"The morning after the day before"
Unsurprisingly after the previous day's flying epicness and with cloud covering the top of Bishop's there was a general lack of keenness to start flying. However the morning was well spent listening to an educational and informative talk by Sant Cervantes on flying in wave - what to look out for on various weather charts (a good reminder of the importance of planning for success), the essential ingredient of risk mitigation and knowing when to take a calculated risk, or even more importantly, when not to, and how when it all comes together what "fun" can be had.
And then suddenly some enthusiasm....
Simon M and Stu took the DG 505 for an airing, followed soon after by Mark E in a SGC Junior, both using the Bishop's to good effect and using the evident wave over Loch Leven and further West.
James (ASW20 ENW) was next followed by Paul S (Std Cirrus 477)
Visibility was not great but soon SGC gliders were being prepared for use by North Hill expeditionees with the kind agreement of the SGC Duty Instructor.
Unsurprisingly after the previous day's flying epicness and with cloud covering the top of Bishop's there was a general lack of keenness to start flying. However the morning was well spent listening to an educational and informative talk by Sant Cervantes on flying in wave - what to look out for on various weather charts (a good reminder of the importance of planning for success), the essential ingredient of risk mitigation and knowing when to take a calculated risk, or even more importantly, when not to, and how when it all comes together what "fun" can be had.
And then suddenly some enthusiasm....
Simon M and Stu took the DG 505 for an airing, followed soon after by Mark E in a SGC Junior, both using the Bishop's to good effect and using the evident wave over Loch Leven and further West.
James (ASW20 ENW) was next followed by Paul S (Std Cirrus 477)
Visibility was not great but soon SGC gliders were being prepared for use by North Hill expeditionees with the kind agreement of the SGC Duty Instructor.
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| Lots of keen pilots but the playground had closed for the time being... |
And
then all the gliders which were airborne started to call downwind -
ahead of a rather wide rain front coming from the West quite quickly. A single practice launch failure later and with the rain increasing it was time for tea and discussion....
And sadly that was it for the day as the rain settled in for the rest of the day - with gliders being picketed down for the night and plans being made for the evening meal at 'Reminisce' including a pudding competition.
And sadly that was it for the day as the rain settled in for the rest of the day - with gliders being picketed down for the night and plans being made for the evening meal at 'Reminisce' including a pudding competition.
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| Evening at Reminisce |
After a Terrific
Tuesday a rather Wet Wednesday but the forecast for tomorrow providing
optimism for, just maybe, a Thrilling Thursday...? - Mike Sl
