Saturday 30th July

Exuberantly, a large group of members accumulated at  the launch point with the eager anticipation of a delightful days flying. The list was long and unfortunately there was a lack of instructors initially, so many thanks to those who stepped up to the plate. Mark Courtney was busy completing his biennial motor glider check successfully, which made him less grumpy than normal! A further congratulations to Richard Davies for completing his second solo, (rumour has it you could still see his brightly coloured socks from the ground).

Well done to Chris Mew for passing his Nav and field landing exercises - just the 2 hour flight now for the cross-country endorsement.

Chris passes his Nav and field landings with Mark (Mark Courtney)

There was a selection of private gliders being rigged however it became increasingly difficult to get away from the winch launches so most flights were short. The trial lessons were busy showing the club members how soaring is done with both mile high flights achieving hour long flights ;) Eric Alston in G29 explored the local area furthest, managing to navigate his way around many of the local turn points and with the longest flight of 2hrs 10 mins.- Pete & Jess.