Many thanks to Andy, Matt and Jamie for organising our visit to Bath University for the “Freshers’ Day” recruiting campaign and special thanks to Graham and Anne for picking up LPM in heavy rain, trailing it over and returning it afterwards.
Mervyn came along to help us rig, thanks Mervyn; Adam and I had a busy day greeting the potential pilots of the future and getting as many as we could into the cockpit, with it’s canopy obviously removed for safety 😉 Some were a bit reluctant to climb in but they all listened to our enthusiastic explanations.
Andy , Matt and Jamie had a job to keep up with collecting all the contact details but signed up ten new members on the day; an excellent result with many to follow up. Some have had some limited previous flying experience, so they have an idea what to expect and we have some positive recruits to work with.
Negotiating and dealing with the University authorities isn’t easy, so well done Andy and team for their efforts.
Apologies for my poor photographic composition and giving the maintenance crew palpitations; we weren’t actually holding the wing down with a rubbish bin! The second photo shows that.