'The Three Musketeers have fun...'
The
final day of the course saw blue skies and sunshine, and with a light
South Westerly it was the perfect weather for more flying by the course
members.
After
suitable check flights both Ed and Nat completed more solos in the K21
whilst John, Ray and Chris consolidated their learnings to date.
And
during the afternoon Mike F became the third course member to be
sent solo during the week by Pete F, completing three further solos some
8 months after his last solo.
On his second solo of the day Mike took the K21 to 3000' before deciding that he ought to let someone else fly the glider.
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| Ed, Michael and Nat all flying solo this week |
The course week has seen 5
flying days with all course members making good progress with their
aims and objectives set at the start of the week.
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| May Course |
As
ever the course could not have been run without the help of the official Course Helpers who winched and retrieved on one or more days of the week - William was the mainstay, with Heather, Chris C, Aston, Jonathan and Ray contributing days and a few other Club members who added to the smooth running. (ed: Not forgetting the Instructors Peter F and Mike Sl who walked miles during the week.) - Mike Sl
Cross-country view -
RASP was not showing the best of thermic days, but there were clearly going to be small convergence runs. Wyn and James both managed to get a day off work after early morning meetings, and Pete & Jill were hanging around to see what developed. Fortunately Robert turned up to offer aerotows and make it easier to get away.
James in ASW20 ENW launched first and rushed off to Tiverton and Crewkerne for a Club 100 in 1hr 20. Wyn in LS7 W7 set off but got low on the way to Crewkerne and ran back home. Pete & Jill in Duo Discus OL had a leisurely lunch and took off into a rather confused sky, with convergences going the wrong way, sea breeze danglies that didn't perform and huge patches of blue - but managed to complete some sort of Tiverton Crewkerne task in a very slow time.
