Despite the forecast of rain, a strong wind and generally pessimistic
flying conditions, a small but hardy group of members turned up to the
Club, more in defiance of the weather than any real optimism of any
flying.
With over 70 mm of rain on the field this week, there were still a lot of puddles in places. After some tea and discussion, followed by more tea and
even more discussion, and much looking out of the window and at the
weather radar, spurred on by the high level of optimism being generated
by Mark C, a decision was made to start getting gliders and the tug out
ahead of an anticipated weather clearance and a reduction in wind
strength.
With a K21 and the tug ready to go a decision was made...to have more tea and more discussion........
Mid-morning and the first aerotow of the day was underway with Paul S continuing his Asst Cat Instructor training with Simon M.
Paul
and Simon made good use of the aerotow managing to stay up for about half an hour with the ridge working, before
finding out how interesting the approach was in the windy conditions.
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| Where has the glider gone?.... |
After more tea and more discussion, a decision was made to not do any more flying and everything was put away.
Ray H proved that we could get a clubhouse flight simulator up and running. JB and others continued to work hard on the K21 in the workshop. Pete H signed off another EASA licence application. Cheryl and Graham had returned from their holiday in Morroco with nice tans.
All being well there is better weather ahead of us all...- Mike Sl
