Was the first promising day, weather wise and so everyone was up early
to start rigging the DG505. It was one of the hardest rigging
experiences with the wind being 20 knots even behind some cover.
We set up on the short west launch run and Simon Leeson and Pete Smith were the first two to test the ridge from a 300 ft launch. After
names were drawn at random, Ross had the first flight of the juniors in
the DG and enjoyed his first experience of the ridge.
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| Launching on the short run (Josh Funnell) |
Flying
stopped for lunch and the flying never really got going again after as a
front of rain came in which caused most Mynd members to lose hope and
go home.
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| Simon and Jess closeup (James Hood) |
Flying
was then unexpectedly resumed and Simon and Jess Summers had a wonderful flight
and Jess made a touching gesture to her cousin. Mark Courtney and Oscar Leeson then
followed up with a flight in the DG505 which nearly ended with a field
landing as rain came in and the ridge wasn't working properly. But this
concluded the flying of the day and things were packed up.
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| Another great Mynd day (Josh Funnell) |
Another half
of the juniors are still to fly but it still was a great day overall. - Josh Funnell
