The weather gods smiled on us gliding folk by unleashing torrential rain and a nasty cold easterly wind on Easter Sunday thus making it far easier to concentrate on the more traditional family commitments and not spend the day wistfully gazing at the sky.
However the
severity of the winter like conditions on Sunday and the gloomy
forecast for Monday at the start of the weekend must have played a part
in deterring most from making the trip up to the club today.
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| It is going to be EPIC |
Rasp, however was painting a very different picture and a few chocolate filled members turned up to take advantage. The thick high cloud slowly drifted west and a tantalising line of cumulus to the east confirming RASP's optimism seemed to be creeping ever closer. Unfortunately it never quite came within range. 10 members dragged a Junior, 2 K21s, R37 and W7 to the far end of the field and Simon L brought out the Pawnee. Wanting some aerotow training, Heather and Ruth initially flew with Simon, the only proper instructor available, allowing Matt to sneak in a couple of tows. Heather went first and coped well with the bubbly cross wind before giving up her seat to Ruth. Whizzing up to 2500 ft and stalling back down again, Simon then leaped out of the K21 and into the tug forcing Ruth to go it alone in the K21.
By now the high cover had cleared to the west and the warm sum was kicking thermals off the Hembury ridge so Wyn in W7, Liam and Matt in R37, Rick A in HCX, Roly and Jonathan in KEK and Matt S in KHA gave Simon the chance to clock up a few more tows while Nick H kindly kept the log. Dave C came up from his caravan and put in some muscle to help the rest get in the air but didn't fly himself. Rick achieved the longest flight with 67 min completing another duration benchmark towards his XC endorsement and every one else soared until bored before hanger landing and tea.
Thanks to all for a very pleasant afternoon.
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