The afternoon saw long cloud streets form with climbs of well over 6 knots.
Mark flew with Jimbob out to Crediton, Rowan and Chris rigged the Libelle and Henry flew the Junior for nearly 2h30m. There were several flights near the hour mark.The field was packed up early and the airborne stragglers landed, washed the gliders and left with some daylight left. A very good soaring day in early March. - HF
Meanwhile, in Nottingham, a contingent from the Club were at the BGA CFI/Chairman and Sporting Conference. There were plenty of speakers, exhibitors and old friends to catch up with. The best part of the day was late afternoon with the set of 3 presentations about flying in the Lakes, the Black Mountains and at the Seaside. We were there to support / heckle Matt, but his presentation was very slick and the whole audience were in awe of the video footage. Even the 'great and good' came up to congratulate Matt on an epic flight.
Matt with the cheesy grin“A nice blend of all the features of the spirit of Enterprise: a comparatively low performance glider (no turbo), imagination coupled with intelligent observation, planning, beauty and the foresight to have the recording equipment so that we can all share the enjoyment via photographs and video plus an excellent article in S & G. The flight I would most like to have done.”
Fancy dress was not obligatory