Sun 11 November 2018
Big Collin again. Tony was on site with a couple of students. Wind on the hill was strong and gusting to 25mph. I cancelled training and had a word with Tony and one of his students ground handling at the bottom. Ken McConnell arrived and flew his radio control model glider for a while. Since there was no sign of the wind dropping I went home after a chat with Ken and with Tony who was getting his two students ground handling at the bottom in gusty wind.
Sat 10 November 2018
Took two beginner students out to Big Collin for some ground handling initially with the FB Trainer and SEED ground handling miniwings. Wind was southerly and almost calm at the bottom. Further up the hill we were getting 10-12mph at first so reverse launch practice was the exercise. Usual mistakes were evident - confusion between right and left; too slow reactions etc. But in the end both achieved a reasonable level of competence.
We continued in the bottom landing area with the regular M and L Firebird F1rst wings which, as expected, they found a bit easier after the twitchy miniwings. In the end the wind died and we stopped.
Sunday, November 11, 2018
Monday, November 05, 2018
Late flights at Big Collin
Sunday 4th November 2018
I called out to Big Collin to check conditions with a view to getting a couple of my CPN students out. The wind was southerly and gusting 18 - 26mph so training was called off. Following an invitation from Al McMaster to drop by for a coffee, I did just that and spent a pleasant while with Al and his family.
On my way home I got a call from Ian Cross and, noticing that the wind had dropped a bit I swung by Big Collin again. Ian arrived just after me and we found the wind on the hill was now a manageable 16-18mph mostly. We got our gear and climbed to the top.
By the time we were ready to take off it was obvious that the wind was continuing to drop. In the end we managed a few low level soaring flights with slope landings before finally landing by the cars.
No surprise that the next day had low cloud and rain!
I called out to Big Collin to check conditions with a view to getting a couple of my CPN students out. The wind was southerly and gusting 18 - 26mph so training was called off. Following an invitation from Al McMaster to drop by for a coffee, I did just that and spent a pleasant while with Al and his family.
On my way home I got a call from Ian Cross and, noticing that the wind had dropped a bit I swung by Big Collin again. Ian arrived just after me and we found the wind on the hill was now a manageable 16-18mph mostly. We got our gear and climbed to the top.
By the time we were ready to take off it was obvious that the wind was continuing to drop. In the end we managed a few low level soaring flights with slope landings before finally landing by the cars.
No surprise that the next day had low cloud and rain!
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