After several days of poor weather preventing members getting into the air the Club was rather busy with a large group of people keen to make the most of the bright sunny forecast for today.
With the wind arriving from the North East this meant a long walk to the other end and a launch point set up in the South West corner of the airfield - and no surprise that with a chilly wind for most of the day coats, hats and scarves were the dress code for all.
With the wind arriving from the North East this meant a long walk to the other end and a launch point set up in the South West corner of the airfield - and no surprise that with a chilly wind for most of the day coats, hats and scarves were the dress code for all.
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| Small cumulus forming (Mike Sloggett) |
A Junior, the DG505 and both K21s were brought out of the hangar and daily inspections completed - and then the long walk began. Although for K21 HCX, the tow to the other end then stopped, as it was apparent that the wheel needed attention. So HCX was taken down to the workshop where the problem was identified and sorted and later the glider was back in the launch queue.
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| Blue skies (Mike Sloggett) |
The other gliders were soon being launched into a sunny sky to start the day’s activity, albeit the visibility was not great, and there was little evidence of any lift to extend circuits - but with the wind direction straight down the field gliders were achieving good launches to at least provide extended circuits.
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| Hazy North Hill (Mike Sloggett) |
And for those pilots asking for currency and card checks the absence of any lift made no difference, as they explored with their Instructor(s), various parts of the airfield following simulated launch failures at varying heights.
With a decision made to continue flying through lunch to make good use of the sunny skies, by late afternoon the flying list had been completed so hangar flights were the order of the day.
With a decision made to continue flying through lunch to make good use of the sunny skies, by late afternoon the flying list had been completed so hangar flights were the order of the day.
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| Hangar flights (Mike Sloggett) |
During the day we welcomed Henning a visiting instructor from Denmark, who had an aerotow in the DG505 and who extended an invitation for DSGC members to visit his gliding Club in Denmark. We also welcomed Mike Thorne from The Park flying in to North Hill on a NavEx.
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| Falke from The Park (Graham Barden) |
Overall a good day, with as ever great teamwork from the Thursday regulars ensuring an enjoyable day all round. - Mike Sloggett
