17 gliders set off on tasks of NHL- Dorchester - Shaftesbury - NHL 175 km and to The Park for Silver Distance. The day was made up of two groups the earlies and the late starters. For the first hour and half after launch, the working band was 1600-2200 ft above North Hill. The sea air had just got to Dorchester which meant some dirty dashes into the turnpoint from the north. There was another sticky patch around Shaftesbury, and several missed the turnpoint but managed to get back into the better air. Meanwhile the later starters had found that a convergence had set up from North Hill to Yeovil.
Achievements:
- Wyn LS7 W7 Completed Silver distance to The Park and flew back, also completing 100km diploma
- Nick Oly 463 BVN Nostalgic Silver distance landing at The Park.
- Tim ASW19 877 Completed Silver distance by using the GPS rules he just made it, landing in a nice field south of Yeovil
- Lisa ASW20 LH Completed first closed circuit task.
- Martin LS3 KMV, Matt ASW20 M5, JB Ventus, Pete St Discus 230, Daniel ASW20 611, Chris Libelle CLM, all completed the task.
There were valiant efforts from Ron & Tom ASH25 711, Pete & Jill Duo Discus OL, and Lisa who got back but didn't quite make all the turnpoints. Also from Phil M & Max DG505 JZK who landed near Sherborne, Tim ASW19 877 who landed south of Yeovil, Nick R Junior FZF who landed near Poundsbury.
Mark L Cirrus 477 completed his longest flight yet, 3 hours, Ian H also soared for an hour and a half - his longest flight. Roly had a good flight of 4 hours local soaring in his Kestrel 523. Chris W took the P2s flying who had been unlucky in the draw for cross-country flights. Matt took Mark E for a quick breeze round Tiverton - Chard in the K21 after getting back from his task.
A fun day out enjoyed by all - thanks to all the helpers Nick, Les & Robert.
