Our usual winter slow time is a distant memory. This year the activity has been so hectic we have been too busy to update the blog. The planned travel to Cobar for the second weekend of training was cancelled due to weather however our Cobar members were very active and the club travelled there for three days on the 4/5/6th June. Arnie Hartley in TDN with Mark Rowe in GOC flew out for training on Friday 4th. David Miller in KJH and Ken McAnally in GKC left early on Saturday morning. Ken was prepared with Ugg books, snow mittens and woollen beanie. Poor David Miller found the Pawnee was not as well equipt as his own excellent fleet of aircraft and could find no heater on board. I am sure there will be one fitted next time the Pawnee goes through the workshop. He arrived with frozen fingers and toes.
Hot coffee, steak sandwiches and a warm welcome were in place however and the training started as soon as the crews had thawed out. Four instuctors and two tug pilots flew until dark on both Friday and Saturday and finished in time to return to Narromine in the short daylight on Sunday.
David Burrell and Fiona drove out to Cobar and Beryl Hartley took along the supplies to provide food for all the workers and visitors. The profits to go to the local Angel Flight group.
A great fun weekend with five students and a number of air experience flights. The weather was cold but mostly clear and all aircraft were busy. A fantastic effort from our Cobar people with special thanks to Rhonda and Ian Cooper and Angela Webb. We hope to see them at Narromine within the next weeks to continue their training.
When the weather warms up and the days are longer we are planning another visit to Cobar. In the meantime we welcome our new Cobar members.
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