It was a murky morning with North Hill sticking proudly out of the fog, and it took all morning for the heavy dew on the field to dry and the low cloud to break up.
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| Peter Smith and Ryan Lovell after the clearance (Dave Clements) |
So following a 3 minute weather check, the morning was spent usefully including: Pete Harmer updated all the club gliders and Pawnee with the Flarm firmware, George Sanderson searched for the missing volts in the Perkoz battery system, Peter Smith gave a lecture to Jack Raybould and Ryan Lovell and then reinstalled the DSGC 60 year plaque by the Clubhouse. Jill Harmer and Geoff Lawrence reviewed the draft Club's response to the Call for evidence from the All-Party Parliamentary Group (GA).
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| Pawnee ready and some foreshortening on the Junior landing (Dave Clements) |
After an early lunch, breaks in the clouds were developing nicely and a proper start was made to flying with Peter Smith checking out Mike Horwood, and Pete Harmer and Jack Raybould. Ryan Lovell on his first flight after his Trial lesson, opted for an aerotow to get some more time in the air, but the clouds didn't recycle nicely, and today's Trial lesson Visitor Caterina Gibbs decided to wait for a better day.
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| Cloudy later with Ellie Carter (George Vojtisek) |
The Junior was also going all afternoon with the Thursday regulars, and Ellie Carter perfected her spot landings from both ends of the field with Pete Harmer.
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| Aerotow when the gaps had opened up (George Vojtisek) |
Longest flight of the day went to Pete and Jack with 14 minutes just holding at launch height at the ridge. It was certainly a chilly experience of what is to come, with 29 flights in total. - J&P
