After 7 weeks of grotty Thursdays, the regulars were up early as the airfield was in sunshine, it was a bit chilly and the humidity was high with fog still thick at lower levels. The Junior was taken out of the hangar to DI, and instantly the canopy and airframe was covered in condensation.
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Not to be deterred, a Junior and K21 was walked up to the west end of the airfield and by then the sun had got going with some warmth, and the wind was blowing to help the drying process.
By the time we were ready to fly some advected fog had started to blow across the airfield, so a weathercheck for cloudbase was surprisingly able to get full height. But it didn't get much better and the cloud started forming in patches at 800ft, and the sun disappeared completely making it quite chilly again.
After 6 launches Pete called for an early lunch, by which time it was clear that the forecast was not quite going to plan as there was a load of rainfall showing on the radar rainfall approaching from the south east.
So only half the Thursday regulars got to fly, with Dave taking the honours - 8 minutes. Let's hope for better next week.
