Weekend Report May 9 - 10

In light of the windy and overcast weather for most of the day, the availability of only one trainer, and the plethora of students, we decided to go into "fire drill" mode on Saturday. This entailed ground school on landing patterns, one thousand foot tows, and tag team instructing. We managed sixteen short flights, and a lot of landing practice.

We had a few simulated emergencies, and one actual incident, an aborted takeoff. Tim practiced no-spoilers landings in preparation for his flight test, and David learned what it was like to walk all the way back from the far end of the runway. The new guys, Bill, Matt, and Paul, had at least two flights each, and all are well on their way to soloing.

At the end of the day, the sun came out and Bill and Matt made a couple of soaring flights, discovering cloudbase at around 4000 feet.

Andy, Paul, and other volunteers I can't name made progress on the sorely missed 2-33, which will be back in the air soon, I hope!

We quit flying in plenty of time to admire the squall that brought hail to Hanover, and heavy rain to Post Mills.

The post-frontal cookout was well attended, with major contributions by Judy, Pete, Petey, and Tony/Carol. Carol told stories about her amazing 56 day odyssey that ended just last Thursday in Florida.

Sunday was cold and windy, and most of us chose to observe Mother's Day over flying.