Phil,
Pleasure to be able to help out. You'll be solo before you know it!
Time to start thinking about the next 9 planes
Wish you'd left out the bit about my deadstick landing being better than Mike's though[&o].True it may be, but Mike's kind of competitive and as club prez he carries a lot of clout

BTW, there are usually several instructors around on a Saturday morning, seems like on this occasion there was some (RC) event on that lured them away.
Terry