Wednesday has arrived, beautiful bright clear day, very warm from the
get go! The gliders were out of the hanger with a spring in their step
ready and willing to bear us into the air. Then the club members
arrived, so we retired to the club house for our morning briefing.
Everyone had enjoyed the previous days flying and although feeling slightly tired, were raring to go.
Rob R headed off to the winch for the morning to spend some time familiarising with the Skylaunch where Alan M explained the four second rule and how he counted the squares, ably assisted by Aston K on cable retrieve and close at hand for questions. Meanwhile the rest of the course guys were supposed to be getting their flights in.
At lunch time it was apparent that flying had run a little slower integrated with the Wednesday club members, but David L had used this opportunity to freeload on John S' aerotow to 4,000 feet followed by aerobatics all the way down. His legs were still wobbly at lunch. Konrad and David L enjoyed the delights of the K13 with JB who perhaps found it all too much as he was forced to grab 40 winks after his lunch.
The afternoon draws on and many gliders are launched and swiftly returned to the field for retrieval, flights were mostly very short, one of the longest of the day was around 15 minutes.
All course members had a good share and thoroughly enjoyed the warm weather and scorching sun. Rob R finished up the last flight of the day gradually improving on his circuits and landing, which went well and always included a pleasant long walk.
The instructors and helpers were brilliant throughout encouraged and supported us superbly, carrying us through to the end of another excellent day. - Rob R
Everyone had enjoyed the previous days flying and although feeling slightly tired, were raring to go.
Rob R headed off to the winch for the morning to spend some time familiarising with the Skylaunch where Alan M explained the four second rule and how he counted the squares, ably assisted by Aston K on cable retrieve and close at hand for questions. Meanwhile the rest of the course guys were supposed to be getting their flights in.
At lunch time it was apparent that flying had run a little slower integrated with the Wednesday club members, but David L had used this opportunity to freeload on John S' aerotow to 4,000 feet followed by aerobatics all the way down. His legs were still wobbly at lunch. Konrad and David L enjoyed the delights of the K13 with JB who perhaps found it all too much as he was forced to grab 40 winks after his lunch.
The afternoon draws on and many gliders are launched and swiftly returned to the field for retrieval, flights were mostly very short, one of the longest of the day was around 15 minutes.
All course members had a good share and thoroughly enjoyed the warm weather and scorching sun. Rob R finished up the last flight of the day gradually improving on his circuits and landing, which went well and always included a pleasant long walk.
The instructors and helpers were brilliant throughout encouraged and supported us superbly, carrying us through to the end of another excellent day. - Rob R
