Sean, with his newly discovered Jedi powers decided to try his first reverse launch: his first “few” tries were over powered by the “dark forces”, some may even suggest that a mystic ogre had something to do with it, but eventually it all came together nicely!

Movie Dave, although had some occasional minor gear sorting issues, managed a full day of great forward launches, some of his best ever; he also, successfully, got his wing to fly over the falls a few times and "offered" to be our wind dummy not once but twice. Well done!

Honourable mentions go to Sean for driving up to Bridal for our second flights.

Art had some problems with his last B-line, and it's been a long time since he had a proper rematch. With just a little prompting this weekend, Art executed a perfect B-line stall. Also, Art set a new Deimos distance record for the longest controlled take off, (probably for than 500' and half a minute of running!). Moreover, Art and Karyn were the almost perfect hosts this weekend: letting the entire Deimos crew stay at their place, they entertain our little ladies, but we had a little problem when they cleaned our clocks in their favorite strategy game. Thanks again for another great weekend!

On his first flight off Blanchard Mt., Sean manage to soar with a little help from Matt. At times it looked like he was even higher than Matt; not to mention Sean had both a good take off and landing. Honourable mentions to Ted for his help in driving and huge patience through out the day.

All students would agree that, Art was certainly worth his weight in gold today.
Thanks Art for all your help.

Honorable mentions to Dion's new student, Shiriff’s, and her first three flights – not bad for 59 years old!

Sean demonstrated some of the best student launches and flying I’ve scene all year! Great take off, flying and landings – not bad for just two flights!

Brian managed many firsts this weekend (full stall, longest XC), but the high light was his death spiral to 70 feet.

Sean placed third in the BMBGC -Pretty amazing since he has not even taken his first high flight yet!

Trevor wore his Deimos T-shirt proudly this Sunday - with four solid flights off Grouse. He had to waste his $25 air show tickets "but it was totally worth it" he said!

Malek won the pilot of the week award, impressing us married pilots, with his smooth performance with a local supermodel  (driving a $50,000 car) to be single and free!

His patience and bravery with be an interesting combination with he starts fly solo – probably next weekend.

Honourable mentions to Shane and Dave Merrick for their generous help at BM, and Movie Dave's first "Deimos" style take off at Woodside.

Easily the best pilot of the day: two great launches and landings and managed to thermal up to about 3000', except for accidentally flying in the lee side of a few areas on the ridge, and turning a little to sharp at times, he managed the his wing quite well! Not bad for his 9th solo flight!

Samuel kitted his wing for thirty seconds before launching (Deimos advance method) and then soared above launch for almost an hour!

A difficult decision this week: Trevor received his Novice rating, Diane had two near perfect flights (her first solos), Chris was super generous and helpful all week, and Racer Joe with his mega flights, but it was Matt who out did him self with his less than perfect landing demo with many solid new student landings.

Thanks Matt!

Harv managed to pick up where he left off a few months ago and was rewarded with some fine soaring flights this Saturday. His generosity seems to be limitless: even though he arrived a little late (on Sunday), he still was more than pleased to help drive most of the pilots up and down the hill.

Honourable mentions to Dave Merrick for being a wind dummy and LZ coach.

Trevor finish all of his maneuvers and now just needs two more flights for his PG license!

Samuel's launches are getting better and better: on his third flight he managed to extend his flight to almost half an hour and landed with just a little guidance (from me). Instructor Daniel said his launch was perfect!

Dave' s launches seem to be getting better and better, but he won the pilot of the day award when he decided not to launch at Woodside in strong conditions, then help me out by driving Matt back to White Rock (I' m still in the dog house but with a reduced sentence!).

Dave managed to fly to Harrison, while most of the other pilots were trapped in front of launch – good work! Good luck in the Canadian Nationals!

Samuel has been training hard for the last few weekends, and his hard work just paid off, he just completed his first solo flight. According to Matt he did great on his approach but went a little too far behind the trees and needed to go on best glide to make the LZ. Honourable mentions to Movie Dave and Chris for setting their longest air times.

Brian set his personal best XC record at Whidbey, flying past the surfer's beach, then pulling off some amazing 5.10D (dirt) moves getting up the cliff face. Honorable mentions to Samuel for driving at Blanchard and his hard training at Whidbey.

Art had more great reverse launches, while other more experience members wondered what was his secret launch technique, and watch the day drift away. Honourable mentions to Matt for guiding Art on his first XC.

Hard to beat Trevor's three hour flight and smooth landings. Honorable mentions to Dave Merrick for help guiding; Murray for his mega help with driving; Movie Dave with his best take offs in months, and Kristen for her high speed driving.

Special thanks to Thom Mc for helping me with some tricky tandem launches.

Trevor showed wisdom, skill and patients all weekend: in front of a small crowd, Trevor tried to kite his wing (with some success), but was most useful in helping to secure my passenger when we top landed. Even though other self tought pilots were flying, Trevor remained patient and waited until we could safely fly tandem. Avoiding peer pressure is always hard, but Trevor remained solid.

Honorable mentions go to Lee for continuing to train even though he had forgot to take a harness to the training field.

Dave was the wind "technician" for the morning flight, and managed a smooth top land (second ever) at lower Bridal. On his second flight he had to fight his way back to the take off from his lowest point ever (600'). Great work Dave!

Honourable mentions to Art for his dedicated training (BM) and getting to a new high point at Bridal (about a 1000' over launch).