"You should have been here today..."
The weather forecast no doubt deterred a number of members from coming to the Club today. - To
be fair the wind was fresh and gusting but there was plenty of blue sky
in between the showers and a likelihood of lift from both the ridge and thermals.
Whilst Mark C completed some ground school lectures with two of our newest junior members, Lizzie and Josh,the launch point was set up in
the south east corner with just the K21s to be used until the weather
and flying conditions could be evaluated further
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| Josh (just turned 13yrs) now has a year to prepare for his first solo at 14 |
Soon
Lizzie and Josh were putting the theory into practice with some 'air
time' whilst Mark C continued to work away in the lecture room with Pete
S and Paul S on their EASA Flight Instructor training.
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| Lizzie's grandfather, John after his first ever glider flight |
As the morning
progressed the flying continued with suitable 'fun' both using the ridge
and thermal lift and also on the approach in to the field. With a very
positive ratio of Instructors to members wanting pre-solo and post-solo
training or card checks it really was a case of 'where is everybody?'
After lunch both
Juniors and the DG505 were brought to the launch point to make full use
of the strong thermals and good ridge lift - Mark C and Paul S
also put the theory into practice, various solo pilots and Instructors
had fun in the Juniors or one of the two seaters and most importantly by the end of the day everyone who wanted to fly had done so.
Everyone went rainbow spotting - Rowan with Nick flying came back with the best photo.
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| Looking for pots of gold |
A total of 18 flights, 12 dual and 6 solo - just under 12 hours of local flying with 3 over an hour and 6 over half an hour.
All there is left to say is "You should have been here today!" - Mike Sl
