Thursday 31st August

Sunshine and showers later was the forecast for a very pleasant Thursday, and there were some private gliders rigging, as the club gliders were put on line.
John Borland got cleared  solo aerotow,

John cleared solo aerotow (Mike Sloggett)

and Andy Davey converted to the Junior and Pete Bennett completed his BI renewal checks but the highlight of the day was just before lunch.
Peter Smith arrived in style in a new 2-seater ..... not quite what you are thinking! ..........
A pre-arranged birthday treat flew in from Exeter via Dunks,  the 'Spitfire' flew a low pass of the airfield.


And there were some nice cloud features

A line of cloud turrets (Mark Courtney)

and a rainbow effect that was new to all but tricky to photo...

Low-level rainbow under the shower (Mark Courtney)