A bright sunny start with a light south easterly wind, meant a walk up the field for the course members, while the Thursday gang enjoyed a lecture by Pete on spin avoidance and spin recovery. However the normal tricky conditions with a south easterly prevailed, with some hints of thermals off the south ridge and Pete and John managed to find an interlude of smooth air at 2000 ft. After lunch the wind couldn't really decide what to do, the windsock flailed around and was always pointing the wrong way!
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| Changed ends but still downwind! (Hans) |
There was a short delay when the Skylaunch refused to start, but the Supacat came to the rescue, the ropes were wound in by hand and the electronics were fettled and normal service was resumed after a change of ends.
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| A short delay gave time for a course photo (Hans) |
In the evening, the Course members went for dinner at the Keepers Cottage, and the late team turned up...
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| Whimple Scouts (Mark C) |
...to fly a group from Whimple Scouts, (after another change of ends), finding some late evening wave to extend the flights. - J&P
