At last! - Brilliant weather on a Wednesday, a good forecast for a bright start to the day and a long list ot members wanting to fly.
First
though we had to inspect the condition of the field, after much
deliberation and reports of several cable breaks on Saturday we decided
to change the South cable to give the field time to dry out a bit.
The
field was still a bit wet so great care was taken in locating the LPV
and cable run, from the start the ridge was working, so all the available two-seaters were in the air and both Juniors.
All
solo pilots had good soaring flights and the two-seaters had to be
called down on a couple of occasions so we could fit all the flights in.
The
demolition crew were hard at work dismantling a couple of caravans and
Pete CFI demonstrated how to plough a field with a Volvo (unfortunately finding a very soggy bit of ground).
Stu checked out Carl in VG after the long break from flying the Motor Falke.
A very rewarding day with good ridge lift, a bit of weak wave and thermals up to 2,500ft and just a couple of hail showers. -JSt
