Free Flight 1990 #4 p22

MARITIMES REPORT
         
The Bluenose club got off to a flying start this year 
on the Easter weekend; warm sunny weather and post—winter 
checkouts galore. We thought maybe it was a harbinger of 
the season to come but no such luck. In early May the 
weather turned cold, cloudy, and wet — so wet in fact 
that we had to cancel most of our flying training week 
in the middle of the month because the field was just 
too wet to fly from.
         
Since then, Bluenose has managed to make up most of 
the training days through extended weekends so at this 
writing the students are just about where they should 
be. Three have soloed and a couple more are nearly ready.

The club has two active winches now, one confined to 
field operations and the other available for afield or 
afar. Mid-June we're planning to take it and a couple 
of gliders to Debert airfield, about 100 kilometres away, 
and share the runways with the Air Cadets. Debert is a 
civilian airport, and the Cadets have been training 
there for the past few years to get away from the 
military traffic at CFB Greenwood.
         
The weather is looking up again now so we’re
looking forward (with fingers crossed) to a
good soaring season.
         
         Gordon Waugh, Maritime Zone Director