The last day of official summer started with
low cloud and a southwesterly wind - so a delay to start, John Sillett gave a talk
on spinning whilst John Street with a couple of helpers unpacked the
hangar.
We were just
about to start flying with a met flight but had to stop because of a
light drizzle and a lowering cloud base made us postpone the first
flight so an early lunch was called.
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| Low cloud and drizzle stops us flying (John Street) |
The
afternoon started badly with frequent showers and orographic cloud
forming, better weather was forecast to arrive later in the day, so enough
people stayed on, more in hope than expectation and some passed the time
trying how not to fly the flight simulator with mixed success.
John
Street made several visits to the West end of the field to see if the
promised good weather was likely to arrive before people started
drifting away.
On
what was going to be the last visit before packing up, the weather
started to clear, at the same time the wind veered to the northwest, so as the
remaining orographic was clearing we changed sides.
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| Better weather after the clearance (John Street) |
It turned out to be be a very pleasant afternoon, rewarding those who stayed on.
Tim
Petty managed another three solo flights, and Reuben Buss made up for missing out on flying on Monday. Roly looked after the
visitors, everyone had a very pleasant afternoon and there was a bit of
ridge lift and nice gentle thermals we finished flying at about 6:15pm. -
John Street
