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.
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