The forecast was pretty lousy for Thursday, so it was a pleasant surprise to find the gliders prepared and ready to launch at 09:30am. The sky was pretty overcast, there was a strong westerly wind and showers kept blowing through. Unperturbed, the Thursday regulars were keen to reaquaint themselves with flying and soaring the ridge. Cloudbase was generally 1600-1800ft but reducing to 800ft in the showers. Launches were high and the ridge was working well to cloudbase,with the upper wind about 45 knots, the gliders were stationary for long periods ( or even going backwards).
Longest flight was Pete H and Pete St (Blue card check) at 42 minutes - only curtailed by incoming rain and gathering gloom.
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| Packing the hangar (Mark C) |
The sky looked at its best after we had packed up.....
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| Red sky at night..........? (Joe Sc) |
