Today was
another opportunity for Club members to be able to see a wide variety of
single seater and two seater gliders at North Hill for Competition
Enterprise.
The
daily briefing saw Club members listen in to the stories of flights
completed yesterday and also the task set for today, in and amongst
NOTAM and Met briefings.
It
was clear from the forecast weather that there were unlikely to be many
Competition gliders launching before lunch so Club members took a K21,
Junior and the DG505 out of the hangar, completing duly inspections on
the gliders so that as and when the Competition gliders launched Club
members could use any spare tug capacity.
 |
| Grid squat (Marc Corrance) |
And
then it was a question of being patient with Club members spending
their time admiring the gliders on the launch grid whilst also thinking
of as many ways as possible if being to afford them!
And
then with the first Competition glider launching at just after 1 and in
turn reporting good thermals the calm tranquility of the sunny
airfield was soon replaced with the sound
of
5 tugs steadily working their way through the launch grid - and soon
members were bringing the Club gliders on to the launching area.
 |
| Club flying after the grid launches (Mike Sloggett) |
For
some members it was a question of maintaining currency on aerotows, for
some it was a continuation of training and for some it was an
opportunity to be launched by a tug aircraft other than the Pawnee, good
experience all round. - Mike Sloggett
