It turned out to be a rather nice 'spring-feeling' day, not quite what we had expected, but very welcome.
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| Blue skies to start (Mark C) |
It was a frosty start with lovely blue skies as North Hill was popping out the top of the fog in the valleys,the wind was a light south westerly and the pitch inspection suggested a careful launch point position meaning winch launching all day.
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| Fog in the Culm valley receding quickly (Mark C) |
The air warmed up, and dried out the grass, and a few cumulus started popping just before lunch. There were a few winch currency checks and good 1400-1500ft launches.
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| Ready for launch (Mark L) |
Gordon B flew the latest acquisition to the North Hill private gliders list DG100 LRN, Paul S and Mark L had the longest flight of the day 15mins, closely followed by Rob R in the Junior 14mins. But the little flurry of usable lift didn't last long.
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| The cheesy grin says it all (M5Matt) |
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| Launch #35 (M5Matt) |
We fortunately missed most of the showers which ran in 2 lines to the north and south of the airfield, but the cloudscapes were impressive.
Thanks to Paul K for fixing the White Landrover after it started smelling rather hot.
35 launches - highest number of launches for ages. - J&P
