A good forecast and a keen group of Club members was a sound foundation
for the day - albeit the anticipated temperature was as predicted, cold!
Both K21s and a Junior were taken out of the hangar and daily inspections started whilst the launch point and winch were set up for the South West/North East run
Flying was under way just in time for some cheap gliding to be completed - as the morning progressed the sun started to appear in the nice blue sky and despite the cold Easterly wind the teamwork to help everyone get in the air was evident, with training flights limited to 2 to ensure that everyone on the training list could get airborne.
Both K21s and a Junior were taken out of the hangar and daily inspections started whilst the launch point and winch were set up for the South West/North East run
Flying was under way just in time for some cheap gliding to be completed - as the morning progressed the sun started to appear in the nice blue sky and despite the cold Easterly wind the teamwork to help everyone get in the air was evident, with training flights limited to 2 to ensure that everyone on the training list could get airborne.
Even though the brisk wind made for some challenging approaches and landings, which in turn tested individual skills, it was clear that members were enjoying the opportunity to fly.
During the morning there were some signs of some thermic activity in and around the airfield albeit the low cloudbase and strong drift meant that little good could be made of the lift available.
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| Signs of thermic activity (Mike Sl) |
There were just
enough members available to allow flying to continue throughout the
lunchtime period and by mid afternoon everyone who wanted to fly had
done so and there was even time to go through the flying list to ensure
that there were third flights for those members still at the launch
point.
The Junior was kept in good use during the day particularly by Instructors keen to complete some P1 time in the interesting conditions.
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| Dunkeswell in the sunshine (Mike Sl) |
John P and Matt W rigged the SF27 (H5) and It was no surprise that John completed the longest flight of the day with 24 minutes.
Thank you to the winch drivers who complete long stints during the day - particularly Eric who winched all morning, Total number of flights 44 (34 dual and 10 solo), all winch.
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| End of the day (Mike Sl) |
Four flying days in a row, can the Wednesday group make it five? - (No pressure!) - Mike Sl
