A calm Saturday morning with autumn high pressure in place and therefore fog and no wind. A good group of members arrived anticipating that the fog would clear by late morning. The field was set up for an 09 take off (launch from the west end). A K21 (HCX), DG505 and Junior were DI’ed and walked to the west end. A very shiny K21 KEK was brought out for the final signoff by George Sanderson and Peter Startup. Our fleet now complete and ready to go. Unfortunately the fog wasn’t ready to go.
James Flory conducted the briefing and we waited. Peter Smith was busy preparing for the Club house Refurbishment and the Juniors were busy replenishing the log store and building up a good stock for the colder weather to come. James ran a session on the SPL exam tutour and still the fog persisted. By lunch time it was clear that there would be no flying this Saturday and reluctantly we put all the kit away and retired to a warm Clubhouse with the log burner going nicely. After lunch Sally and Rob started decorating the room in preparation for the evening halloween party. – John Borland
Sally Hender hosted her usual fun and games for Halloween Party, with some great costumes on show.
Vicki served up a lovely meal and the spooky playlist must have gone round several times.
Sunday weather was a repeat of low cloud and a rather cold strong gusty easterly. First Flights were cancelled. The Simulator was in full flow, and the KEK test flight has to wait for a better day..Some more preparatory work took place to clear out the briefing room for it’s refurb.
