It was another cold start but glorious sunshine in a light wind, and the club fleet was readied by the Thursday regulars.
Quite surprisingly, Pete H and James S found a thermal in the blue on the third launch and then decent cumulus started to form with a cloudbase of 3000ft, and thermals were plentiful in crosswind streets.
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| Empty launchpoint (Jill) |
A number of private owners rigged and took off, but just before lunchtime, the clouds spread out as forecast and the gliders all landed.
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| Mark visited the serene looking north coast (Mark C) |
After lunch, training and check flights continued, and Mark C took Matthew W in the Rotax Falke for a final polish of his BI technique, followed by some field landing practice for Chris M.
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| Ray is now the third syndicate member to fly their new glider (Jill) |
Congratulations to Ray B for converting to the DG100 with a quote for the blog "What a lovely glider", Paul K got checked out for winching completing his red card. Alan C soloed at North Hill, and we welcomed new member George who has moved to Devon from Cambridge Gliding Club.
Longest flight was Gordon B enjoying 1hr 42mins in the DG100, with 47 winch launches and 3 aerotows in total - what a nice day. - J&P
