I’m having lots more fun gliding – I now have nine flights in my logbook over the past three weeks and I’m still enjoying it. The last outing was on Friday when it was nearly 40 degrees out on the airfield at Camden and we all fried.
Unfortunately, hot air everywhere under an overcast does not give you thermals. So my two flights were only about 20 minutes each, but that’s enough to have some fun before carrying out the important circuit and landing – showing off my sideslipping technique.
I’m now checked out to drive the retrieve car (wow!) a battered little Daihatsu. We use it to tow the gliders out from the hangar to the takeoff point and to bring the gliders back to the takeoff point when they have landed down the airfield. We also get plenty of exercise pushing the aircraft around.
So far, my instructors seem to be good guys and certainly know their stuff.
