A disappointing day all round
there was a large crowd of hopefuls waiting to fly, Peter Field was
standing in for John Sillett (who was running a course at Yeovilton), the field was set up for a northwesterly wind in the
light Northerly.
Then
things started to go pear shaped, after the winch was started, it stopped,
then refused to start again, luckily William who understands the
Skylaunch strange ways worked his magic and got it going.
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| William works some magic whilst Geoff and Tim try to pick up tips (John Street) |
Meanwhile at the sharp end the wind had picked up to a brisk northeasterly so all the toys were walked up to the southwest corner.
John
Street and Mike Fitz had the first flight followed by Peter Field, it
was decided that due to the poor visibility and the low cloud we would stop for
an early lunch.
The low cloud had gone by the time lunch was over, Peter Field had to stop flying due to a bad back.
Roly
took care of the visitors who all had a good day though the conditions
were unsuitable for aerotows, we soldiered on for the rest of the day
until the wind backed to the northwest so we flew all the gliders to the East
end of the field by this time there was a problem with the winch again,
that was the end of club flying for Wednesday.
Due
to the conditions and the various problems not all members flew,
thankfully we handed the field to Lisa and her Trial lesson evening, (
it was noted that by this time the wind had returned to a brisk
North-easterly!) -John Street
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| Capital Air Ambulance evening (Lisa Humphries) |
Capital Air Ambulance staff all
enjoyed a lovely evening at North Hill. The wind was still a pain, firstly a bit of northwest
but then quite easterly, after a few launches we decided to get the Tug
out (James Hood grinning from ear to ear!) and launch from the southwest corner.
Everyone had a great night, and the club BBQ was put to good use (and
cleaned afterwards!).
Thanks to all our helpers, once again a great team, and thanks to James and Stuart for flying. - Lisa Humphries
