It was great to see the return of Steve flying his newly equipped Sbach with the EME 60. He has had a large work load this past year and had to also factor in the arrival of his new son Tommy.
A very sleak machine....
Steve looking so terrified with his first flight for over a year. Yer right.......There was a lot of quiet talk behind the scenes between all pilots firstly about how good it was to see steve's return. This quickly changed to bloody smart arse how long is he here for and that's it i am going to sell my stuff. Hehehe.. He flew with silky smoothness even in the wind.
Well done steve and welcome back..
James started the day with his foamy electric powered glider and was doing well until the prop decided to bite him and leave him with 5 stitches to attend to.
After putting his glider away for the day he got out his trainer and up, up and
Down. All went well just that tricky wind on late finals..
Trent was not fazed by the wind and continue to
Fly his trainer well.
With one of our instructor away today (James Buttler) it was up to Greg to show the ropes to a new up and comer.
Billy threw caution and his Cap into the wind and had a great flight with a bit of trouble on the last few feet of the landing. Dam wind. Is that left wheel missing. Here comes some more epxoy.
The prez arrived for a quick lap with his trainer.
Billy and Anthony tackling the circuit.
Following a few unexpected, shall we say, challenging landings with his nitro powered aircraft Greg has been left to fly his Massive pitts as he contemplates what to build next.
All is going well
Who is that uninvited guest. Greg you are just not having a good year.
At least he managed to out maneuver the Hawk with no contact made.
Michael had a great flight even with the wind he managed to master his Katana. Well done you are flying great.
As the day progress it was good to see that Bob had taken our advice for last weeks safety infringement and with the great leadership of the other members he had donned his safety eye wear.
Can't ask for more than that.
There wasn't a big attendance today but that didn't stop the flight box from filling up.
Theres that spy, Rob, back again. Come on Rob where is the MXS-R. I think the perfect treatment for a stress fractured foot is to do some time flying.
Bob, suitably kitted out with the safety glasses started the day with a few flights of his Pitts.
And then got airbourne with his RE.RE.RE.worked Pc9. Man you are getting some life out of that thing.
Finally it was my turn to see if i knew which way was up. I did have to confer with others to ensure i had the starter thingy on the spinner thingy correctly.
Much to everyone's amazement i did manage to get flying again.
(was that amazement or amusement)
See it does fly...
A quick check of the safety fluid replenishment kit and we were assured that it held the correct ingredients. Again well done Anthony. Not sure what we can do about our other refreshments Officer. He thinks getting married and working are more important.
Ahhhh with a small turnout today it meant we had ..........more shade.......
See you all next week..
Always enjoy reading your blog posts Spider, very entertaining & much funnier than the last bloke!!
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