Curtis brought out his Mustang but the long grass would not let him get away & eventually after a few nose-overs one of the retracts gave way & that was the end of flying for "Hurry Home Honey" for the day...
Nearly got away!
Birthday boy Paul had more success with "Glamorous Glen", but it was not the day for large warbirds with that unpredictable wind.
Not to be put off, Barry brought out a very nice electric Albatross D.V.a which looked great & flew well!
Luckily for Curtis he had a plan B for the day & his Super Skybolt performed without fault.
Next up was the return of the Trojan which flew much, much better, but a dead-stick combined with the conditions led to a heavy landing which ripped out one of the retracts. Very fixable but disappointing when everything was going so well!
The wind didn't seem to worry the "Glider Brothers" Barry & Bill.
Michael's definitely found his mojo again & had a good day thrashing the Katana!
I had a good day out with the MXS-R - makes a nice change to have no homework to do!
"Jet Master" Dennis had a great flight but the wind made landing very tricky!
Great to catch up with Terry for a chat - as owner of the turf farm we are very lucky that he generously allows us to set up camp on his land every weekend!
Graeme had a good time with his foam Pitts until it made very hard contact with the ground whilst clearly trying to dive-bomb Dennis' Falcon!
All in all not a bad day even if the flying wasn't the best!
I almost forgot to mention that Curtis had a plan C as well!
For something completely different we finished the day off with a couple of beers.
See you next week.
Cheers, Rob
