It was forecast to be a cold, easterly, and it certainly was.... cloudy for most of the day but base high enough even for some aerotows. At lunchtime there was a lovely sunny burst of sunlight for about an hour but it quickly filled in again.
Congratulations to James F for converting to the Junior, and Alan T for the longest flight of the day from the winch.
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| James converts to Junior |
We welcomed back David after his trial lesson a couple of weeks ago, complete with family and friends and a second group from Wellington School enjoyed their trial flights.
Mark, Simon, Dave W and Oscar struggled with the weight of the DG505 trailer lid to replace the gas struts
.- J&P
.- J&P
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| Trailer fettling |
Meanwhile Matthew W couldn't pass up the opportunity to fly with Trevor
Stewart at Nympsfield, yet again Trevor managed to show off the best
that the day had to offer.
Under 8/8ths cloud an aerotow to 2500 ft
cloudbase was high enough to glide to the Malverns, after plenty of high
speed passes up and down we went onward to the snowcapped Black
Mountains. Near Talgarth the Pandy ridge was working well and we managed
the run down past Pontypool.
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| The picturesque Pandy ridge (Matthew) |
After a very enthralling flight we
returned to Nympsfield under the iron thermal. Thanks again to Trevor! - Matthew
