It wasn't foggy this morning, but it had rained overnight and the grass was wet, and the sky looked promising behind the cold front.
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| Peter Smith and Rob Rand ready for first launch (Mark Courtney) |
It wasn't long however before the sky filled in, although cloudbase did eventually get to 2000ft.
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| Sky had filled in (Jill Harmer) |
Just before lunchtime, it became reasonably soarable and the private owners lined up for launches alongside the course operation.
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| A line of private owners (Mark Courtney) |
There were a large number of card checks for the Club members which Pete Harmer and Peter Smith waded through involving a lot of walking back from down the field. Reuben, Charlie, Josh and Ross continued building their solo flights with Reuben completing his longest flight of 1½ hours so far.
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| HCX launching into a dark sky (Mark Layton) |
Through the afternoon, the next frontal band made itself known with increased wind and lowering clouds but the ridge started working better.
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| Feeeling cold (Mark Layton) |
By the end of the afternoon it was brightening up again, started feeling warmer and the wind had dropped again just in time for the evening group from Lukasz and Dave's Unity5. However, only 4 flights were possible before some showery rain came in.
Over 60 flights today thanks all for making it run smoothly. - J&P
