"A day of ups and downs"
Today's forecast had indicated poor weather for much of the day but the actual weather was much better than predicted, an 'up' - however the forecast had clearly played its part in deterring members from coming to the Club, a 'down'.
But with the second day of aerobatics training scheduled, and with suitable keenness from all those present to fly, soon the K21s and the DG505 were being prepared for the day's flying with the launch point set up in the North West corner of the field.
It was then realised that with only a
couple of winch drivers available it would be more appropriate to have
an 'aerotow only day' which, with reduced price for Club flying, was a
clear 'up' for relevant members albeit a 'down' for the Club Treasurer
when he finds out about same.
The gliders were walked up to the launch point and flying was underway mid-morning with a variety of flights, including aerobatics (lots of ups and downs), Club flying and trial lessons completed as the day unfolded - we also had two visitors from Husband Bosworth who 'dropped in' to North Hill on their way back home from Cornwall.
As the South Easterly wind freshened during
the day the aerotows became more and more interesting in the initial
500ft of each flight - and with cloudbase only 2000ft as well as a few "blue
gaps" to allow the aerobatics training to continue, around mid
afternoon, as all those who wanted to fly had done so, the gliders were
flown home and all the kit put away for the day.
By the end of flying 15 aerotows had been completed, all by Pete W.
Simon and Oscar had fun taking the Rotax Falke off to the South Coast for an hour.
A day of more ups than downs..... - Mike Sl
Today's forecast had indicated poor weather for much of the day but the actual weather was much better than predicted, an 'up' - however the forecast had clearly played its part in deterring members from coming to the Club, a 'down'.
But with the second day of aerobatics training scheduled, and with suitable keenness from all those present to fly, soon the K21s and the DG505 were being prepared for the day's flying with the launch point set up in the North West corner of the field.
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| Aerotow launches (Mike Sl) |
The gliders were walked up to the launch point and flying was underway mid-morning with a variety of flights, including aerobatics (lots of ups and downs), Club flying and trial lessons completed as the day unfolded - we also had two visitors from Husband Bosworth who 'dropped in' to North Hill on their way back home from Cornwall.
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| Blue gaps (Mike Sl) |
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| Nick has an aerotow (Mike Sl) |
Simon and Oscar had fun taking the Rotax Falke off to the South Coast for an hour.
A day of more ups than downs..... - Mike Sl
