'A nice day to end the month on'
A good weather forecast no doubt
encouraged members to arrive bright and early - with a long flying list
to get through and a group of members keen to fly, the gliders were soon
all out and readied to fly with the first flight of the day in the air
soon after 10am.
Then it was non-stop flying during the rest of the
day with our steadily increasing number of Junior members playing an
active part in keeping the launch line going, and learning new skills
along the way.
A variety of private gliders (711, 611, ENW, G29, 230, OL, DQS, H5, DG1, 380, DKU, DFK) launched late morning/lunchtime and found it a typical gliding
day - with some of the clouds which should have been working clearly not
as good as they looked.
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| Blue sky with clouds coming and going |
Mark C and Pete St found some weak wave just the other side of Tiverton climbing up to 2800ft, everybody else found the effects of the wave interfering with the thermals. Adrian and Guy in the two motorgliders enjoyed a day out to Keevil.
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| Pete B tries out the back seat |
By
the time the hangar doors had been closed a total of 74 flights (19
solo winch, 45 dual winch, 4 aerotows solo, 6 aerotows dual) had been
completed including a number of booked trial lessons and all members on
the flying list having flown.
With total flying time of just over 34 hours (15.5 hrs solo,18.25 hrs dual) completed a really nice day to end the month... - Mike Sl
