In a reversal of what normally happens around here, the weather was much better than forecast. Unfortunately, the pessimists who believed the forecasts missed out on Sunday, the best flying day of the year so far.
Saturday was a training day, mostly. Henry and Michael each had two flights, and we met Rick Walters, who has joined the club, and who will be bringing his ASW-24 to the field soon. Skip did his field check and did a nice job with a non-standard landing pattern. Kari (2C) practiced some more. Tim towed all day, and we were able to put everything away before the rain showers started around dinnertime.
There was no instructor scheduled for Sunday, and there were only four flights! Pete (3BA) flew all over the place and came home after a little more than 3 hours.
Both Don (JM) and Skip (JS) had good flights, but they both had flight recorder failures, so we won't be able to see their flight logs. At the end of the day, Moshe (RU) showed up and was able to get 1.5 hours in the Russia.
Finally, on Monday, we had a normal turnout. Moshe flew in the 2-33 with two students - Fred and Henry - and everyone else flew solo. There were good climbs to 7000 feet once the day got going, and Paul (S1), Greg (JD), Tim (BU), and Evan (T8) all managed to stay in the air most of the day. It took Dennis (DC) and Karl (HK) two tries, but they managed good flights as well. Karl claims he got to 9300 feet in wave, but he doesn't have a flight recorder, so we don't know whether to believe him. Pete (3BA) had another long flight in the Blanik, and just as the overcast moved in at the end of the day, Peter showed up and flew 505, just to prove that the lift had died.
Dan (EA) had an opportunity to land out at his home field, but he managed to get back to Sterling.
Outside of flying, we had a terrific weekend of volunteerism. Thanks a million to Fred, Henry, Don, Pete, and new member Sam Strohl, who manned the golf carts, ran ropes, moved a trampoline, mowed grass, and pumped gas. Pete, who had to go back home today, de-greased the towplane, washed, waxed and repaired the 304 trailer - and organized the clubhouse, which included putting up some nice pictures.
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I only flew the Russia an hour, not an hour and a half, although I did fly that long in the 2-33 with Henry the next day (and we got rather cold at 6500 MSL)
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