"A grey day when grey matter was tested"
A reasonably optimistic forecast saw a keen group of members arrive at the Club from all directions in expectation of some flying. But whichever road one took to the Club it was clear upon getting closer to North Hill that the weather gods had not been made aware of such expectation with a grey, grey sky overhead the field and low cloud evident.
However Club members are always able to come up with alternative ideas to keep them occupied and soon there was a small queue of members ordering cups of tea and coffee to accompany bacon sandwiches and other breakfast fare.
A reasonably optimistic forecast saw a keen group of members arrive at the Club from all directions in expectation of some flying. But whichever road one took to the Club it was clear upon getting closer to North Hill that the weather gods had not been made aware of such expectation with a grey, grey sky overhead the field and low cloud evident.
However Club members are always able to come up with alternative ideas to keep them occupied and soon there was a small queue of members ordering cups of tea and coffee to accompany bacon sandwiches and other breakfast fare.
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| Spot the wave slot (Mark C) |
With
the Duty Instructors (Ron and James) regularly looking out of the
Clubhouse window in the hope of a higher cloudbase some of the Junior
members were of course delighted when Mark C decided to use the
available time to test their understanding and knowledge around the
'homework' set by Mark during their previous visit to the Club.
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| Time to start flying (Mike Sl) |
Concurrently
with the completion of Mark's "testing" of same the slowly improving
weather provided Ron and James with the optimism to try and start flying
around mid-morning.
With a long list of pre-solo members to be flown a K21, the DG505 and both K13s were taken to the launch point - although the forecast wind was South East there was actually little or no wind, and if anything a little bit of Westerly in it, so the decision was made to set the launch point up in the North East corner of the field.
The rest of the morning saw around half a dozen flights all achieving full launch height apart from Mark C providing the opportunity for Lizzie to demonstrate how to handle a cable break, which she did well.
And then the weather gods decided to shut the weather window around midday with low cloud stopping the fun just a couple of hours after flying had started.
With a long list of pre-solo members to be flown a K21, the DG505 and both K13s were taken to the launch point - although the forecast wind was South East there was actually little or no wind, and if anything a little bit of Westerly in it, so the decision was made to set the launch point up in the North East corner of the field.
The rest of the morning saw around half a dozen flights all achieving full launch height apart from Mark C providing the opportunity for Lizzie to demonstrate how to handle a cable break, which she did well.
And then the weather gods decided to shut the weather window around midday with low cloud stopping the fun just a couple of hours after flying had started.
Simon M rigged ASW 20 (SM), towed it across to the launch point and
unsurprisingly in view of the weather had to then tow it back again
without having the opportunity to fly it.
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| Time to stop flying (Mike Sl) |
An early lunch was
called in the hope that the weather would improve for the afternoon but
such hope was in vain - after lunch, despite much walking around and
gazing at the sky whilst muttering suitably it was clear that the
cloudbase remained too low to allow any further flying so mid-afternoon
the decision was made to put all the toys away.
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| Well if nothing else we can check the winch ropes for potential needed repairs (Mike Sl) |
But there was
still time for Mark C to provide some of the Junior members with their
next 'grey matter' homework which they were no doubt pleased to receive! - Mike Sl
