If the members at the Club on Sunday morning were given a pound for
every time someone said 'You should have been here yesterday' then there
would have very quickly been a nice amount of money in the Tea Fund -
which would have been useful in view of the weather which was such that
there was a long lunch hour and then tea breaks during the afternoon.
The morning started with a small group of keen members getting the K21s and a Junior out of the hanger and with the launch point being set up in the North East corner of the field.
The first flights of the day found pleasant flying conditions in a gentle Southerly wind and under a mostly grey sky.
For
those members wishing to practice winch launches, circuit planning and
eventualities the morning provided ideal conditions for same- for other
members such as Liam who wanted to stay up longer the weather had other
ideas with odd pockets of low cloud requiring launches to be 'abandoned'
to avoid the cloud.
With several Trial Lessons booked and with
some optimism re the weather potentially improving both the Pawnee and
DG505 were brought on line but as it was clear that cloudbase was too
low for same and with a limited number of experienced members available
to keep the flying going an early lunch was called.
Over lunch much looking up at the sky and at forecasts suggested that the 'best' of the day may well have come and gone weather wise. A weather check flight confirmed what was thought to be the case - the cloudbase was still too low for aerotows but just about high enough at circa 1000' in places to allow some flying to continue.
Two of the Trial Lessons were completed via winch launches such was the keenness of the visitors in question to get into the air but a decision was made to not complete any further training flights in the deteriorating weather conditions. - Mike Sl
The morning started with a small group of keen members getting the K21s and a Junior out of the hanger and with the launch point being set up in the North East corner of the field.
The first flights of the day found pleasant flying conditions in a gentle Southerly wind and under a mostly grey sky.
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| Launching into a grey sky (Mike) |
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| Liam trying out the Cirrus (MIke) |
Over lunch much looking up at the sky and at forecasts suggested that the 'best' of the day may well have come and gone weather wise. A weather check flight confirmed what was thought to be the case - the cloudbase was still too low for aerotows but just about high enough at circa 1000' in places to allow some flying to continue.
Two of the Trial Lessons were completed via winch launches such was the keenness of the visitors in question to get into the air but a decision was made to not complete any further training flights in the deteriorating weather conditions. - Mike Sl
