I came, I soar, I went.

It's been a while since I posted, it would seem. It hasn't been a particularly busy winter, flying wise - I've managed to do enough to keep current, but Lima-Five-One has been in it's trailer in a nice warm barn, and only came out in March as the weather started to take a turn and the ARC was due. This is obviously the first time I have needed to take an aircraft through it's ARC, but it was relatively painless thanks to the wealth of expertise we have at Yorkshire Gliding Club, not only some hugely experienced pilots, but engineers as well. It's fortunate, because the first thing that happened when we lifted the glider fuselage out of the trailer was that the tail skid dropped off! One expensive new skid and a couple of days work later, and I had a newly airworthy glider for another year - and with another day, we sorted out the instrument fit. Gone is the old LX160 to be replaced by an IGC approved LXNAV S100 for task flying and logging duties, and