Windy
and wet for the morning was the forecast and that was what we got.
Despite that, just enough stalwarts assembled and hung on in case flying
became possible, as conditions were forecast to improve later. This it
did with the sky brightening
and temperature dropping soon after midday, leaving a strong and
gusting north westerly wind. A K21 was prepared and carefully delivered to
the south east launch point, and the Skylaunch winch, now reinvigorated - (big thanks to Adrian) to the north west corner. A met flight
by Peters W and Sm confirmed the presence of strong ridge lift and
sink in equal measure, and a boisterous and character building approach.
8
extended flights with a total flying time of 2hrs 45mins were achieved, 6
in K21 KEK and 2 in Junior FZF when the wind decreased later in the afternoon. The
toys were all put safely away before low cloud and snowflakes swept in
from Dartmoor. Thanks
to Adrian for driving the winch, the only one present not to fly, and
well done to Pete St for longest flight in the Junior of 45 minutes and climbing in weak wave to just over 2000 feet in front of the ridge. - Peter Sm
