After 36mm of rain on Friday, the Saturday forecast was quite promising, and the two-seater list was rather long by 8:30am. There was a bright blue sky and white puffy clouds in streets to the north. But the wind was a little stronger and further to the north than expected, which restricted the early solo flying in the morning. There was also a lot of sink particularly on the approach. After lunch the conditions improved significantly with the wind reducing and backing and it became really soarable - as long as you found the first thermal off the winch.
Pete St 230 Discus, JB in Ventus and Eric in G29 all chased each other round the Club 100 at very good speeds.
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| Lovely clear air from G29 (Eric) |
In the afternoon, Ian changed the plugs in the Pawnee and it started easily again. Thanks to Pete H and John Si for flying the trial lessons.
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| Four 2-seaters parked up (Jill) |
It was also a shame that we had to park 4 two-seaters as we didn't have any spare instructors in the middle of the day. With some help from JB and Pete H we managed to complete the flying list by 18:00.
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| James at The Park (Stu) |
Congratulations to James F for completing his Cross-country endorsement after flying his nav test to the Park in VG with Stu. - J&P
