The week of July 1-7 saw GGC once again hosting the Freedoms Wings Canada (FWC) Twin Astir glider in conjunction with a club fly week. GGC even had a special guest on the first day of the week. Canadian astronaut Marc Garneau was on site to check out the FWC activities and even go for a glider flight himself (with Doug in back) using the hand controls of the FWC twin. (photo: D. Duclos).Flight activity averaged approximately 28 flights daily. Mike Clarke, Canada's first paraplegic glider pilot, was also up to visit and take a couple flights at our airfield. Mike assists with the running of FWC at York Soaring (near Toronto) and is a very capable glider pilot using the hand controls. Those of us in the GGC that have tried flying with hand controls will attest to the mental skill required, and to the extreme value that is suddenly applied to "flying the yaw string", and hence the glider.
Kyle McKeown and his mother Colleen were also up visiting from York Soaring to help out throughout the week. 16 year old Kyle glides with York and they camped out in our recently cleaned carpenter shop for the duration of the week. THANKS KYLE and COLLEEN.
July 7 marked the end of the GGC/FWC Fly-Week with a hot, humid sunny day. Then in the heat of the afternoon, a stalwart group of GGC members laboured over the dis-assembling of the FWC Twin Astir, and putting it into the trailer for the return trip to York Soaring. GGC will be significantly expanding it’s role in the FWC flying program in 2009. Stay tuned for more news and details later this year.
IT WAS A GREAT FLY-WEEK and THANKS TO ALL WHO PARTICIPATED.
Doug L-L
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