The last day of the
course started with a met. briefing before flying. With rain forecast to
arrive by about 16:00 everyone was keen to get as much flying as
possible and concentrated on completing the exercises they wanted to
cover. Paul C and his three course members enjoyed some excellent
soaring and on two occasions found it necessary to set the altimeter to
1013 mb to be sure they stayed clear of the airway.
JB on the other hand
spent most of the day doing launch failures, 'modified circuit'
practice and various other pre-solo exercises that seemed to result in
rather a lot of walking back from the other end of the field! By the
time the rain eventually arrived at 17:00 Paul's students were grinning
like cheshire cats and JB's were happy to have mastered the skills
required to deal with all those unforeseen 'eventualities' and were
ready for a good night's sleep!
Everyone
on the course said they had really enjoyed the week. Sincere thanks to
Dave A, William Whiskers and Les the Winch for keeping all the wheels
turning and getting all the course members involved with the ground
based operations right from day one. This resulted in all of the course
members pulling together as a team and made for a really great flying
week. - JB
Meanwhile the North Hill Soaring section were hopeful of some good conditions as Dave Masson had suggested that Lashamites might visit. The skies over Exmoor looked stunning, and Pete St 230, Matt M5, Eric G29 and Wyn W7 all posted flights on the ladder touring the local playground - the only flights on the ladder today!
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| 5000' cloudbase over north Devon |
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| Spreadout and dragons breath in south Devon |
