A
bright morning brought plenty of early activity and a healthy flying
list to tackle. It was great to see many members at the club early and
eager to go. DIs were done and the first launch
was well before the 10am threshold with David H and Peter Sm.
Lift was difficult to find to start with, under a sky which had quickly
closed in, but circuits were put to good training use.
Simon L was
quick to follow with
Andreas and then BI acceptance flights with James F followed by a card check for Mark W. Simulated
launch failures
and circuits were initially the order of the day but slowly the flight
times extended with many good soaring flights. Paul S flew a trial
lesson by way of winch launches as Stuart P had been obliged to declare
the Pawnee unserviceable.
Several private gliders flew and enjoyed soaring flights, the Eagle predictably frightening the lesser order.
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| James F first go at practising BI patter |
Martin
B enjoyed a long solo flight in HCX, and James F took Martin B for a
first flight to practise his BI patter. Mia had two extended flights
with ridge and thermal lift. Michael K relished
a strong climb to 2,400 ft on the last instruction flight of the day,
and the bug has bitten again.
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| Plenty of lift past 1800 (Henry) |
Matt
W and Tom the money had one of the late flights in the DG505, outdone by
Henry snatching the last cable and predictably staying aloft until the
other gliders were put to bed (I did come back down to help! HF). The hangar
doors finally closed shortly before 7pm.
A really good club flying day enjoyed by all the members present. - Peter Sm
News from Competition Enterprise
Final day - So today they set the task ever decreasing circles. Having been lent a new battery, I launched early and
released straight into wave and climbed to 5000 ft and was so happy! I
then pushed on to a different bar and ended up at 6000 ft and the smile
was even bigger, I kept pushing and eventualy got up to 10,500 ft.
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| K6 in wave (Liam) |
After
dealing with the vertigo, I flew 100 km without turning to climb, leaving me
at a low point. The plan was to climb away again and get gold height
but I was tired, achey and my new urination system had a slight issue (I
wet myself) so I landed early to get ready for the party. Such a fun flight! - Liam
