With a sensible forecast, the
lack of rain, a bit of sun and wind unlikely to cut you in two a keen
group of members arrived at the club hoping for an early start.
Unfortunately the weather has the last say and with everything ready to
go irritatingly low cloud and poor visibility forced a retreat to the
clubhouse! Small groups engaged in various essential activities busied
themselves until John P deemed it ready to fly mid morning!
From
the off it was one of those days when despite everyone's best efforts,
the launch rate was somewhat painful! Simon M spent the whole day
entertaining Matt W and was untypically in relaxed mood!
Pete St
finalised some bits and pieces on the DG505 instead of rigging, Stuart and Martin rigged
the LS3 KMV. Chris M had a couple of launches in the DG100 LRN and Alan
T rigged and flew the B4 CYA after its ARC.
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| Luton Minor flew in (Simon L) |
Ian M flew the Luton Minor
in for his PM duty slot which seemed to suffer from falling numbers.
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| Oscar winching (Simon L) |
Oscar L spent most of the afternoon on the winch whilst Louis L was in
charge of retrieving anything that moved and stopped!
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| Louis retrieving (Simon L) |
An occasional
tailwind added to the challenges to the afternoon flyers which continued
until the light faded and the temperature dropped quickly! Tim L
entertained Simon L with an unusual recovery from a simulated launch
failure but obviously didn't frighten him too much as was happily seen
sitting in the Junior LRD for two flights.
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| Another North Hill sunset (Simon L) |
A few bits of lift provided a
few lucky members with extended flights but most were short! Martin W had the longest flight 1hr 35 in KMV. All said
and done, it was a very pleasant day and dare I say the first sign of
Spring! - Simon, Oscar & Louis
