Thanks to everyone who turned up to fly today. After a late start due to low cloud, poor visibility & a bit of faffing we managed to do 19 launches & 6 1/2 hours flying, the motor-glider also flew again doing three sorties. The ridge eventually started working when the wind went south & picked up with 2 flights over an hour each & a couple slightly less. Thankfully Adam Berresford returned to do his duty instructor despite his membership lapsing, we all had a whip round & raised 10p towards his daily membership!
Congratulations to Andy Newman who, after 35 years days of solo flying was able to convince me that he is safe enough to be released from daily checks, well done that man!!!
On a sad note some vandal(s) decided to try trashing the airfield during the week (probably Thursday evening) by driving a vehicle up & down the strip & digging up the grass over the entire length & bredth of the airfield, I have taken pictures & the chairman & CFI have copies, investigations are ongoing, rest assured that thankfully the damage looks far worse than it is & isn’t a safety hazard.
All very well saying it’s a ridiculous situation but the law regarding the running of the bar to get a licence is that somebody has to take charge of it and be responsible for it, you can’t have anybody having access as things will go missing and it has to be controlled.