For the climax of Teign School's end of term aviation activity week, a group of 14 students visited the Club. With the weather humid and southerly wind the airfield sat in a mass of orographic cloud during the morning, but we were quietly confident that it was going to clear.
In the morning there were briefings on the weather situation, how gliders fly, winching operations, cross-country achievements with tours of the gliders and Pawnee, followed by the inevitable game of football on our 100 acre football pitch. The brightening sky triggered an early lunch, and a quick call for a 4th instructor and another helper to enable a faster turnround in the limited hours.
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| Aviation enthusiasts from Teign School |
After lunch, with the cloudbase rising off the ground, we sat in the gliders ready for the clearance.
All the students and teachers had interesting flights with extended
circuits on the south ridge and in thermals. Beaming smiles were in
evidence all round.
There was an almost instant switch off just as the last flight landed when some orographic cloud returned over the airfield. After packing the hangar the sky once again cleared into a beautiful evening. (ed: don't you just love being on a hill in Devon!)
This is the third year that we have hosted a visit from Teign school for their aviation enthusiasts and there was talk amongst the staff of incorporating the educational benefits of gliding theory (consisting of physics, geography and engineering) into their curricular studies.
