We did have an abundance of new faces, with several trial lessons and several trial lesson returnees from both the Open Weekend and recent club days. Fortunately we also had an abundance of instructors who got busy introducing the delights of winch and aerotow to put smiles on those new faces.
In the morning after some checks, Ed managed to clock up a couple more solos following his first on Course Week in May. He even pulled off a 14 minute solo when everyone else was still doing circuits. Later the sky was streeting beautifully, but many a frustrated member came down quickly, muttering darkly about wave interference. Only Paul in SF27 managed to find the right part of the wave and climb away, taking the prize for longest flight of the day at 78 minutes. Towards evening as the wind died, a K13 (Steve W and Roy B), a Junior (Henry) and a Ka6 (Matt S) could be seen playing amongst the clouds.
Thanks to everyone who worked hard to keep the day going, particularly those who didn't take a launch themselves. - Ruth
