"Worth the wait...."
After a Wednesday of no flying, the weather forecast suggested some optimism of maybe, possibly, some gliding at some stage during the day. With the course members and a number of Thursday regulars filling the Clubhouse, whilst everyone waited for the weather to improve the morning was used to good effect on various briefings including 'Navigation and Field Selection, Air Law and Meterology including RASP predictions'.
With an increasing brightness to the sky an early lunch was called with an evident keenness by all those present to get the field set up ready to start flying as soon as the weather would allow same. Soon the K21s, a Junior and a K13 were being taken out of the hangar and the field set up for a South West launch point. Even as the gliders were being walked down to the other end of the field there was still much looking up at the sky and the lowish looking cloud.
However by the time everything was ready to start flying for the day the weather had improved sufficiently enough to allow gliders to be launched.
After a Wednesday of no flying, the weather forecast suggested some optimism of maybe, possibly, some gliding at some stage during the day. With the course members and a number of Thursday regulars filling the Clubhouse, whilst everyone waited for the weather to improve the morning was used to good effect on various briefings including 'Navigation and Field Selection, Air Law and Meterology including RASP predictions'.
With an increasing brightness to the sky an early lunch was called with an evident keenness by all those present to get the field set up ready to start flying as soon as the weather would allow same. Soon the K21s, a Junior and a K13 were being taken out of the hangar and the field set up for a South West launch point. Even as the gliders were being walked down to the other end of the field there was still much looking up at the sky and the lowish looking cloud.
However by the time everything was ready to start flying for the day the weather had improved sufficiently enough to allow gliders to be launched.
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| Medium level instability (Mark Layton) |
And then followed an afternoon of pleasant if unspectacular
gliding - for some it was about retaining currency, for some it was
about consolidating solo flying and for some it was about finding out as
to how many different parts of the field could be used after an
eventuality or other shortened circuit.
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| Unspectacular gliding but interesting skies (Mark Layton) |
Apart from the odd threat
of a rain shower (which never actually transpired) and some interesting cloud formations, flying continued
throughout the afternoon with hangar flights being completed just after 6pm.
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| Threatening cloud passed by (Mark Layton) |
Late afternoon, George Sanderson completed his first solo flight at North Hill in K13 CCY.
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| George solos at North Hill (Mark Layton) |
Thanks to Simon Leeson for standing in for Mark as Tuggie even though there weren't many customers.
After all the kit was put away and 38 winch launches in the half day, the course dinner took place at The Wyndham Arms in Kentisbeare. - Mike Sloggett
PS - And belated Congratulations to Chris Mew who hadn't realised that the Flarm was recording his Silver Height claim at Long Mynd on 13th April in DG100 LRN - J&P
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| Just two aerotows today (Mark Layton) |
PS - And belated Congratulations to Chris Mew who hadn't realised that the Flarm was recording his Silver Height claim at Long Mynd on 13th April in DG100 LRN - J&P
