday the weather was awful but the team still turned up to do their duties and Paul did two launches with Louis Esterhuisen doing a hanger landing in GHB and Jacobus Hartman launching in GUC for a five hour attempt. Adriaan launched his Lambada twice and kept Jacobus company on the South side of Vic Peak , taking some awesome photos as well. The Rotax Falke was kept busy with Ian Forbes, Marion Cole and myself tryng out the extreme conditions. By 17.30hrs the wind was 40-50kph on the ground. The laurels go to JOCOBUS HARTMAN who completed his five hours and landed at 17.45hrs with frozen toes!!! Well done Jacobus.!!
I left the airfield on Monday at 11.00am but was pleased to see, before I left, that the teams had pitched up for their duties. Brian Cole in his Pipistel and Marion Cole in GHB kept the instructors busy with BRIAN COLE going solo later in the day!! Congratulations and very well done, Brian.!!!
It was also good to see that Lee Penderis got airborne as well. Kevin Mitchell flew his DG400 for almost an hour and also Sarel Oosthuisen in HW for about and hour, as well.
…….And, of course, our Star tug pilot, NINA, at the helm of MIV.
Just a note for the pilots newly converted onto GUC…….
After landing, please use the tow-out gear to get the glider back to the launch point. Towing it with a rope puts a lot of strain onto the small tail wheel . Also do not turn the glider by dragging it on the wing-tip. This does not do the tail wheel any good, either..
When stowing GUC in the hanger, ALWAYS take off the tail dolly before pushing the glider into the hanger. Never leave the dolly on the glider once it is in the hanger. Once you have cleaned the glider and taken the batteries out of the glider, please put the covers back on. Please leave all club gliders in the condition you would like to find them.
That is all for this week!!
See you all on Saturday at the “GAUNTLET!!!”
Alison
posted by CGC Reporter at 1.5.06
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