Paul S flew with Simon L continuing his B.I training, later they took an aerotow to a now familiar wave bar just south of the Wellington Monument, there they floated and gloated at 3000ft for over an hour while us mere mortals did circuits in sink. Andrew L had several flights towards Yellow card revalidation with Mark C, and JB was acting Bloggs for Rowan who is putting the final touches to his flying in readiness for his BI test next weekend.
We continued in this vein until the umpire (Roly in the winch) called for “change ends and new balls please”. The gliders were flown to the other end where we set up camp in our all too regular spot.
Tuggie Simon J was kept fairly busy during the day considering the cloud base and could often be seen going around because a leaf had strayed across his landing area! Simon L gave way to JB for the afternoon duty and as usual he took the day by the scruff of the neck and injected new life into us all.
Henry made a late appearance and kindly pointed out the areas of sink on the north circuit, a brief switch to south circuits faired little better but he did still hold on to the coveted shortest flight of the day award. Guy A continued training with Peter F in the Falke with several impressive touch and goes, the new engine sounding quite the sowing machine.
JB eventually wound down at dusk giving us time to wash our glider bottoms and derig the K21 for its inspection. Thanks to all the helpers. A few lucky members led by John S had the opportunity to wash down Simon L DG 505 before putting it to bed.
A great day on the whole with everyone flown, tea and biscuits at the end of play with talk of spring soaring and Air Experience evenings with our new BBQ.- Mark C
