Mark C was keen to get airborne after sunning himself in Lanzarote for a week, so the kit was out early, although after the overnight rain, the cloudbase took a little while to lift.
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| Don't break the weak link.....(Mark L) |
The forecast was for the wind to increase and peak just after lunch. It was a rather gusty north north westerly, but the bonus was that strong thermals were kicking off on the ridge. Some good cloud streets developed at 2300ft and the lift was off the clock at times (as was the sink) and most of the flights explored to the motorway and beyond.
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| Chris W and George with the challenging wind gradient (Mark L) |
Pete St 230 got as far as Bampton, and Martin and Stu in DG505 'could see' the lakes on Exmoor.
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| Pete's secret device for thermal detection (Mark L) |
With a blue card limitation, Aston had a Junior to himself and managed 5 flights with the longest being 1:46mins. Pete St took the prize at just over 2 hours. More than 14 hours of soaring from 27 launches. - J&P
