Fortunately the fears
of a waterlogged field were unfounded, another aerotow-only day
providing more classic and challenging winter flying conditions.
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| Ready to go for an early start (Mike Sl) |
The hanger was
unpacked and kit DI'd in time for first launch at 9:30 with Mike S
mentoring Paul K in the blue card conditions.
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| Passing showers (Mark C) |
From the word 'Go'
everyone had soaring flights with tuggie Courtney dropping the
gliders off into the abundant SSW wave to the South of the site, the
strong wind at altitude made for near-stationary climbs and also
required careful attention of groundtrack.
Paul
S made the most of the wave with a flight of 68 minutes climbing
up to 3500ft,
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| Above the clouds again (H5Matt W) |
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| Paul in DG505 (H5Matt W) |
.....airbraking down only to let James H and Pete St fly in
the DG505. Flights were then purposefully limited to ensure that everyone
could experience the conditions. Ron also helped instruct and flew
with Sam,while Rick and James F shared the Junior - also having
excellent fun. The gliders were washed in plenty of time before the
approaching cold front.
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| Lovely blue winter sky (Mike Sl) |
Another excellent
morning flying, proving that you need to turn up to make the most of
the limited opportunities to fly during the winter.
Definitely the last flying day before 2016! - H5Matt W
Happy New Year to all our DSGC Blog readers - here's hoping for some good soaring weather next year - DSGC Blog team
Happy New Year to all our DSGC Blog readers - here's hoping for some good soaring weather next year - DSGC Blog team
