Making the most of a short day:
Bitterly cold at daybreak with frost on the ground on the way to the club. We were short of a full crew early on but a rallying call from James F brought forth the family Hender and maybe others so we had enough to fly. Winching was the only option in the gusting cross wind and we chose to take only the K21s to the south west corner. The wind settled into something mostly just east of north and steadily increased. Bits of lift were interspersed with some ferocious sink. The turbulent air made for some character-building approaches, and the Trial lesson visitors were all put off for a better day.
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| A bright start (Mark Layton) |
Peter Smith, James Flory, Martin Woolner, Steve Westlake and Rowan Smith shared the back seats. Alan Turner, Sam, Emma, Ollie and Daniel all flew. As Rowan succinctly puts it, a fun day out that made the effort worthwhile. Boisterous and challenging conditions, I flew with Emma and Daniel who both proved they were worth their salt. Two budding pilots who showed you need to be in it to win it.
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| Approaching rain squall (Mark Layton) |
The wind increased to the point that coupled with the approaching rain squall prudence prevailed over valour and the gliders were put safely to bed mid-afternoon after a total of 13 flights
Particular thanks go to DLM Aston who winched and retrieved most of the day, a sterling effort. - Peter Smith
Particular thanks go to DLM Aston who winched and retrieved most of the day, a sterling effort. - Peter Smith
Parham
Meanwhile at Parham the North Hill Nomads enjoyed the South Downs with Pete Startup, Ron with Dan and Phil with JB clocking up 334kms doing the Parham club task.
