A completely cloudless sky provided some warmth in the sun, provided that you could hide from the relentless icy easterly wind. This wind did nothing for the soaring at North Hill, but on the other side of Dartmoor, the locals were reaching 10,000' straight off the winch launch, including our own Steve who was helping out with their instructing. He had two training flights to 10,000' and back, and whilst attempting a third the entry to the wave collapsed. Faced with a marginal return to the site he took the safe option and landed out in a local field.
see Brentor blog http://www.dartmoorgliding.blogspot.com
Meanwhile it was a busy day at North Hill, with probably a third of our membership on the field sometime during the day. Experience with the borrowed Skylaunch winch continued, Martin (from Brentor)had his Instructor rating renewed by Simon M. and Muggles had his annual BI checks. Max enjoyed a birthday treat of aerobatics. One visitor braved the cold for a trial lesson. 59 winch launches and 5 aerotows in total.
