A pleasant start to the day
with a strong westerly wind, meant an early start, first two launches at 9:45am
-both flights had to land in a hurry due to a rainstorm even though the
lift was strong.We were soon back back in the air again but the length of flights was not determined by lift but frequent rainstorms in the
strengthening wind.
As
the day wore on the wind steadily increased to make some very
interesting takeoffs and landings the rain showers petered out by
lunchtime.
The good
soaring conditions lasted all day with wind gradually veering to northwest,
most members had soaring flights. Pete St Discus 230 was the only
private glider flying, having two flights, one over an hour and one of over 2 hours only coming
down to have his lunch(actually it was one of the aformentioned showers that put me on the ground, just happened to be convenient timing! PSt).
We managed 30 flights today with nearly 15hrs soaring. - JSt
