With a bright forecast, it was no surprise that the hangar doors were open and gliders being taken out before 9:00am. Daily
inspections were completed on both K21s and a Junior whilst the launch
point was set up in the North East corner of the field.
With the first flight of the day in the air around 10:00am, and after that it was, apart from lunch, non-stop flying for the rest of the day with good thermals in abundance albeit some very heavy sink in places, and a good strong westerly wind 20kts+ at flying heights.
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| Launch point (Mike Sl) |
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| Last street before the sea (Mike Sl) |
With the strong wind and low cloud base initially, it was difficult to cross the gaps. Pete St 230 managed to get to MUD on one of 3 abortive attempts to go West, Tom in DG1 and Pete & Jill in OL ventured not much past the motorway into wind. Adrian FDX had a ride back to North Hill in a Range Rover after landing at the bottom of the hill having got caught in the heavy sink.
Adrians nice field
Slightly disappointing day as the wind was so much stronger than forecast. - J&P