CAPE GLIDING CLUB

Weekend News

25th – 26th February 2012

Saturday 25th:-

Duty Pilot: Andrew Standring Tuggie: Paul Bailey, Instructors Aerotow: Sven Olivier Air Exp Pilot. Mike Pascoe

Pupils: Hlone Coleman,

Visitors:- Penny and Rudyard Harrison ( Penny is Mike Pascoe’s sister now living in S.West)

The days flying: Peter Wooley, Wally, Dur Pieters, Dawid Pretorius, Errol Drew, John Spargo, Hansie Masche and Dylan Evans all flew their private gliders. See OLC scores bellow. Grove Steyn did his check flights. Martin Gruenert had trouble with the engine of his Taurus and did not fly. Chris Hughes had a late afternoon flight in his Whisper

 

OLC Claims –

2012-02-25

471.12

Dawid Pretorius (ZA)

524.34

100.94

Cape Gliding Club

LS 8/18m

11:21

16:57

2012-02-25

305.34

Peter Wooley (ZA)

308.42

56.90

Cape Gliding Club

Mini Nimbus

10:12

16:25

2012-02-25

95.36

Wally Tamsen (ZA)

76.10

39.33

Cape Gliding Club

ASW 15

10:49

12:49

 

( pity Errol did not claim!)

Sunday 26th. Very hot, little wind which changed from SE to NW later.

Duty Pilot Helmuth v Michaelis, Tug Pilot Peter Clemence, Instructors Kevin Mitchell .

Visitor:- Dave Murray, from Namibia, who did some gliding as a youngster in Australia and is interested in the next Beginners Course, flew with Kevin.

Andre did a check aerotow in GZF and Sarel Oosthuisen did a check and then flew GUC. Ockert Brits was passed by Peter for cross-country and Ruan Joubert did some out-landing practice in GZF.

Otto Toenges and Markus Geisen flew the DG 500 for a two hour flight.

 

 

WINCHING

Although a rostered winching day there were no takers for the winch!

The Weekends Flying

Pilot or Pax or

Instr.

Tug Pilot

Tug

Pvt

Glider

Take

Tug

Glider

 

Tug

Club

Winch

Air

Private

 

 

Pupil

or

or

REG.

Winch

Reg.

Off

Land

Land

 

 

 

 

Exp.

 

 

 

 

Air Exp.

Winchie

S/L

Club

 

Hrs

Min

Hrs

Min.

Hrs

Min.

Min.

Min.

Min.

Min.

 

 

 

 

 

 

AirExp

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Penny Harrison

Pascoe

Bailey

MIV

Club

GOK

11

26

11

40

11

48

14

22

 

 

 

 

 

Hlone Coleman

Olivier

Bailey

MIV

Club

GHB

12

2

12

16

12

30

14

28

 

 

 

 

 

Peter Wooley

-

Bailey

MIV

Pvt

GKS

12

20

12

33

18

29

13

 

 

 

369

 

 

Rudyard Harrison

Pascoe

Bailey

MIV

Club

GOK

12

37

12

53

13

15

16

38

 

 

 

 

 

Wally Tamsen

-

Bailey

MIV

Pvt

GVG

12

55

13

9

14

54

14

 

 

 

119

 

 

Durr Pieters

-

Bailey

MIV

Pvt

GYX

13

10

13

25

13

54

15

 

 

 

44

 

 

Dawid Pretorius

-

Bailey

MIV

Pvt

GKU

13

31

13

45

19

1

14

 

 

 

330

 

 

Errol Drew

-

-

S/L

Pvt

 

13

31

13

31

15

46

0

 

 

 

135

S/L

 

Grove Steyn

Olivier

Bailey

MIV

Club

GOK

13

49

14

4

15

25

15

96

 

 

 

 

 

John Spargo

-

Bailey

MIV

Pvt

GHW

14

7

14

22

14

34

15

 

 

 

27

 

 

Hansie Masche

-

Bailey

MIV

Pvt

GZD

14

56

15

7

15

28

11

 

 

 

32

 

 

Mike Pascoe

-

-

S/L

Pvt

SBU

15

4

15

4

16

20

0

 

 

 

76

S/L

 

Dylan Evans

-

Bailey

MIV

Pvt

GUH

15

11

15

23

15

55

12

 

 

 

44

 

 

Hlone Coleman

Olivier

Bailey

MIV

Club

GHB

15

56

16

10

16

25

14

29

 

 

 

 

 

Grove Steyn

Bailey

-

S/L

Club

GZF

16

50

16

50

17

25

0

35

 

 

 

S/L

 

Chris Hughes

-

-

S/L

Pvt

EJW

17

0

17

0

17

30

0

 

 

 

30

S/L

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ruan Joubert

 

L-du Toit

GZF

Club

GUC

12

28

12

44

13

27

16

59

 

 

 

 

 

Sarel Oosthuizen

 

Clemence

GZF

Club

GHB

12

52

13

2

13

14

10

22

 

 

 

 

 

Otto T. / Geisen M.

-

-

S/L

Pvt

KOUL

13

38

13

38

15

42

0

 

 

 

124

S/L

 

Dave Murray

Mitchell

Clemence

GZF

AE

GHB

13

47

13

57

14

23

10

 

 

36

 

 

 

Sarel Oosthuizen

-

Clemence

GZF

Club

GUC

14

37

14

48

15

35

11

58

 

 

 

 

 

Ockert Brits

Clemence

Clemence

S/L

Club

GZF

14

57

14

57

15

26

0

29

 

 

 

S/L

 

Ockert Brits

Clemence

Clemence

GZF

Club

GUC

16

2

16

11

16

47

9

45

 

 

 

 

 

Ruan Joubert

Clemence

Clemence

S/L

Club

GZF

16

20

16

20

16

55

0

35

 

 

 

S/L

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total hours

 

 

3.7

7.7

0.0

0.6

22.2

 

 

For  the Winch and S/ launch fill the 'take-off' again in the 'tug-land' coloumn

 

TOTAL FLYING

 

30.5

Hrs.

 

 

 

 

 

PICTURE GALLERY

 

 

The growling monster amongst the angels. Pic by Wally

 

 

Pic by Sven

 

.Duty Roster – March 2012 Remember the Gauntlet  - 3rd March

Date        Duty Pilots                            Tug Pilots                              Instructors                             Winch Drivers

3rd          Friederich Moolman            Peter Bailey                          Wally Tamsen

4th          Richard Harris                      Rien de Muijnk                 Phil Surridge,  Jon Cross

News Letter compiled by Andre