Day 3 we caught up with the remaining flying from Day 2, and finished Day 3's flying too. The candidates are starting to really progress, and are hitting the books for the closed-book exam, as well as preparing for the next day's flights, and ground instruction lessons. The looks are less glazed, and now, more tired.
All 3 of the club two-seat gliders are in use, though we will only use 2 today for spins and spiral dive instruction. Yesterday, a lot of stalls and approaches were flown. 3 private owners flew, totalling 4 flights and just under 8 hours flying, while the Pawnee had 25 flights totaling 3 hours 10 minutes. The club two-seaters had 7 and a half hours. All in all, a safe, very pleasant day. A very light rain fell last night, and class begins at 9 this morning. The airfield has great drainage, yesterday, after at least 2" on Tuesday, you'd never know it had rained.
We were visited by two Air Cadet instructors from Quebec, who had seen that we were running a course, and came out to see us. Thanks for helping the private owners get their gliders out, and it was great to see you!
Thanks to Rick Sudeyko for the great tows!
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