Another good day at Big Collin!

Initially the wind was quite strong and just slightly E of SE but with little lift. I had a short top to bottom flight as my first student arrived. Students practiced their reverse launch ground handling initially. Got Taster student Declan McGill ground handling then three good flights getting higher each time and all standup landings. CP student Gerry Johnston also flew for the first time in 6 months having been off with a health glitch. Dermot Lagan showed how ground handling should be done and also had a number of flights top to bottom as did Martin Bates on his single surface Niviuk Skin wing.

It seems that there was some reasonable flying at Agnew's Hill underneath the new Class D airspace, with rarely seen Mark Gibson and Richard Stewart getting some airtime with Colin Dowey and Tom Carson. It was also good to hear that former club member and excellent pilot John McNamee also put in an appearance with a view to getting back into the sport after an absence of five years!