Now that Mike, Brendan and myself have settled in, a little about our location (the adventure boys arrive today, and Toby shortly). It seems to be a great location; the people are friendly and the city has modern facilities.
The airfield is an “all over” grass field, with excellent supporting facilities such as aircraft manufacture (Dynamic light aircraft), glider maintenance and club facilities (restaurant, bar and inside/outside dining). The airfield operates under professional administration and in accordance with CTAF-R procedures. Interestingly because the “runway” is so wide it is very common for aircraft/gliders to be taking off and landing in opposite directions at the same time.
Graham and Keith have just arrived having survived the great Siberian Safari (they have pictures) . Tobi has also arrived and is set up in the camping area next to Brendan and Allan. Everything is cosy with the Glider Park, trailer park and camp area set up along the runway edge. The same arrangement exists at Nitra about 80 km to the southwest. The whole operation is incredibly relaxed. You tow your glider out onto the runway and magically a tow plane will turn up in a minute or two and you,are on your way.
At the end of the day we all got to-gether and had a team dinner in the club restaurant. Enjoyed by all.
To-morrow is the first official practice day, and all are keen to get into the air, although Mike and Brendan have sampled the air a few times already
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