I’m at a gliding club at Piper’s Field near Bathurst learning how to be a tuggie! That is a pilot who flies the tow plane that pulls the gliders into the air. It’s going well despite very windy weather.
We’re having fun here – there are six people on an ab initio gliding course and I’m pulling them into the air flying the Piper Pawnee tug plane. I had a day flying with the instructor alongside me telling me what to do. The next couple of days I’ve been working hard getting the gliders aloft.
The weather is not ideal, but at least it has not been rainy during the day.
The whole region has been having rain and thunderstorms, we had lots here during last night. Nice people, a real mix.
(Yes I know it should be toeing, it’s what we call a joke!)
