It was a foggy start after a night of "lights" but not much actual rain fell. Everyone hung on for the forecast clearance at lunchtime. We used the time productively with more briefings on the Exeter Airspace Change Proposal and some useful discussion.
In the afternoon there was a good clearance with a fresh westerly wind and with the two-seater list full of check flights of various colours, Duty Instructor Phil Morrison ended up doing a lot of walking back from the end of the field. But Phil and Josh Funnell also had the longest training flight of 26 minutes.
Pete Startup had taken the second winch launch - but found that he had gone too early, but the next attempt was more fruitful with a 2 hour local flight.
There was a good sea-breeze convergence set up to the south leading to speculation on the earlier discussions as to how usable that would be if the changed airspace came about.
Thanks to Matthew Williamson for flying the two Trial lessons and then winching all afternoon, and to Peter Smith for assisting with instructing.
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| Objects in the mirror may be closer than they appear (Matthew Williamson) |
After flying, Phil was up for some auto-tow practice with Matt. - J&P
