There was a light NNW wind, and
soaring started quite early for a few lucky people. Bran, another
junior pilot, had a few cable breaks and was sent solo by Martin W and
then went for a second flight and managed to soar for 40 mins much to
the envy of everyone on the ground followed by a perfect landing, well
done Bran!
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| Martin congratulates Bran on his first solo |
After lunch the wind picked up a bit and went more to the
east but we decided not to change ends. This meant that we were
struggling to get 800ft on the launch leading to some very short
circuits which were good practice for the other course members. There
was some soaring to be had though Pete St in 230, Wyn in W7 and Dave U
in EER managed to soar locally(ish) for a few hours and Adrian in FDX
did a o/r to Henstridge for 125k.
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| July course |
Well
done to all the course members Wendy, Graham, Dave, Andrew, Bran,and Harry who all made good progress during the
course week, thanks to the Helpers Richard and Liam and those that filled in the gaps Dave, Jonathan, Jill and Ian and
thank you to the Instructors Martin and Steve who all together made for a very pleasant
week with some fantastic weather to make it even better! - Liam
