Overnight rain and a decent NW breeze shook up the lower atmosphere
enough to make the day interesting to everyone who came. It was much
less obviously busy than Saturday, but there were 45 launches
nonetheless, ranging from newcomers and a couple of "walk-ins" through
to several private owners who rigged and flew.
It looked as if the pattern of Saturday would be repeated - development and overdevelopment until conditions died. But it was much better than that. The window of opportunity lasted longer, and delivered a bit more than Saturday's. In all 20 flights were longer than half an hour, and of those, 11 were over the hour mark. Pete St Discus(230), Ron J ASW20 (611), Simon M ASW20 (SM), Pete and Jill Duo Discus (OL), Eric ASG29 (G29) all set off in pursuit of turnpoints with varying degrees of success. Pete St completed the Club 100, whilst Simon ended up in a field near Crewkerne.
Closer to home, Paul S and Mike S were testing out their newish Instructor ratings and keeping things moving at the launchpoint.
A good day was had by all. Thanks to everyone who made it work, and kept it going.- Jonathan
It looked as if the pattern of Saturday would be repeated - development and overdevelopment until conditions died. But it was much better than that. The window of opportunity lasted longer, and delivered a bit more than Saturday's. In all 20 flights were longer than half an hour, and of those, 11 were over the hour mark. Pete St Discus(230), Ron J ASW20 (611), Simon M ASW20 (SM), Pete and Jill Duo Discus (OL), Eric ASG29 (G29) all set off in pursuit of turnpoints with varying degrees of success. Pete St completed the Club 100, whilst Simon ended up in a field near Crewkerne.
Closer to home, Paul S and Mike S were testing out their newish Instructor ratings and keeping things moving at the launchpoint.
A good day was had by all. Thanks to everyone who made it work, and kept it going.- Jonathan
