Weekend Report April 26 - 27

We're back in business, despite some bad luck. On Saturday, about 10 eager volunteers showed up to assemble and wash aircraft. Unfortunately, we discovered that felled trees and power lines were blocking Bob's driveway, preventing access to the 1-23 and the Blanik. All that was accomplished was the washing and test-flying of the towplane. Thanks to everyone who showed up, anyway. The driveway was cleared Saturday night.

On Sunday, after the rain quit, a small band of diehards returned to the field, and actually managed to fetch and assemble the two gliders.

Andy wrote:

Many thanks to Donn, Tom, Sonny and Gregg for retrieving and assembling both the Blanik and 1-23 today (Sunday). Next job is to get them both washed although I did see Tom working with a large bottle of water on the 1-23 so maybe that's done? The Blanik is definetely pretty yucky but has been completely lubricated and is otherwise ready to fly. The 1-23 does need lubrication btw.

The 1-23, Blanik and 304 are ready-to-fly so all you'll need is your annual check ride with Rick or designated instructor and we're off and running in our 20th year of operations!

Andy also worked on the 2-33, and has issued a call for volunteers to finish up the prep work before the recovering of the fuselage. In case you didn't know, there is another blog dedicated to this project.

It finally looks like an airport again, with three planes at their tiedowns. Let's go flying!