Along with the Course we had
the entire fleet out today, with the now usual layout - two lines of
gliders, the outer line for Course, inner line for club members and
private gliders - both lines integrated well.
It
was soarable quite early but the changeable weather and strong and
increasing northerly crosswind made launches quite exciting with some launches
only managing 1000ft, that made it quite difficult to get away at times.
We
staggered the lunch breaks and kept flying all day without any holdups,
John Si flew his B4 and Eric ASG29 and Robin WF ASW27 plus
our visitor Dave U (Pilchard) in his mini Nimbus from Culdrose.
By
lunchtime, it was easier to get away and most flights in the afternoon
were good long soaring flights, we finished flying at approx 5.00pm. - JSt
Course notes
The Course members had a lot of fun in the challenging conditions with
very strong sink along the south ridge. Those that did manage to scratch
away in the broken thermals were rewarded with some decent soaring. A
key part of the day was a lot of practice field landings by landing
across the field in the strong crosswind. However Martin W with Bran S
in K13 R37 decided that this wasn't an adequate demonstration and that
landing in a field at the bottom of the ridge would be much better.
So most of the course experienced their first ever field retrieve.
The Course members, Instructors, Helpers and hangers-on enjoyed the traditional course meal on an
untraditional day at the Keepers Cottage.
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| Martin supervises derigging |
So most of the course experienced their first ever field retrieve.
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| Field landing |
