After our record 11 flights on the ladder yesterday, we can't compete with ~100 flights on the ladder today as the weather in the rest of the country was not replicated in Devon.
There was very little wind to start with ......
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Mike demonstrates the use of a calibrated handkerchief |
and RASP didn't promise much, but it was thermic in the morning. However the seaair marched through at around 14:00-15:00, with the sky going blue, but later it did get going again with some very small tight climbs to 3,100 ft were possible if you could stay high.
Andrew L K6 GDE and Tim J ASW19 877 managed just over an hour and Henry Cirrus OR and Martin LS3 KMV for hour and half.
But otherwise there were a large number of short flights - 72 winch launches. Paul L renewed his acquaintance with SF27.