Monday 11 July 2016

Gliding 10th July 2016

It was still foggy at 1pm out at the airfield. However we got the kit out and launched as soon as it cleared. Doug instructed all day, John and Roland shared winch driving duties, giving Phil a break so he could concentrate on getting current again in KJ after several months off. Phil did two flights, almost soaring in rising air off a nearby fire.

The big news of the day was FIRST SOLO for Nick Sherlock. This was very well-deserved and just shows how important regular flying is to achieve a quick time to solo. Nick visits from Dunedin each Sunday. This week Nick brought along his hand-launched radio control 1.5m model glider, it was almost possible to soar amongst the fog!

Also flying very smoothly Sunday was Masato from Queenstown. It won't be long before Nick and Masato will be fighting over JW...

Well done again Nick!

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