5-6 October

A busy couple of days in some pleasant autumn sunshine. The two-seaters were kept busy with club flying, one-day -courses and trail lessons. Eugene deserves a mention for doing a great job giving the UWE students their introductory flights in the Ka7 (I should also say the students provided a great retrieve service to every landing glider). The days promised more than they delivered interms of thermal activity, giving the private owners the opportunity to demonstrate their low level scratching skills. Many thanks to winch drivers Andy Smart, Adrian Giles, Caleb McKinstry, Sam Lazenby and Matt Page. We were also very grateul to Simon Lucas for fixing the winch when the ignition box gave out on Saturday.